Judge rebuffs Trump’s bid to delay woman’s defamation suit

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump lost his latest bid Monday to delay a former “Apprentice” contestant’s defamation suit as he faces a Jan. 31 deadline to undergo pretrial questioning in the case, which involves claims of unwanted kissing and groping. A New York appellate judge rejected Trump’s request, meaning that Summer Zervos’ case... Read More

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Donald Trump, Summer Zervos

November 19, 2019

Rancher gets life in prison in beating death of his fiancee

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado rancher was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday shortly after a jury convicted him of beating his fiancée to death with a baseball bat and setting the woman’s remains on fire to hide the evidence. Patrick Frazee was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges after... Read More

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Kelsey Berreth, Patrick Frazee

November 19, 2019

Border activist to testify in second federal trial

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona border activist is scheduled to testify Tuesday in the second criminal case against his actions as a member of a humanitarian aid group. Prosecutors say 37-year-old Scott Warren was arrested in early 2018 after harboring two men who sneaked across the U.S.-Mexico border. Warren says he was being a... Read More

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Scott Warren

November 19, 2019

Jury convicts Oklahoma man of murder in officer’s death

SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — A jury deliberated for less than an hour before convicting a man of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a police officer in central Oklahoma. The Pottawatomie County jury on Monday convicted 38-year-old Byron James Shepard for the 2017 killing of Officer Justin Terney, who was shot during a traffic... Read More

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Byron James Shepard, Justin Terney

November 18, 2019

Inmate: Man accused of killing fiancee wanted witness dead

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Testimony in the trial of a Colorado rancher accused of beating his fiancee to death with a baseball bat wrapped up Friday with allegations from a jail inmate who said he was asked to kill the key witness in the case, a claim that defense attorneys called into question. Prosecutors... Read More

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Patrick Frazee

November 18, 2019

Real estate heiress who posted $35M bail acquitted of murder

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area real estate heiress who was under house arrest on $35 million bail for more than two years plans to reconnect with her children and visit family in China after a jury acquitted her of killing the father of her kids, her attorney said Friday. After deliberating... Read More

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Tiffany Li

November 18, 2019

Judge rules school shooting suspect incompetent for trial

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A judge has ruled the teenager accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school mentally incompetent to stand trial. State District Judge John Ellison ordered Dimitrios Pagourtzis to be committed to a state mental facility for up to four months. Ellison ruled Friday in Galveston after three experts... Read More

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Dimitrios Pagourtzis

November 18, 2019

Boeing settles several more lawsuits over Max plane crashes

DALLAS (AP) — Boeing is settling a few more of the roughly 150 lawsuits filed by families of passengers killed in two crashes of the 737 Max jet. A Seattle law firm said Friday it settled four of the 46 cases it’s handling for families of passengers who were on board a Lion Air Max... Read More

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Boeing

November 18, 2019

Texas appeals court blocks inmate Rodney Reed’s execution

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ top criminal appeals court on Friday halted the scheduled execution of inmate Rodney Reed, whose conviction is being questioned by new evidence that his supporters say raises serious doubt about his guilt. The stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals came just hours after the Texas Board of... Read More

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Rodney Reed

November 18, 2019

Planned Parenthood awarded $2.3 million for secret videos

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal jury found Friday that an anti-abortion activist illegally secretly recorded workers at Planned Parenthood clinics and is liable for violating federal and state laws. The jury ordered him, the Center for Medical Progress and other parties to pay nearly $2.3 million in damages. The jury awarded $1 million in... Read More

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Planned Parenthood

November 18, 2019

Nicaraguan judge sentences man to 30 years in NY killing

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A Nicaraguan judge sentenced a man to 30 years behind bars in the killing of a young nursing student in upstate New York, a district attorney in the state said Friday. The trial of Orlando Tercero in the 2018 killing of Haley Anderson marked an exceedingly rare legal proceeding in which... Read More

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Haley Anderson, Orlando Tercero

November 18, 2019

Man who shot, wounded school bus driver sentenced to prison

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who shot and wounded a school bus driver on a Minneapolis freeway during a snowstorm has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Thirty-two-year-old Kenneth Lilly, of St. Paul, pleaded guilty in August to first-degree assault for the February attack that left Thomas Benson deaf in one... Read More

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Kenneth Lilly

November 18, 2019

Sandy Hook lawsuit could force Remington to open books

A recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has upended a longstanding legal roadblock that has given the gun industry far-reaching immunity from lawsuits in the aftermath of mass killings. The court this week allowed families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre to sue the maker of the AR-15 used in the... Read More

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Guns, Remington

November 18, 2019

Trump, impeachment could loom large in Sen. Collins’ race

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins has a well-funded Democrat prepping to challenge her next year. She has national women’s groups ready to attack her over her vote for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanagh. And she’s a moderate facing an electorate that increasingly prioritizes purity. Still, the four-term Maine senator’s biggest hurdle to... Read More

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Donald Trump

Judge rebuffs Trump’s bid to delay woman’s defamation suit

Rancher gets life in prison in beating death of his fiancee

Border activist to testify in second federal trial

Jury convicts Oklahoma man of murder in officer’s death

Inmate: Man accused of killing fiancee wanted witness dead

Real estate heiress who posted $35M bail acquitted of murder

Judge rules school shooting suspect incompetent for trial

Boeing settles several more lawsuits over Max plane crashes

Texas appeals court blocks inmate Rodney Reed’s execution

Planned Parenthood awarded $2.3 million for secret videos

Nicaraguan judge sentences man to 30 years in NY killing

Man who shot, wounded school bus driver sentenced to prison

Sandy Hook lawsuit could force Remington to open books

Trump, impeachment could loom large in Sen. Collins’ race

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