Tiger Woods removed from for wrongful death lawsuit

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods is no longer a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a drunken driver who died in a car crash. Attorneys for the parents of Nicholas Immesberger filed an amended complaint Friday in Palm Beach County court dropping Woods from the suit. The... Read More

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Tiger Woods

June 25, 2019

Jury urges death for killer of family of 4 found in desert

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A jury on Monday recommended the death penalty for a Southern California man convicted of killing a family of four with a sledgehammer and burying their bodies in shallow desert graves. Jurors in San Bernardino made the recommendation for Charles “Chase” Merritt, 62, in a case that puzzled investigators for... Read More

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Charles "Chase" Merritt

June 25, 2019

Lawyer: Gooding Jr.’s accuser ‘troubled,’ groping case bogus

NEW YORK (AP) — Cuba Gooding Jr.’s lawyer is urging a judge to dismiss the forcible touching case that landed the actor in handcuffs two weeks ago, arguing that witnesses and security video contradict a woman’s allegations that he groped her at a New York City night spot. Lawyer Mark Heller is also taking aim... Read More

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Cuba Gooding Jr.

June 25, 2019

Ex-Sacramento Kings exec gets 7 years for siphoning $13.4M

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former top Sacramento Kings executive was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for siphoning $13.4 million from the team. Jeffrey David, 44, the team’s former chief revenue officer, pleaded guilty in December to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. David diverted the sponsorship payments of five companies to a... Read More

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Jeffrey David, Sacramento Kings

June 25, 2019

Kansas to allow trans residents to change birth certificates

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will allow transgender people to change their birth certificates so the documents reflect their gender identities under a legal settlement that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s young administration and LGBTQ-rights advocates announced Monday. The agreement ends a federal lawsuit filed in October by four transgender individuals and the Kansas Statewide Transgender... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Orientation

June 25, 2019

Special prosecutor requested in South Bend police shooting

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A special prosecutor was requested Monday to investigate the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in a case that has inflamed tensions between the black community and law enforcement and roiled the Democratic presidential campaign of Mayor Pete Buttigieg. St. Joseph County Prosecutor Kenneth Cotter... Read More

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Eric Logan, Ryan O'Neill

June 25, 2019

Former student guilty in slaying of visiting Chinese scholar

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Jurors deliberated less than 90 minutes before returning a guilty verdict Monday in the federal death-penalty trial of a former University of Illinois doctoral student who abducted a visiting Chinese scholar from a bus stop and killed her at his apartment. Brendt Christensen didn’t move or show any emotion as the... Read More

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Brendt Christensen

June 25, 2019

Texas man pleads guilty to lesser charge in daughter’s death

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who was accused of killing his adopted daughter pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge the day his trial for capital murder was scheduled to begin. The Dallas Morning News reports that Wesley Mathews, 39, pleaded guilty to injury to a child by omission. That gives Mathews the chance... Read More

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Wesley Mathews

June 25, 2019

Court hearing to be held in Maryland newspaper shooting case

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A pretrial hearing is scheduled in the case of a man charged with fatally gunning down five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland. The hearing before Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Laura Ripken is set for Tuesday in Annapolis. Attorneys for the defense and the prosecution are expected... Read More

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Jarrod Ramos

June 25, 2019

Defense to question investigator in case against Navy SEAL

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Defense lawyers for a decorated Navy SEAL charged with war crimes are expected to grill the lead investigator in the case Tuesday as they try to paint a picture of an upstanding war hero being framed by lies. Attorneys for Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher planned to cross-examine a special agent... Read More

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Edward Gallagher

June 24, 2019

10 years later, a look at people surrounding Michael Jackson

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at the status of the major figures in the life and death of Michael Jackson after 10 years, starting with the King of Pop himself: ___ MICHAEL JACKSON: Jackson, who would be 60 years old were he alive, was rehearsing for a tour intended to rehabilitate his career, finances... Read More

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Michael Jackson

June 24, 2019

2020 Democrats strongly defend abortion rights at forum

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Twenty Democratic presidential candidates attending a Planned Parenthood forum on Saturday vowed to defend abortion rights under nearly any circumstance while largely ignoring nuances around the issue that have already roiled their party heading into the 2020 election. The event sponsored by Planned Parenthood Action Fund — the group’s political arm... Read More

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Abortion

June 24, 2019

Police: Officer shot in ambush had no chance of survival

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A rookie Sacramento police officer who died during a domestic violence call was ambushed by a gunman and had no chance of surviving after she was shot, police said. The disclosure came late Friday amid criticism that it took police 45 minutes to get to 26-year-old rookie Officer Tara O’Sullivan during... Read More

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Tara O'Sullivan

June 24, 2019

States’ push to legalize sports betting differs by region

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for every state to legalize sports betting , a regional divide has opened as states decide whether to expand their gambling options. By year’s end, legalization is possible in a dozen states in the Northeast and Midwest. But most... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Sports Betting

Tiger Woods removed from for wrongful death lawsuit

Jury urges death for killer of family of 4 found in desert

Lawyer: Gooding Jr.’s accuser ‘troubled,’ groping case bogus

Ex-Sacramento Kings exec gets 7 years for siphoning $13.4M

Kansas to allow trans residents to change birth certificates

Special prosecutor requested in South Bend police shooting

Former student guilty in slaying of visiting Chinese scholar

Texas man pleads guilty to lesser charge in daughter’s death

Court hearing to be held in Maryland newspaper shooting case

Defense to question investigator in case against Navy SEAL

10 years later, a look at people surrounding Michael Jackson

2020 Democrats strongly defend abortion rights at forum

Police: Officer shot in ambush had no chance of survival

States’ push to legalize sports betting differs by region

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