Compound suspects built in tiny off-the-grid community

TAOS, N.M. (AP) — They arrived at the start of winter to set up makeshift living quarters on the high-desert plains of northern New Mexico, amid a tiny community of off-the-grid homes on 10-acre lots. For a time, the newcomers appeared to adapt to life 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the nearest groceries in Amalia... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

Siraj Ibn Wahhaj

August 9, 2018

For now, Army suspends discharges of immigrant recruits

The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily. A memo shared with The Associated Press on Wednesday and dated July 20 spells out orders to high-ranking Army officials to stop processing discharges of men and women who enlisted in the special immigrant program, effective... Read More

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Army, Immigration

August 8, 2018

Browns rookie WR Callaway cited for marijuana possession

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Antonio Callaway didn’t take long to run into trouble with the Browns. The fourth-round draft pick and wide receiver from Florida, who arrived in Cleveland with a history of issues while in college, was cited early Sunday morning for marijuana possession and driving with a suspended license. According to a report... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News, Sports

Antonio Callaway

August 8, 2018

China sentences 6 in graduate exam cheating scheme

BEIJING (AP) — Six people have been imprisoned for up to four years for their part in a scheme to cheat on China’s national graduate school exam, state media reported Wednesday. Exam takers were provided with wireless transmitters and receivers and told to read the questions out loud, according to the reports. Researchers off-site would... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

August 8, 2018

Appeals court: No immunity for agent in cross-border killing

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a Border Patrol agent who fatally shot a Mexican teen on the other side of the border doesn’t have immunity and can be sued by the boy’s family for violating his civil rights. The ruling on Tuesday has wide implications and came almost two years... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez

August 8, 2018

Lawyers ask US Supreme Court to stay Tennessee execution

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the looming execution of a convicted child killer after the Tennessee Supreme Court and governor decided against a delay. In a filing Tuesday, federal public defender Kelley Henry and attorney Carl Gene Shiles Jr. wrote that Billy Ray Irick should get a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

Ray Krone

August 8, 2018

Judge rejects motion to move case over Confederate statue

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge Tuesday rejected a motion by an African-American defendant to move his court case because of a Confederate monument in front of the courthouse. Ronnie Anderson and his attorney Niles Haymer argued Anderson couldn’t get a fair trial in the same place where a “symbol of oppression and racial... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Race

Ronnie Anderson

August 8, 2018

Records: Texas dad said son pleaded for mercy before death

DALLAS (AP) — A Houston man accused of killing his two children told authorities his 8-year-old son said “daddy, I’m sorry” before having his throat cut, according to court documents obtained Tuesday. Jean Pierre Ndossoka is charged with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of his children, Marcel Ndossoka and 1-year-old Anna-Belle Faith... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Jean Pierre Ndossoka

August 8, 2018

ACLU lawsuit accuses US of wrongfully denying asylum

HOUSTON (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. government Tuesday over its efforts to prevent immigrants from seeking asylum due to domestic and gang violence in their home countries. The ACLU’s lawsuit asks a judge to invalidate Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ June 11 decision to restrict the kinds of cases that qualify... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Immigration

August 8, 2018

Paper faces contempt for story on school shooting suspect

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida newspaper faced an ethical dilemma after a school district’s mistake exposed details that were supposed to be redacted from its lengthy examination of the education of school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz. The material two judges had ordered kept secret shows that Broward County school officials failed to follow... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Nikolas Cruz

August 8, 2018

The Latest: 3 life terms for shooter in Kansas hate crime

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on a man convicted of hate crimes after he fatally shot an Indian national and wounded two other men in a Kansas bar (all times local): 11:30 a.m. A man has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences on federal hate crime charges for killing an Indian immigrant... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Adam Purinton

August 8, 2018

Man due in court; child remains found at New Mexico compound

AMALIA, N.M. (AP) — For months, neighbors had been concerned about a squalid compound built along a remote New Mexico plain, saying they had brought their concerns to authorities long before sheriff’s officials first found 11 hungry children, and then the remains of a small boy on the lot. Two men and three women also... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

Siraj Ibn Wahhaj

August 8, 2018

Cross-examination focuses on Manafort protege’s own crimes

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The questioning of Paul Manafort’s protege was confrontational and personal: Manafort’s lawyer hammered Rick Gates about his own crimes, an extramarital affair and a guilty plea with prosecutors that may spare him severe punishment. Gates, who faced a bruising cross-examination, returns to the witness stand Wednesday for additional questioning from a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News

Paul Manafort

August 7, 2018

Apple removes Alex Jones content from iTunes, podcast platforms

Facebook and Spotify on Monday joined Apple in purging content created by nutjob conspiracy theorist Alex Jones off their platforms — condemning the InfoWars creator’s ravings as hate speech. Facebook said in a statement Monday that it had “unpublished” the Alex Jones Channel Page, the Alex Jones Page, the InfoWars Page and the Infowars Nightly... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Technology

Alex Jones, Apple

Compound suspects built in tiny off-the-grid community

For now, Army suspends discharges of immigrant recruits

Browns rookie WR Callaway cited for marijuana possession

China sentences 6 in graduate exam cheating scheme

Appeals court: No immunity for agent in cross-border killing

Lawyers ask US Supreme Court to stay Tennessee execution

Judge rejects motion to move case over Confederate statue

Records: Texas dad said son pleaded for mercy before death

ACLU lawsuit accuses US of wrongfully denying asylum

Paper faces contempt for story on school shooting suspect

The Latest: 3 life terms for shooter in Kansas hate crime

Man due in court; child remains found at New Mexico compound

Cross-examination focuses on Manafort protege’s own crimes

Apple removes Alex Jones content from iTunes, podcast platforms

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