Guilty verdicts set precedent in fighting shady recruiting

A federal jury found three men guilty of fraud charges for channeling secret payment to the families of top-tier recruits to influence their choices of schools, apparel companies and agents. Wednesday’s verdicts place the blame firmly on the men for exposing the universities to NCAA sanctions, essentially portraying the schools as victims. The NCAA may... Read More

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NCAA

October 24, 2018

Rush’s wife testifies actor wept denying allegations

SYDNEY (AP) — The wife of actor Geoffrey Rush cried as she told a Sydney court on Wednesday how he had wept and curled up in the fetal position following newspaper allegations he had behaved inappropriately toward a female co-star. Rush himself also admitted to the court he may have described the co-star, Eryn Jean... Read More

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Geoffrey Rush

October 24, 2018

Tracy Chapman sues Nicki Minaj for copyright infringement

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Nicki Minaj is being sued for sampling a Tracy Chapman song without permission. Chapman filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Monday in a Los Angeles federal court. The Grammy-winning singer says Minaj’s unreleased track “Sorry” incorporates the lyrics and vocal melody from her 1988 single “Baby Can I Hold You.” The... Read More

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Nicki Minaj, Tracy Chapman

October 24, 2018

Yahoo to pay $50M, other costs for massive security breach

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services to 200 million people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen as part of the biggest security breach in history. The restitution hinges on federal court approval of a settlement filed late... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Yahoo

October 24, 2018

So-called ‘Frack Master’ pleads guilty in Dallas to fraud

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas businessman who dubbed himself the “Frack Master” and went on TV to discuss oil and gas has pleaded guilty to fraud and tax evasion charges in what regulators called an $80 million scam. Forty-one-year-old Christopher A. Faulkner entered his plea Tuesday in Dallas after reaching a deal. He faces up... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News

Christopher A. Faulkner

October 24, 2018

Report tags clergy accused of sex abuse in San Francisco bay

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A law firm suing California bishops for the records of priests accused of sexual abuse released its own report Tuesday listing more than 200 clergy in the San Francisco Bay Area it says are accused of misconduct. Minnesota-based Jeff Anderson & Associates compiled the list from lawsuits and public websites to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Caltholic Church

October 24, 2018

Monsanto weed killer ruling is 1st step in long legal battle

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With its stock dropping and more lawsuits expected, Monsanto vowed Tuesday to press on with a nationwide legal defense of its best-selling weed killer Roundup after a San Francisco judge upheld a verdict alleging it causes cancer. Legal experts said the decision will have little value in courtrooms across the country... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News

Monsanto, Roundup

October 24, 2018

Judge reverses order on media in alleged surgeon rape case

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A California judge on Tuesday reversed an order barring the media from reporting on search warrant documents in the case of a surgeon charged with sexual assault, a lawyer said. Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregory Jones made the ruling after The Associated Press and an Orange County Register reporter... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Doctors, News, Sexual Abuse

Cerissa Riley, Grant Robicheaux

October 24, 2018

Bookmaker William Hill sues FanDuel over ‘how to bet’ guide

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Bookmaker William Hill US is suing sports betting rival FanDuel for allegedly copying its “how to bet” guide for customers in the fledgling industry nearly word for word. William Hill US filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey alleging that FanDuel’s duplication of the... Read More

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Fan Duel

October 24, 2018

Anti-gay marriage clerk in Kentucky faces voters in forum

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Jailed in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses after gay weddings became legal, a Kentucky clerk running for re-election told voters on Tuesday she did not treat anyone unfairly and her act of defiance was to protect the state’s Constitution. “I did not treat anybody unfairly. I treated everybody equally... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Orientation

Kim Davis

October 24, 2018

US seeks to stop NY trial over census citizenship question

NEW YORK (AP) — The Department of Justice sought late Tuesday to block a New York trial next month over challenges to putting a citizenship question on the 2020 census, contending that it’s got the U.S. Supreme Court on its side. The Justice Department filed papers ahead of a hearing scheduled in New York for... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

October 24, 2018

Trial delayed against ex-police chief, ex-prosecutor wife

HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. judge said the medical records of a former Honolulu prosecutor convinced him that a trial against her and her retired police chief husband must be delayed. U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Puglisi said he reviewed Katherine Kealoha’s confidential medical records filed under seal and determined she wouldn’t be able to attend... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

Louis Kealoha

October 24, 2018

MacArthur Foundation announces millions in justice grants

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia has received $4 million in additional grant funding to continue lowering its jail population, and city officials said they will focus some of the funding on reducing racial and ethnic disparities in its criminal justice system. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the winners Wednesday of the second... Read More

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MacArthur Foundation

October 24, 2018

Trial to begin over deadly attack on Maryland police station

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — More than two years after a gunman’s videotaped attack on a Maryland police station, a jury will hear testimony that a police officer mistakenly fired the bullet that killed an undercover detective who rushed to the scene of the shootout. But the jurors must decide whether the man accused of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Jacai Colson

Guilty verdicts set precedent in fighting shady recruiting

Rush’s wife testifies actor wept denying allegations

Tracy Chapman sues Nicki Minaj for copyright infringement

Yahoo to pay $50M, other costs for massive security breach

So-called ‘Frack Master’ pleads guilty in Dallas to fraud

Report tags clergy accused of sex abuse in San Francisco bay

Monsanto weed killer ruling is 1st step in long legal battle

Judge reverses order on media in alleged surgeon rape case

Bookmaker William Hill sues FanDuel over ‘how to bet’ guide

Anti-gay marriage clerk in Kentucky faces voters in forum

US seeks to stop NY trial over census citizenship question

Trial delayed against ex-police chief, ex-prosecutor wife

MacArthur Foundation announces millions in justice grants

Trial to begin over deadly attack on Maryland police station

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