Judge set to issue verdict in Chicago police cover-up case

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge is set to announce a verdict Thursday for three Chicago police officers accused of lying in their reports to protect the white officer who fatally shot black teenager Laquan McDonald. Cook County Judge Domenica Stephenson has scheduled an afternoon hearing for David March, Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney. They are... Read More

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Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald

January 17, 2019

Hearing set for suspect in Alabama mall shooting

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A judge in Alabama has scheduled a hearing for a man charged in gunfire that sparked a fatal police shooting which set off weeks of protests near Birmingham. A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday morning for Erron Brown, who’s charged with attempted murder in a shooting that severely injured a... Read More

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Erron Brown

January 17, 2019

School board sues over decision blocking armed staffers

JONESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia county school board is suing the state after the superintendent was denied a designation allowing him to carry guns on school property — part of a plan to allow armed staffers at schools. News outlets report the lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Lee County Circuit Court. In July, the... Read More

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Guns

January 17, 2019

Hearing delayed on school shooting suspect’s guard contact

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A hearing has been delayed on whether Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz should still be supervised by a corrections officer he’s accused of assaulting. The hearing set Wednesday was postponed because a court reporter became ill. It was reset for Friday. Cruz’s lawyers want a judge to stop Cruz... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

January 17, 2019

San Francisco pier shooter seeks dismissal of gun charge

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Mexican man who touched off a fierce immigration debate over his role in the shooting death of a woman walking on a San Francisco pier is seeking to overturn his felony gun possession conviction. It was the only charge he was found guilty of after a jury acquitted him of... Read More

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Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, Kate Steinle

January 16, 2019

Man pleads guilty in Chicago killing of Dwyane Wade’s cousin

CHICAGO (AP) — One of two brothers charged in the Chicago fatal shooting of Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade’s cousin has pleaded guilty to murder. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Derren Sorrells entered the plea Tuesday to a first-degree murder charge in the 2016 shooting of 32-year-old Nykea Aldridge. Sorrells admitted to firing shots at a... Read More

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Derren Sorrells, Dwayne Wade

January 16, 2019

Final defendant sentenced in Bundy ranch standoff in Nevada

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s bodyguard in confrontations with U.S land management agents became the last of 19 defendants from 11 states to be sentenced on Tuesday in an armed standoff nearly five years ago. Brian “Booda” Cavalier, 47, of Mesa, Arizona, was told he won’t serve any more time than the... Read More

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Cliven Bundy

January 16, 2019

Hearing set on school shooting suspect’s contact with guard

WATCH THE LIVE STREAM HERE AT 2:30PM ET FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge is set to consider whether Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz should still be supervised by a corrections officer he is accused of assaulting. Cruz’s lawyers want Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer on Wednesday to stop Cruz from being supervised by... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

January 15, 2019

Police shooting case lawyers make last sentencing arguments

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors are recommending that the former Chicago police officer convicted in the 2014 shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald be sentenced to at least 18 years in prison and a defense attorney is urging the judge allow the officer to be released on probation. In documents filed this week in anticipation... Read More

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Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald

January 15, 2019

Supreme Court stays out of dispute over Whitaker appointment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is refusing to be drawn into a dispute over the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as the acting U.S. attorney general. The justices on Monday rejected an appeal in a case dealing with gun rights that also included a challenge to President Donald Trump’s appointment of Whitaker to temporarily lead... Read More

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Guns, Matthew Whitaker, Supreme Court

January 14, 2019

Sandy Hook families can have access to InfoWars’ financials

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge has ruled that families of the victims killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting can review the financial documents of the conspiracy theory site Infowars that called the shooting a hoax. Six Newtown families filed a lawsuit in April against Infowars publisher and owner Alex Jones, accusing him... Read More

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Infowars, Sandy Hook

January 11, 2019

Man who fired on police station sentenced to 195 years

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A gunman sentenced to 195 years in prison for an attack on a police station apologized Thursday to the parents of an undercover narcotics detective who was mistakenly shot and killed by a fellow officer during the ambush. Before a judge sentenced him, Michael Ford said he didn’t intend to... Read More

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Michael Ford

January 10, 2019

Jewish museum attack suspect on trial in Belgium

BRUSSELS (AP) — The trial of a man accused of shooting dead four people at a Jewish museum in Belgium in 2014 after fighting alongside extremists in Syria started in Brussels on Thursday amid high security. The slaying was one of the first in Europe blamed on a foreign fighter — often young, radicalized people... Read More

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January 10, 2019

Man who fired on police station to be sentenced for murder

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A man who opened fire on a Maryland police station faces a prison sentence for his conviction on a murder charge in the friendly-fire killing of an undercover detective who tried to end the gunman’s attack. Michael Ford is scheduled to be sentenced by a Prince George’s County judge on... Read More

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Michael Ford

Judge set to issue verdict in Chicago police cover-up case

Hearing set for suspect in Alabama mall shooting

School board sues over decision blocking armed staffers

Hearing delayed on school shooting suspect’s guard contact

San Francisco pier shooter seeks dismissal of gun charge

Man pleads guilty in Chicago killing of Dwyane Wade’s cousin

Final defendant sentenced in Bundy ranch standoff in Nevada

Hearing set on school shooting suspect’s contact with guard

Police shooting case lawyers make last sentencing arguments

Supreme Court stays out of dispute over Whitaker appointment

Sandy Hook families can have access to InfoWars’ financials

Man who fired on police station sentenced to 195 years

Jewish museum attack suspect on trial in Belgium

Man who fired on police station to be sentenced for murder

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