Kentucky man claims he killed, skinned dogs to make coat

Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby arrested on battery charge

MIAMI (AP) — Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby was arrested on a battery charge Thursday night in Miami after arguing with a music promoter over payment for a performance, Miami police said in an arrest warrant. After police arrested the rapper, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, they found a warrant for his arrest from Texas, also... Read More

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Texas ‘affluenza teen’ to be released; drug test questioned

DALLAS (AP) — A man who became known as the “affluenza teen” for his unusual defense at a 2013 manslaughter trial was set to be released from a Texas jail after prosecutors raised questions Friday about a drug test that triggered an alleged probation violation. Ethan Couch, 22, avoided prison following his initial conviction for... Read More

Former Mexico security chief pleads not guilty in U.S. case

NEW YORK (AP) — Mexico’s former top security official pleaded not guilty on Friday on charges he accepted a fortune in drug-money bribes from kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s notorious Sinaloa cartel to let it operate with impunity. Genaro Garcia Luna, 51, was indicted in New York on three counts of cocaine trafficking conspiracy and... Read More

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Genaro Garcia Luna

Hanukkah stabbing suspect indicted in Monsey attack

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — The man who authorities say stabbed and slashed his way through a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City was indicted on state charges Friday as his lawyer and federal authorities quarreled over who gets custody of newly found evidence. The indictment against Grafton Thomas was announced in a release... Read More

Grafton Thomas

California Rep. Duncan Hunter silent on when he will resign

SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California is staying silent on when he will resign after he pleaded guilty to using campaign money for personal expenses, drawing the ire of a fellow Republican who wants to replace him. The six-term congressman said last month that he would step down “shortly after the... Read More

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Duncan Hunter

Trump lawyers want columnist’s defamation suit to be tossed

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a judge Friday to throw out an advice columnist’s defamation lawsuit over his response to her allegation that he raped her in the 1990s. Trump’s lawyers argue E. Jean Carroll’s suit can’t go forward in a New York state court because his statements were made in... Read More

E. Jean Carroll

Harvey Weinstein arrives at court ahead of sex assault trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers and a judge are handling the final preparations Monday for his trial on charges of rape and sexual assault. After more than two years since the allegations first came to widespread public attention and catalyzed the #MeToo movement, jury selection is scheduled to start this week. Weinstein, using... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

Judge to rule on Merrill’s blocking of Twitter users

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge will decide if Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill can block people on his personal Twitter account or if doing so violates their free speech rights. Merrill and the plaintiffs in the 2018 lawsuit filed motions last month supporting their respective claims. The Alabama case is similar to... Read More

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Johnson & Johnson, Opioids

Washington state sues Johnson & Johnson over opioid crisis

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state sued Johnson & Johnson on Thursday, claiming the company was negligent when it used deceptive marketing to say the drugs were effective for treating pain and were unlikely to cause addiction. The multinational company that supplies raw materials used to make opiates drove the pharmaceutical industry to recklessly expand the... Read More

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Man gets prison for stealing home deed without signing loan

BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was sentenced to prison for trying to steal a new $219,000 home by snatching and filing a signed deed without signing loan documents. Stanley Livingston, 45, was given a three-and-a-half-year sentence last month in Polk County court, the Ledger reported. A jury convicted him in September of grand... Read More

Stanley Livingston

Texas judge: Hospital can remove baby from life support

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas judge on Thursday sided with a hospital that plans to remove an 11-month-old girl from life support after her mother disagreed with the decision by doctors who say the infant is in pain and that her condition will never improve. Trinity Lewis had asked Judge Sandee Bryan Marion to issue... Read More

Tinslee Lewis

NC will appeal ruling that blocked voter photo ID law

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that blocks the state’s photo identification voting law but not before the March 3 primary, the state Department of Justice said Thursday. The office of Attorney General Josh Stein said in a news release that he will appeal the decision issued Tuesday by... Read More

Nike: Avenatti wants to make it a villain at extortion trial

NEW YORK (AP) — California attorney Michael Avenatti wants to portray Nike as a villain and himself a hero at his extortion trial later this month, the company said in a court filing made public Thursday. The sportswear maker said in court papers that Avenatti’s attorneys want five Nike sports marketing employees to testify at... Read More