Judge OKs cremation at end of Detroit body parts probe

DETROIT (AP) — A judge says federal authorities can cremate hundreds of remains that have been in cold storage since a raid at a Detroit lab in 2013. The government in January won a conviction against a body parts broker, Arthur Rathburn. He was accused of providing some body parts for medical training without disclosing... Read More

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October 16, 2018

South Dakota board to hear first ‘compassionate parole’ case

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man sentenced in 1999 to nearly 60 years in prison for molesting boys while working as a counselor at a juvenile correctional center will be the first person to have a hearing after the state, facing rising prison health care costs, launched a new “compassionate parole” system... Read More

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Darwin Heuer

October 16, 2018

Ex-Baylor frat chief accused of rape pleads to lesser charge

WACO, Texas (AP) — A former Baylor University fraternity president indicted on sexual assault charges in 2016 has pleaded no contest to a lesser charge of unlawful restraint and been sentenced to probation. Jacob Walter Anderson’s plea Monday in Waco came in a deal with prosecutors in return for dismissal of four counts of sexual... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Jacob Walter Anderson

October 16, 2018

Man who killed his parents requests lighter sentence

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man sentenced to life in prison without parole as a teenager for killing his parents hopes a judge will reconsider the case and give him a lighter sentence. WMUR-TV reports that a resentencing hearing in Strafford County Superior Court began Monday over whether Robert Dingman, who was 17... Read More

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Robert Dingman

October 16, 2018

Jurors: Don’t throw out $289M weed killer cancer verdict

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jurors who found that agribusiness giant Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer contributed to a school groundskeeper’s cancer are urging a San Francisco judge not to throw out the bulk of their $289 million award in his favor, a newspaper reported Monday. Juror Gary Kitahata told Judge Suzanne Bolanos in a letter that... Read More

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Roundup

October 16, 2018

Man convicted of killing neighbor while she cleared snow

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan man accused of killing his neighbor while she cleared snow has been found guilty of first-degree murder. Wendell Popejoy is set to be sentenced on Nov. 5. Popejoy faces a mandatory life prison term without the possibility of parole for the December 2017 killing of Sheila Bonge... Read More

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Sheila Bonge, Wendell Popejoy

October 16, 2018

Firefighters sue California gas company over massive leak

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters who worked in and around the site of a massive natural gas leak sued the Southern California Gas Co. on Monday, saying the utility knowingly let them be exposed to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals. A blowout in a well at the underground Aliso Canyon storage field about 40 miles... Read More

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Firefighters, Souther California Gas Co.

October 16, 2018

Firms cite law in Missouri boat accident, seek mediation

Two companies facing multiple lawsuits over a summer tourist boat accident in Missouri that killed 17 people have invoked an 1851 law that allows vessel owners to try to avoid or limit legal damages as they also seek settlement negotiations with victims’ family members. But Tia Coleman, an Indiana woman who survived the accident, and... Read More

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Duck Boat

October 16, 2018

Germany deports convicted 9/11 accomplice home to Morocco

BERLIN (AP) — A Moroccan man convicted of helping Mohamed Atta and the other Hamburg-based Sept. 11 suicide pilots as they plotted attacks on New York and Washington was deported Monday from Germany to his homeland. German authorities confirmed that Mounir el Motassadeq was aboard a plane that had taken off from Frankfurt airport in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, National Security, News

Mounir el Motassadeq

October 16, 2018

Judge tosses Stormy Daniels’ defamation suit against Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge dismissed Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump on Monday, saying the president made a “hyperbolic statement” against a political adversary when he tweeted about a composite sketch the porn actress’ lawyer released. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, sued Trump in April after he said a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels

October 15, 2018

Michel Platini files lawsuit in France in FIFA case

PARIS (AP) — Convinced he was the victim of a plot, former UEFA president Michel Platini has filed a lawsuit in France in a bid to prove that former FIFA officials conspired to get him banned from soccer. Platini’s communications team told The Associated Press on Friday that the former France great has filed the... Read More

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FIFA, Michel Platini

October 15, 2018

Keino given more time to report to police in corruption case

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Running great Kip Keino has been given more time to report to police in Kenya after being one of seven former Olympic and government officials accused of corruption relating to the misappropriation of more than $545,000. The seven were ordered to report to police and appear in court on Monday but... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News, Sports

October 15, 2018

California man pleads not guilty to threatening Feinstein

LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man has pleaded not guilty to sending an email threatening to kill U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. City News Service says 47-year-old Craig Shaver of Lancaster entered the plea Friday to felony charges of attempted criminal threats and being a felon in illegal possession of a revolver. He could... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Craig Shaver

October 15, 2018

Ex-lawmaker Mary Bono hired as USA Gymnastics interim CEO

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Gymnastics has hired former Congresswoman Mary Bono as interim president and chief executive officer. The organization announced the move Friday. Bono will hold the position while USA Gymnastics searches for a permanent successor to Kerry Perry, who resigned under pressure from the United States Olympic Committee in September after spending nine... Read More

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Mary Bono, USAG

Judge OKs cremation at end of Detroit body parts probe

South Dakota board to hear first ‘compassionate parole’ case

Ex-Baylor frat chief accused of rape pleads to lesser charge

Man who killed his parents requests lighter sentence

Jurors: Don’t throw out $289M weed killer cancer verdict

Man convicted of killing neighbor while she cleared snow

Firefighters sue California gas company over massive leak

Firms cite law in Missouri boat accident, seek mediation

Germany deports convicted 9/11 accomplice home to Morocco

Judge tosses Stormy Daniels’ defamation suit against Trump

Michel Platini files lawsuit in France in FIFA case

Keino given more time to report to police in corruption case

California man pleads not guilty to threatening Feinstein

Ex-lawmaker Mary Bono hired as USA Gymnastics interim CEO

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