New Orleans man guilty in death of celebrity’s brothers

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans man has been convicted in the double-murder of a reality television star’s two brothers. New Orleans District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office says jurors deliberated about two hours Thursday before finding 34-year-old Antoine Edwards guilty on two counts of second-degree murder in the 2016 deaths of Joshua Johnson and... Read More

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Antoine Edwards

September 13, 2019

Court hearing for man charged with shooting 3 at Walmart

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of shooting two Walmart workers and a police officer faces a scheduled court hearing in Tennessee. Martez Abram is set to appear in court Friday on a fugitive warrant in Memphis as he fights extradition to Mississippi. The 39-year-old Abram has undergone treatment at a Memphis hospital... Read More

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Martez Abram

September 12, 2019

Man who loaned gun to killer of Utah student sentenced

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The man who loaned the gun used to kill college athlete Lauren McCluskey looked downcast and said he “shakes” when he thinks about her death Wednesday as he was sentenced to three years of supervised release. “It’s extremely sad … I cried when I found out about (Lauren’s death),” Nathan... Read More

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Lauren McCluskey, Nathan Daniel Vogel

September 10, 2019

Hearing on Florida school shooting prosecutor removal effort

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has set a hearing on an attempt by defense attorneys in Florida’s high school massacre case to remove the state prosecutors because they won’t reconsider seeking the death penalty for the defendant. Attorneys for 20-year-old Nikolas Cruz say in a court motion that Broward State Attorney Michael Satz... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

September 10, 2019

Man accused of plotting mass killing wants gun charges nixed

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge said Monday that he will decide by the end of this week whether to dismiss gun charges against a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling combat gear and compiling a hit list of prominent Democrats and TV journalists. Christopher Hasson, 50, is asking U.S. District Judge George Hazel... Read More

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Christopher Hasson

September 10, 2019

NRA sues San Francisco over terrorist declaration

The National Rifle Association sued San Francisco on Monday over the city’s recent declaration that the gun-rights lobby is a “domestic terrorist organization.” The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses city officials of violating the gun lobby’s free speech rights for political reasons and says the city is... Read More

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NRA

September 6, 2019

Feds recommend 10-month sentence for extremist in gun case

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday recommended a 10-month prison sentence followed by 3 years of supervised release for a man whose relatives reported concerns about his behavior and far-right extremist rhetoric after last year’s Pittsburgh synagogue massacre. Jeffrey Clark Jr. pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge in July. He’s scheduled... Read More

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Robert Bowers

September 6, 2019

Attorney: Alleged newspaper gunman ‘evil as all get-out’

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A lawyer said Thursday that “evil as all get-out” would be a better way of describing the man accused of fatally shooting five people at a Maryland newspaper, rather than calling him “crazy.” Brennan McCarthy, who represented a woman harassed by Jarrod Ramos years ago, testified at a pretrial hearing as... Read More

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Jarrod Ramos

September 6, 2019

Sacramento to pay $2.4M to young sons of man shot by police

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The city of Sacramento will pay $2.4 million to the two sons of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by police last year, according to court documents. A quarter of the money, plus nearly $14,000 in expenses, will go to attorneys, and the rest into a trust for the... Read More

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Stephon Clark

September 5, 2019

Couple injured in El Paso mass shooting sues Walmart

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas couple who were injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso last month recently filed a lawsuit against the corporation alleging it did not have adequate security in place to prevent the attack that killed 22 people. The lawsuit submitted Friday by Guillermo and Jessica Garcia... Read More

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Patrick Crusius, Walmart

September 3, 2019

Appeals court reinstates lawsuit in SC church shooting case

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A lawsuit over a faulty background check that allowed a South Carolina man to buy the gun he used to kill nine people in a racist attack at a Charleston church was reinstated Friday by a federal appeals court. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed... Read More

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Dylann Storm Roof

September 3, 2019

Court reverses sole conviction in San Francisco pier killing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California state appeals court on Friday threw out the sole conviction against an immigrant who fatally shot a young woman on the San Francisco waterfront in 2015 in a case that sparked a national immigration debate. Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate was acquitted of murder in the killing of Kate Steinle, who... Read More

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Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate

August 30, 2019

State court sends black man’s disputed murder case back

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court is sending the case of a man tried six times for murder back to a local court after the U.S. Supreme Court found racial bias in jury selection. Thursday’s ruling overturning the verdict was a formality after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Curtis Flowers... Read More

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Curtis Flowers

August 29, 2019

Parents, county clash in court over Parkland shootings

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Parents whose children were killed or wounded during last year’s Parkland high school massacre asked the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday to rule that each pull of the trigger was a separate occurrence for which the Broward County School Board should be held liable. But a lawyer for the school board... Read More

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

New Orleans man guilty in death of celebrity’s brothers

Court hearing for man charged with shooting 3 at Walmart

Man who loaned gun to killer of Utah student sentenced

Hearing on Florida school shooting prosecutor removal effort

Man accused of plotting mass killing wants gun charges nixed

NRA sues San Francisco over terrorist declaration

Feds recommend 10-month sentence for extremist in gun case

Attorney: Alleged newspaper gunman ‘evil as all get-out’

Sacramento to pay $2.4M to young sons of man shot by police

Couple injured in El Paso mass shooting sues Walmart

Appeals court reinstates lawsuit in SC church shooting case

Court reverses sole conviction in San Francisco pier killing

State court sends black man’s disputed murder case back

Parents, county clash in court over Parkland shootings

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