Short sentence recommended for former Trump campaign adviser

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Trump campaign adviser should spend at least some time in prison for lying to the FBI during the Russia probe, prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller said in a court filing Friday that also revealed several new details about the early days of the investigation. The prosecutors disclosed that... Read More

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Robert Mueller

August 20, 2018

Another trial looms for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — As jurors weigh Paul Manafort’s fate in a sprawling financial fraud case, the former Trump campaign chairman still has another trial looming in the nation’s capital — and prosecutors there have a whole new set of charges and a huge volume of evidence. The trial now underway in Alexandria, Virginia, is... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 20, 2018

Defense DNA request denied in deaths of Colorado mom, kids

FREDERICK, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado judge has denied a request by a defense attorney for a man accused of killing his pregnant wife and two daughters to require a coroner to collect DNA from the necks of the young girls. The judge said in an order Friday he would not tell the medical examiner’s... Read More

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Christopher Watts

August 20, 2018

Report: MeToo activist Argento settled sex assault complaint

NEW YORK (AP) — Italian actress Asia Argento — one of the most prominent activists of the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment — recently settled a complaint filed against her by a young actor and musician who said she sexually assaulted him when he was 17, the New York Times reported. Argento, 42, settled the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Asia Argento, Sexual Abuse

August 17, 2018

Australian filmmaker goes on trial in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — One of Australia’s most famous movie directors testified Thursday in Cambodia at the trial of a filmmaking countryman facing a possible prison term of five to 10 years for flying a drone to capture images of an opposition political rally. Peter Weir, director of “The Year of Living Dangerously,” ”Dead... Read More

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James Ricketson

August 17, 2018

Rapper Juelz Santana pleads guilty to airport gun charge

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rapper Juelz Santana admitted in court Thursday that he tried to get a gun onto a plane at a New York-area airport earlier this year. Santana, whose real name is LaRon James, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and carrying a weapon on an aircraft. The... Read More

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Juelz Santana

August 17, 2018

England rugby player Cipriani fined for nightclub assault

ST. HELIER, Jersey (AP) — A court has fined England rugby player Danny Cipriani 2,000 pounds ($2,500) after he pleaded guilty to assault and resisting arrest following an incident at a nightclub on an island in the English Channel. Cipriani, who made his 16th appearance for England against South Africa in June, was fined 1,500... Read More

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Danny Cipriani

August 17, 2018

Messi’s brother Matias sentenced for illegal gun possession

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Matias Messi, brother of Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi, has been sentenced for illegally possessing a firearm. Messi received a 2 ½-year prison sentence on Thursday but will not go to jail. He was instead ordered to perform community service. La Capital newspaper in the Argentine city of Rosario... Read More

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Matias Messi

August 17, 2018

Vegas victims’ attorneys criticize MGM’s legal maneuver

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys for a group of victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting harshly criticized MGM Resorts International this week over its legal maneuver seeking to consolidate multiple lawsuits stemming from the massacre. The victims’ attorneys in court documents filed Tuesday say the casino operator is acting with improper motives in seeking... Read More

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Mandalay Bay, MGM, Stephen Paddock

August 17, 2018

Alaska man faces life in prison for Florida airport shooting

MIAMI (AP) — An Alaska man faces a life prison sentence in the January 2017 Florida airport shooting that left five people dead and six wounded. Sentencing is set Friday for 28-year-old Esteban Santiago, who pleaded guilty in May to 11 charges in a plea deal in which prosecutors agreed not to seek the death... Read More

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Esteban Santiago

August 17, 2018

California high court rules for immigrant kids in visa fight

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for some immigrant children who are abused or abandoned by a parent to seek a U.S. visa to avoid deportation in a ruling that advocates said would help thousands of children. State judges cannot require that children drag an absentee parent living... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Illegal Immigration, Immigration

August 17, 2018

US officials: Ex-IS fighter accepted in US as refugee

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An Iraqi man accused of killing for the Islamic State entered the U.S. as a refugee after claiming to be a victim of terrorism, in a case drawing attention amid the Trump administration’s criticism of the resettlement program’s vetting process. Omar Abdulsattar Ameen, 45, was arrested in California on Wednesday and... Read More

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Omar Abdulsattar Ameen

August 17, 2018

Washington cardinal entangled in two sex-abuse scandals

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, is facing a storm of criticism and calls for his resignation after becoming entangled in two major sexual abuse scandals roiling the church that he has served with distinction since 1966. A scathing grand jury report this week on rampant abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses accused... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Archbishop Donald Wuerl

August 17, 2018

Manafort jury ends first day of deliberations with questions

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The jury in the fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort ended its first day of deliberations with a series of questions to the judge, including a request to “redefine” reasonable doubt. The questions came after roughly seven hours of deliberation, delivered in a handwritten note to U.S. District... Read More

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Paul Manafort

Short sentence recommended for former Trump campaign adviser

Another trial looms for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort

Defense DNA request denied in deaths of Colorado mom, kids

Report: MeToo activist Argento settled sex assault complaint

Australian filmmaker goes on trial in Cambodia

Rapper Juelz Santana pleads guilty to airport gun charge

England rugby player Cipriani fined for nightclub assault

Messi’s brother Matias sentenced for illegal gun possession

Vegas victims’ attorneys criticize MGM’s legal maneuver

Alaska man faces life in prison for Florida airport shooting

California high court rules for immigrant kids in visa fight

US officials: Ex-IS fighter accepted in US as refugee

Washington cardinal entangled in two sex-abuse scandals

Manafort jury ends first day of deliberations with questions

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