Judge: Rep. Duncan Hunter’s trial can detail alleged affairs

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jurors can hear evidence of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter’s alleged extramarital affairs when they consider charges the California Republican looted campaign cash to finance vacations, golf outings and other personal expenses, a judge said Monday. Prosecutors revealed salacious details about the married congressman’s lifestyle in court filings last week, saying he... Read More

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Duncan Hunter

July 2, 2019

Texas woman admits addressing bombs to Obama, Texas governor

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area woman had admitted that she addressed package bombs to former president Barack Obama, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Social Security Administration. Julia Ann Poff pleaded guilty in a Houston federal court Monday to transporting explosives with intent to kill, injure or intimidate. Although the plea related directly to the... Read More

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Julia Poff

July 2, 2019

LAPD opens internal affairs inquiry in Nipsey Hussle case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have opened an internal affairs investigation into why the woman who drove the getaway car in the aftermath of rapper Nipsey Hussle’s killing was sent home when she tried to turn herself in during the manhunt for the shooter. The LAPD’s Office of the Inspector General confirmed Monday... Read More

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Nipsey Hussle

July 2, 2019

Judge: Andy Warhol didn’t violate Prince picture copyright

NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Warhol transcended a photographer’s copyright by transforming a picture of a vulnerable and uncomfortable Prince into an artwork that made the singer an “iconic, larger-than-life figure,” a judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl in Manhattan sided with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts over renowned... Read More

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Andy Warhol, Prince

July 2, 2019

US to decide whether to retry Arizona border activist

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are getting ready to announce whether they’ll retry a border activist after a U.S. jury was unable to reach a verdict against him on charges of conspiracy to transport and harbor migrants. The decision about whether to file new charges against Scott Daniel Warren is expected at a court... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

July 2, 2019

Jury deliberates case of Navy SEAL charged with murder

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A jury on Tuesday will begin the first full day of deliberations in the case of a decorated Navy SEAL charged with murdering a wounded war prisoner in Iraq. Closing arguments wrapped up Monday at the court-martial of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, who has pleaded not guilty. A military prosecutor... Read More

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Edward Gallagher

July 1, 2019

Rep. Hunter tells judge corruption case is political bias

SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California is charged with looting his own campaign cash to finance vacations, golf and other personal expenses, then trying to cover it up. The Republican congressman says he’s the target of politically biased prosecutors. A federal judge in San Diego is scheduled Monday to consider if... Read More

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Duncan Hunter

July 1, 2019

Illegal or just immoral? Film explores texting suicide case

BOSTON (AP) — Michelle Carter sent her suicidal boyfriend countless text messages encouraging him to follow through on his plan to take his own life until he actually did. Two years after Carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a case that gripped the nation, the director of a new documentary wants viewers to decide... Read More

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Michelle Carter

July 1, 2019

Closing arguments due in Navy SEAL court-martial

SAN DIEGO (AP) — It was called the “The Sewing Circle,” an unlikely name for a secret subsect of Navy SEALs. Its purpose was even more improbable: A chat forum to discuss alleged war crimes they said their chief, a decorated sniper and medic, committed on a recent tour of duty in Iraq. The WhatsApp... Read More

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Edward Gallagher

July 1, 2019

Rhode Island diocese posts list of credibly accused priests

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence on Monday released a list of clerics, religious order priests and deacons it deems to have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children. The list of 50 names posted on the diocese website includes 19 priests and deacons who are still alive, ranging in age... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

July 1, 2019

Georgia Supreme Court orders review of slain baby case

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court has ordered a trial judge to review whether a teenager was properly sentenced to life without parole after he was convicted of fatally shooting a baby in the face. De’Marquise Kareem Elkins was 17 when the baby was slain in his stroller during a failed street robbery... Read More

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De'Marquise Kareem Elkins

July 1, 2019

Wisconsin man pleads not guilty to killing couple in 1976

MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — An 82-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a couple at a Wisconsin park 43 years ago. Raymand Vannieuwenhoven (van-EE’-ven-hoh-ven) entered the pleas Monday in Marinette County Circuit Court. He’s accused of killing 25-year-old David Schuldes and 24-year-old Ellen Matheys in 1976 at McClintock... Read More

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Raymand Vannieuwenhoven

July 1, 2019

Delay in 2020 census could gum up finely calibrated planning

President Donald Trump said he has asked about delaying the 2020 census over a citizenship question, but experts say any delay could gum up the U.S. Census Bureau’s finely calibrated timetable for the 10-year count. Monday was the deadline to start printing the 600 million documents that will be mailed to 130 million households for... Read More

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Census

July 1, 2019

Lawyers: Fetal death charges ‘unjust,’ should be dismissed

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Attorneys for an Alabama woman indicted for manslaughter after she lost her fetus when she was shot filed a motion Monday to dismiss the charges, calling them “completely unreasonable and unjust.” The district attorney’s office has not yet decided whether to prosecute. Marshae Jones was five months pregnant when 23-year-old Ebony... Read More

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Marshae Jones

Judge: Rep. Duncan Hunter’s trial can detail alleged affairs

Texas woman admits addressing bombs to Obama, Texas governor

LAPD opens internal affairs inquiry in Nipsey Hussle case

Judge: Andy Warhol didn’t violate Prince picture copyright

US to decide whether to retry Arizona border activist

Jury deliberates case of Navy SEAL charged with murder

Rep. Hunter tells judge corruption case is political bias

Illegal or just immoral? Film explores texting suicide case

Closing arguments due in Navy SEAL court-martial

Rhode Island diocese posts list of credibly accused priests

Georgia Supreme Court orders review of slain baby case

Wisconsin man pleads not guilty to killing couple in 1976

Delay in 2020 census could gum up finely calibrated planning

Lawyers: Fetal death charges ‘unjust,’ should be dismissed

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