Britney Spears gets restraining order against former friend

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears was granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday against a former confidante who she says has been harassing her family again. A judge ordered 44-year-old Sam Lutfi, who has been in legal fights with the Spears family for a decade, to stay at least 200 yards from her, her parents... Read More

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Britney Spears

May 9, 2019

Slain teen charged attacker in Colorado school shooting

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) — When a gunman burst into his high school classroom, Kendrick Castillo did not hesitate. The 18-year-old immediately charged, pinning the attacker to the wall before Castillo was fatally shot protecting classmates, witnesses said. As he charged, so did two other students. One of them, Brendan Bialy, wrestled the gun from... Read More

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Devon Erickson, Maya McKinney

May 9, 2019

Woman accused of killing man who tried to flee crash scene

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia woman is accused of fatally shooting a man who tried to leave the scene of a crash near Highway 85. News outlets report 21-year-old Hannah Payne’s lawyer argued in court Wednesday that the shooting was in self-defense. Payne’s charged with murder without malice in the Tuesday death of 62-year-old Kenneth... Read More

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Hannah Payne

May 9, 2019

2 Russian spies sentenced in Montenegro in coup attempt

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A Montenegro court on Thursday sentenced 13 people, including two Russian secret service operatives, to up to 15 years in prison after they were convicted of plotting to overthrow the Balkan country’s government and prevent it from joining NATO. Chief judge Suzana Mugosa said the two Russians, identified as Eduard Shishmakov... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

May 9, 2019

Fake heiress who swindled banks and hotels faces sentencing

NEW YORK (AP) — The day of reckoning has arrived for the German con artist who passed herself off as a wealthy heiress and was convicted of swindling New York banks and hotels out of tens of thousands of dollars. Anna Sorokin is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in state court following her conviction last... Read More

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Anna Sorokin

May 9, 2019

Ex-intelligence analyst charged with leaks to reporter

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former government intelligence analyst has been charged with leaking classified documents about military campaigns against terrorist group al-Qaeda to a reporter. Daniel Everette Hale, 31, of Nashville, Tennessee, was arrested Thursday morning and will make an initial appearance at the federal courthouse there, authorities said. An indictment in Alexandria, Virginia,... Read More

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Daniel Everette Hale

May 9, 2019

Man gets 10-year prison sentence for deadly Kansas shooting

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in an October 2017 shooting that killed three people and wounded two others in a popular downtown area of a Kansas college town. Prosecutors announced Wednesday that 23-year-old Ahmad Rayton, of Topeka, had been sentenced for attempted voluntary manslaughter. Rayton was... Read More

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Ahmad Rayton

May 8, 2019

Burn victims sue Conagra after cans of cooking spray explode

DETROIT (AP) — Eight burn victims sued the maker of Pam cooking spray Tuesday, saying they were severely injured when cans of the spray exploded in their kitchens. The plaintiffs’ attorney, J. Craig Smith, says larger cans of Pam and similar cooking sprays made by Conagra Brands have a faulty, U-shaped vent system in the... Read More

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Conagra

May 8, 2019

Suspect in shooting at North Carolina university indicted

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a 22-year-old man on murder and other charges in the shooting attack at a North Carolina university that left two students dead and four others wounded, a prosecutor’s office announced Tuesday. The Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement the indictments handed down Monday... Read More

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Trystan Andrew Terrell

May 8, 2019

Congressman’s ex-aide says she was fired for being pregnant

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former senior aide to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Democrat that claims he wrongly fired her for being pregnant. Kristie Small filed the federal suit in Washington, D.C., on Monday against Cuellar after being terminated as his acting chief of staff last October. The... Read More

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Henry Cuellar

May 8, 2019

Prosecutors: Sheriff lied to FBI about jailing innocent man

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff and two deputies angered by someone videotaping a police investigation jailed the man for three days, created a fake police report, took his cellphone and tried to destroy it and lied to the FBI, according to federal indictments. Chester County Sheriff Alex Underwood, his Chief Deputy Robert... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

May 8, 2019

Washington state governor signs bills tightening gun rules

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a group of bills Tuesday tightening rules on guns in some circumstances, part of a national shift toward more narrowly focused gun legislation. Included in the bills were provisions allowing temporary gun bans on people being released from short-term psychiatric holds and people found incompetent to stand... Read More

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Guns

May 8, 2019

Feds sue WV governor’s coal companies over safety violations

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. government sued nearly two dozen of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s coal companies Tuesday to get them to pay about $4.8 million in unpaid mine safety fines. The civil lawsuit was filed by federal prosecutors in Virginia on behalf of the U.S. Department of Labor and the Mine Safety... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

May 8, 2019

Prosecutors accuse Kraft’s lawyers of lying in court

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two of Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s high-profile defense attorneys lied during his misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution case and falsely alleged a police officer admitted to fabricating a traffic violation to stop another massage parlor customer, prosecutors asserted Tuesday. The Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office filed a motion asking Judge... Read More

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Robert Kraft

Britney Spears gets restraining order against former friend

Slain teen charged attacker in Colorado school shooting

Woman accused of killing man who tried to flee crash scene

2 Russian spies sentenced in Montenegro in coup attempt

Fake heiress who swindled banks and hotels faces sentencing

Ex-intelligence analyst charged with leaks to reporter

Man gets 10-year prison sentence for deadly Kansas shooting

Burn victims sue Conagra after cans of cooking spray explode

Suspect in shooting at North Carolina university indicted

Congressman’s ex-aide says she was fired for being pregnant

Prosecutors: Sheriff lied to FBI about jailing innocent man

Washington state governor signs bills tightening gun rules

Feds sue WV governor’s coal companies over safety violations

Prosecutors accuse Kraft’s lawyers of lying in court

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