Dad guilty of killing 5 kids faces possible death sentence

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A jury convicted a South Carolina father of murder Tuesday in the deaths of his five young children, allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty. The Lexington County jury considered the case for about six hours over two days before returning the five guilty verdicts for murder against Timothy Jones Jr.,... Read More

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Timothy Jones Jr.

June 5, 2019

California man freed from life prison sentence for joyriding

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California man was freed from prison after serving 23 years of his life sentence on a joyriding conviction, including eight years in solitary confinement for possessing a book written by the co-founder of a notorious prison gang. His attorneys say it’s unconscionable that he was set to die in prison... Read More

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Kenneth Oliver

June 5, 2019

US court weighs if climate change violates children’s rights

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In a courtroom packed with environmental activists, federal judges wrestled Tuesday with whether climate change violates the constitutional rights of young people who have sued the U.S. government over the use of fossil fuels. A Justice Department attorney warned three judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that allowing... Read More

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Climate Change

June 5, 2019

Charges against alleged white supremacists tossed by judge

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal charges against three alleged members of a violent white supremacist group accused of inciting violence at California political rallies were dismissed by a judge who found their actions amounted to constitutionally protected free speech. Prosecutors said members of the Rise Above Movement conspired to riot by using the internet to... Read More

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Rise Above Movement

June 5, 2019

Florida deputy charged for inaction during Parkland shooting

MIAMI (AP) — The Florida deputy who knew a gunman was loose at the Parkland high school but refused to go inside to confront the assailant was arrested Tuesday on 11 criminal charges related to his inaction during the massacre that killed 17 people. Scot Peterson was on duty as the resource officer at Marjory... Read More

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Scot Peterson

June 5, 2019

Family of slain Chicago cab driver sues Uber

CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a Chicago cab driver who died after being hurt in a fight with a ride-sharing driver is suing Uber. Fangqui Lu is wanted on a murder warrant in the September death of Anis Tungekar. Authorities say the 64-year-old Tungekar was injured two days before his death by Lu, who... Read More

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Fangqui Lu, Uber

June 5, 2019

Judge to rule if racist Facebook page can be trial evidence

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A judge must decide if prosecutors can present evidence that a white man charged with fatally stabbing a black student on the University of Maryland’s campus belonged to a racist Facebook group called “Alt-Reich: Nation.” Prince George’s County Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Hill Jr. is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday... Read More

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Facebook

June 5, 2019

Leader of La Luz del Mundo charged with child rape

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The leader and self-proclaimed apostle of La Luz del Mundo, a Mexico-based church with branches in the U.S. that claims over 1 million followers, has been charged with human trafficking and child rape, California officials announced Tuesday. Joaquín García and a follower of the church, 24-year-old Susana Medina Oaxaca, were arrested... Read More

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La Luz del Mundo

June 5, 2019

First of 4 ex-college basketball coaches to be sentenced

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors want a former assistant basketball coach for the University of Southern California to serve up to a year in prison for his role in a scandal that steered top high school recruits to favored schools and career professionals. His lawyer says there’s no need for imprisonment for Tony Bland at... Read More

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Tony Bland

June 5, 2019

Hearing to consider fate of lone Missouri abortion clinic

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The fate of Missouri’s only abortion clinic is at stake in a hearing scheduled for Wednesday in St. Louis. Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer will hear testimony in a hearing on Planned Parenthood’s request for a preliminary injunction that would keep open its abortion clinic in St. Louis. Missouri’s health department last... Read More

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Abortion

June 4, 2019

Man accused of killing his child’s mother, fleeing to Cuba

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — An attorney is going to trial on charges that he shot and killed the mother of his child at her home in an upscale New Jersey suburb, then fled to Cuba and was caught by customs authorities in Havana who had received an Interpol alert about him. More than seven months... Read More

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Ray Bledsoe

June 4, 2019

Carnival will pay $20m over pollution from its cruise ships

MIAMI (AP) — Carnival Corp. reached a settlement Monday with federal prosecutors in which the world’s largest cruise line agreed to pay a $20 million penalty because its ships continued to pollute the oceans despite a previous criminal conviction aimed at curbing similar conduct. Senior U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz approved the agreement after Carnival... Read More

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Carnival

June 4, 2019

Man sentenced for threats to senators over Kavanaugh vote

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a New York man to 18 months in prison on Monday for threatening to kill two U.S. senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. Prosecutors sought an even longer sentence for Ronald DeRisi, saying he went to great lengths to mask his identity... Read More

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Ronald DeRisi

June 4, 2019

Prosecutor: Father who killed kids is selfish, evil man

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Timothy Jones Jr. was a selfish, evil man who wanted to inflict revenge on the mother of his five children and tried to hide their bodies after killing them, a prosecutor said Monday in closing statements in his death penalty trial. But the South Carolina man’s lawyers say all of that... Read More

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Timothy Jones Jr.

Dad guilty of killing 5 kids faces possible death sentence

California man freed from life prison sentence for joyriding

US court weighs if climate change violates children’s rights

Charges against alleged white supremacists tossed by judge

Florida deputy charged for inaction during Parkland shooting

Family of slain Chicago cab driver sues Uber

Judge to rule if racist Facebook page can be trial evidence

Leader of La Luz del Mundo charged with child rape

First of 4 ex-college basketball coaches to be sentenced

Hearing to consider fate of lone Missouri abortion clinic

Man accused of killing his child’s mother, fleeing to Cuba

Carnival will pay $20m over pollution from its cruise ships

Man sentenced for threats to senators over Kavanaugh vote

Prosecutor: Father who killed kids is selfish, evil man

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