Judge OKs settlement of racial profiling suit in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge approved a settlement Thursday in a police racial profiling lawsuit that African American residents filed against a majority-white Mississippi county, and a plaintiff said it will return “humanity” to those subjected to harsh treatment. The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi sued Madison County in 2017, saying sheriff’s... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Race

October 4, 2019

James Franco’s ex-students sue alleging sexual impropriety

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two actresses sued James Franco and the acting and film school he founded Thursday, saying he intimidated his students into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations far beyond those acceptable on Hollywood film sets. Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, former students at the actor’s now-closed Studio 4, said in the lawsuit filed... Read More

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James Franco

October 4, 2019

MGM Resorts commits up to $800M to victims of Vegas shooting

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two years after a shooter rained gunfire on country music fans from a high-rise Las Vegas Strip hotel, MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay up to $800 million to families of the 58 people who died and hundreds of others who were injured, attorneys announced Thursday. The out-of-court agreement will... Read More

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Las Vegas Shooting

October 3, 2019

Environmentalists push for removing dam along Colorado River

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Environmental groups that have long pushed to bring down a huge dam along the Colorado River are suing the federal government, alleging it ignored climate science when approving a 20-year operating plan for the dam near the Arizona-Utah border. Glen Canyon Dam holds back Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

October 3, 2019

Judge to weigh possible bias by Smollett special prosecutor

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago judge could decide this week whether the special prosecutor investigating possible conflicts of interest in Jussie Smollett’s criminal case has a conflict himself, the latest twist in a saga marked by turns and reversals since the “Empire” actor reported a racist, homophobic attack that police say he staged against himself.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Jussie Smollett

October 3, 2019

3 charged with providing drugs that killed rapper Mac Miller

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three men arrested during the investigation into rapper Mac Miller’s deadly overdose last year have now been charged with providing the drugs that killed him, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday. A grand jury indictment that was unsealed in Los Angeles accuses the men of conspiring and distributing cocaine and oxycodone pills laced... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, Entertainment, News

Mac Miller

October 3, 2019

Prosecutor: ‘El Chapo’ gave $1M to Honduras leader’s brother

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors alleged Wednesday that convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán personally gave $1 million in bribes to the brother of Honduras’ president to pass on to the Central American leader, who swiftly denied wrongdoing. Prosecutor Jason Richman revealed the allegation in a federal court in Manhattan where Juan Antonio... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

El Chapo

October 3, 2019

Fight over Philadelphia’s voting machines may head to court

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein wants Pennsylvania to block Philadelphia from using new touchscreen machines the state is buying ahead of the 2020 election and threatened court action Wednesday if it doesn’t do so promptly. Stein’s demand means that she and a group of plaintiffs could take the state... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

October 3, 2019

Cities push opioid lawsuits against family that owns Purdue

Local government lawsuits against the family that owns Purdue Pharma should be allowed to proceed even as the company attempts to reach a nationwide settlement in bankruptcy court over the toll of the opioids crisis, according to a court filing on Wednesday. The filing by 19 cities and towns in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Opioids, Purdue Pharma

October 3, 2019

Coast Guard officer expected to plead guilty in gun case

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling weapons and targeting Supreme Court justices, prominent Democrats and TV journalists is expected to plead guilty in a case charging him with gun and drug offenses. Federal prosecutors have described Christopher Hasson as a domestic terrorist, but they haven’t filed any terrorism-related charges against... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, National Security, News

Christopher Hasson

October 3, 2019

Forgiveness, anger after ex-Dallas cop sentenced to 10 years

DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who said she mistook a neighbor’s apartment for her own and fatally shot him in his living room was sentenced to a decade in prison in a stunning courtroom scene that included the dead man’s brother and the black judge embracing the sobbing officer. People outside of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Amber Guyger

October 3, 2019

Deliberations at gang trial where Tekashi 6ix9ine testified

NEW YORK (AP) — Deliberations are underway in the New York trial of two alleged members of the gang that up-and-coming rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (teh-KAH’-shee sihks-NEYN’) joined to give himself street credibility. The rapper, whose legal name is Daniel Hernandez, pleaded guilty and took the witness stand in federal court in Manhattan against two alleged... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Tekashi 6ix9ine

October 3, 2019

Connecticut lawyer faces judgment in admissions scandal

BOSTON (AP) — The former chairman of a global law firm is returning to court to be sentenced for his role in the sweeping college admissions scandal. Fifty-three-year-old Gordon Caplan, of Greenwich, Connecticut, is scheduled to appear in Boston’s federal court Thursday. He pleaded guilty in May to a single count of fraud and conspiracy.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Admissions Scheme

October 3, 2019

US House panel taps defunct startup for Facebook files

A U.S. congressional committee has requested a trove of internal Facebook documents that the company’s critics say will demonstrate how the social media giant unfairly leveraged its market dominance to crush or absorb competitors. The request by the House Judiciary Committee comes amid a flurry of new antitrust investigations of technology giants, including ones by... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

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Judge OKs settlement of racial profiling suit in Mississippi

James Franco’s ex-students sue alleging sexual impropriety

MGM Resorts commits up to $800M to victims of Vegas shooting

Environmentalists push for removing dam along Colorado River

Judge to weigh possible bias by Smollett special prosecutor

3 charged with providing drugs that killed rapper Mac Miller

Prosecutor: ‘El Chapo’ gave $1M to Honduras leader’s brother

Fight over Philadelphia’s voting machines may head to court

Cities push opioid lawsuits against family that owns Purdue

Coast Guard officer expected to plead guilty in gun case

Forgiveness, anger after ex-Dallas cop sentenced to 10 years

Deliberations at gang trial where Tekashi 6ix9ine testified

Connecticut lawyer faces judgment in admissions scandal

US House panel taps defunct startup for Facebook files

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