Press group: Hollywood libel lawsuit could set bad precedent

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Free press advocates in Virginia are concerned that a libel lawsuit between Hollywood actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard could set a bad precedent. The Virginia Press Association asked Friday to intervene in a $50 million lawsuit Depp filed against Heard, his ex-wife. Depp says he was defamed by an op-ed... Read More

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November 11, 2019

Oklahoma abortion clinic takes on ‘physicians only’ laws

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma City abortion clinic filed a lawsuit Friday challenging longstanding state laws that allow only physicians to perform abortions in Oklahoma, marking the sixth time in five years that the state’s abortion restrictions have ended up in court. The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of the Trust Women clinic,... Read More

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Abortion

November 11, 2019

Friends, family support Twitter employee charged in spy case

SEATTLE (AP) — Family and friends of a former Twitter employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia call him a dedicated husband and father who has overcome recent mental health struggles, according to letters of support filed to federal court. Ahmad Abouammo, a U.S. citizen and a media partnership manager for Twitter’s Middle East region,... Read More

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Twitter

November 11, 2019

Nevada reviews possible mining threat to unique wildflower

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is launching a comprehensive review of the status of a desert wildflower that isn’t known to exist anywhere else in the world because of concerns about potential effects from new mining exploration. The move comes after the Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration last month to try to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

November 11, 2019

OJ Simpson sues Las Vegas casino, contends he was defamed

LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson is suing a Las Vegas hotel-casino that banned him in November 2017, alleging that unnamed employees defamed him by telling a celebrity news site he had been drunk, disruptive and unruly. Simpson, on parole in Nevada for a 2008 conviction for armed robbery and assault with a weapon, filed... Read More

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O.J. Simpson

November 11, 2019

‘Jersey Shore’ star pleads not guilty to domestic violence

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jersey Shore” star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro has pleaded not guilty to domestic violence, child endangerment, false imprisonment and other misdemeanors after his arrest last month in the Hollywood Hills. The 33-year-old Ortiz-Magro entered the plea Friday in Los Angeles to seven misdemeanor counts that also included criminal threats, brandishing a weapon and... Read More

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Ronnie Ortiz-Magro

November 11, 2019

Judge grants USWNT class status in discrimination lawsuit

The U.S. women’s national team has been granted class status in its lawsuit against U.S. Soccer that alleges gender discrimination in compensation and working conditions. U.S. District Court Judge R. Gary Klausner’s ruling Friday in Los Angeles expands the case beyond the 28 players who originally brought the lawsuit to include all players who had... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

November 11, 2019

Manafort’s former son-in-law sentenced for multiple scams

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Manafort’s former son-in-law has been sentenced in Los Angeles to nine years in prison for pulling a series of schemes totaling more than $13 million, including one that bilked $3 million from actor Dustin Hoffman. U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. ordered Jeffrey Yohai to pay $6.7 million in restitution... Read More

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Dustin Hoffman

November 11, 2019

NRA turmoil creates rift among some big donors

Joe Olson was once such a passionate supporter of the National Rifle Association that he pledged to bequeath several million dollars from his estate to the gun organization upon his death. But the steady drip of investigations and misspending allegations and a shakeup at the top ranks of the NRA compelled him to alter his... Read More

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David Dell'Aquila

November 11, 2019

Mexican immigrant fights for DACA as court ruling nears

NEW YORK (AP) — A Mexican immigrant fighting President Donald Trump’s attempt to end a program shielding young immigrants from deportation says he is nervous about the case finally being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Martín Batalla Vidal is a lead plaintiff in one of the cases to preserve the Obama-era program Deferred Action... Read More

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Martin Batalla Vidal

November 8, 2019

Trial to determine sanity of newspaper shooter set for March

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland judge on Thursday scheduled a March trial to determine whether a man who has pleaded guilty to killing five people at a Maryland newspaper is not criminally responsible because of mental illness. Judge Laura Ripken scheduled Jarrod Ramos’ trial to start March 4 and last 13 days. Ramos, 39,... Read More

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Jarrod Ramos

November 8, 2019

Exxon denies that it misled investors on climate risks

NEW YORK (AP) — Climate change may be the defining risk for oil and gas companies in coming decades, and attorneys for New York state are saying Exxon Mobil misled investors about how it was handling that risk. The state made closing arguments Thursday in a case that accused the energy giant of downplaying the... Read More

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Exxon

November 8, 2019

Prosecutor: Husband ‘prime suspect’ in wife’s disappearance

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A prosecutor said a University of Missouri student is the “prime suspect” in the disappearance of his Chinese wife, and he played audio in court of the young husband saying he wanted a divorce “the sooner the better.” Joseph Elledge is a “jealous, controlling, manipulative psychopath,” Boone County Chief Prosecutor Dan... Read More

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Joseph Elledge

November 8, 2019

Report: No evidence St. Louis prosecutor was threatened

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A special prosecutor tasked with determining if attorneys for former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens threatened St. Louis’ top prosecutor said in a report released Thursday that he found no evidence that the attorneys committed a crime. Boone County Associate Circuit Judge Michael Bradley wrote that although Greitens’ attorneys made aggressive statements... Read More

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Eric Greitens, Kim Gardner

Press group: Hollywood libel lawsuit could set bad precedent

Oklahoma abortion clinic takes on ‘physicians only’ laws

Friends, family support Twitter employee charged in spy case

Nevada reviews possible mining threat to unique wildflower

OJ Simpson sues Las Vegas casino, contends he was defamed

‘Jersey Shore’ star pleads not guilty to domestic violence

Judge grants USWNT class status in discrimination lawsuit

Manafort’s former son-in-law sentenced for multiple scams

NRA turmoil creates rift among some big donors

Mexican immigrant fights for DACA as court ruling nears

Trial to determine sanity of newspaper shooter set for March

Exxon denies that it misled investors on climate risks

Prosecutor: Husband ‘prime suspect’ in wife’s disappearance

Report: No evidence St. Louis prosecutor was threatened

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