Judge scales back Weinstein suit, allows sex-traffic claim

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawsuit seeking to represent any woman with a claim against Harvey Weinstein can proceed on sex-trafficking grounds, a judge ruled Thursday, as he dramatically shrank the scope of an action trying to treat the disgraced movie producer and various companies like a mob organization. U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

April 19, 2019

Kodak Black arrested on drug, gun charge at Canadian border

LEWISTON, N.Y. (AP) — Kodak Black was arrested on drug and weapons charges as the rapper tried to cross from Canada into the United States near Niagara Falls, law enforcement officials said Thursday. Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, was driving two other people in a Cadillac Escalade with temporary California registration across the... Read More

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Kodak Black

April 19, 2019

California couple who shackled children face life in prison

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The desperate cry for help came from a girl who had lived in such isolation for 17 years that she didn’t know her address, the month of the year or what the word medication meant. But after jumping out a window from the filthy home where she lived with her parents... Read More

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David Turpin, Louise Turpin

April 18, 2019

Judge bars release of Kraft massage videos before hearing

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors can’t release undercover video of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and others allegedly receiving sex acts at a Florida massage parlor until a Florida judge rules later this month. Circuit Judge Joseph Marx on Wednesday barred the release of any video from the Orchids of Asia Day Spa... Read More

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Robert Kraft

April 18, 2019

Ex-Black Panther gets new hearing in 1981 police death

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Black Panther and death row activist convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer decades ago will get a new appeals hearing after the city prosecutor on Wednesday dropped his opposition to it. Mumia Abu-Jamal, 64, is serving a life sentence after spending decades on death row in the 1981 slaying... Read More

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Mumia Abu-Jamal

April 18, 2019

Vegas Sands report suggests settlement amount in Macau case

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Financial documents suggested Wednesday that Las Vegas Sands Corp. paid $96 million to settle a 15-year breach-of-contract dispute with a Hong Kong businessman who helped the U.S. company open its first casino in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau. The amount was listed as a “nonrecurring legal settlement” in a $582... Read More

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Las Vegas Sands Corp

April 18, 2019

Trump cracks down on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday intensified its crackdown on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, rolling back Obama administration policy and announcing new restrictions and sanctions against the three countries whose leaders national security adviser John Bolton dubbed the “three stooges of socialism.” “The troika of tyranny — Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

April 18, 2019

Lawsuits over shootings at Kansas business settled for $2M

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Families of the victims of a mass shooting at a central Kansas lawn equipment factory in 2016 have won a $2 million legal settlement from a now-defunct pawnshop that sold the firearms to the shooter’s girlfriend. The settlement of three lawsuits in Harvey County District Court was announced Wednesday by Brady,... Read More

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Cedric Ford

April 18, 2019

Mississippi officials defend ‘heartbeat’ abortion law

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The office of Mississippi’s Democratic attorney general filed papers this week defending a law that bans most abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, as early as six weeks into pregnancy. It’s one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed it last month and it... Read More

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Abortion

April 18, 2019

Suburban Detroit doctor gets 11-plus years in opioid scheme

DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit doctor who admitted running an $18 million prescription drug scheme has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison. A federal judge on Wednesday also ordered Dr. Zongli Chang to pay a $1 million fine and forfeit $3 million. The Livonia man had pleaded guilty to orchestrating the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Opioid

April 18, 2019

More charges for man accused of claiming to be missing child

CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal grand jury indictment that was filed Thursday accuses an Ohio man who claimed to be a missing child from Illinois of lying to federal agents and of identity theft. Brian Michael Rini, 23, of Medina, now faces two counts of lying to federal agents and one count of aggravated identity... Read More

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Brian Rini

April 18, 2019

Canadian sentenced to life in prison for US airport attack

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Canadian man convicted of terrorism for nearly killing an airport police officer in Michigan was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. U.S. prosecutors said Amor Ftouhi drove 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) from Montreal to the airport in Flint, Michigan, where he yelled “God is great” in Arabic and repeatedly stabbed... Read More

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Amor Ftouhi

April 18, 2019

Appeals court weighs Trump permit for Keystone XL pipeline

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Justice Department attorneys want an appeals court to let construction proceed on the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. But opponents say President Donald Trump is trying to skirt the law by issuing a new permit for the project. The Trump administration has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

Keystone XL Pipeline

April 18, 2019

Court sets hearing on Trump administration’s asylum policy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday scheduled a hearing over whether to stop the Trump administration from forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their immigration court hearings. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set a hearing for April 24 in San Francisco over whether a lower court ruling... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Asylum

Judge scales back Weinstein suit, allows sex-traffic claim

Kodak Black arrested on drug, gun charge at Canadian border

California couple who shackled children face life in prison

Judge bars release of Kraft massage videos before hearing

Ex-Black Panther gets new hearing in 1981 police death

Vegas Sands report suggests settlement amount in Macau case

Trump cracks down on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela

Lawsuits over shootings at Kansas business settled for $2M

Mississippi officials defend ‘heartbeat’ abortion law

Suburban Detroit doctor gets 11-plus years in opioid scheme

More charges for man accused of claiming to be missing child

Canadian sentenced to life in prison for US airport attack

Appeals court weighs Trump permit for Keystone XL pipeline

Court sets hearing on Trump administration’s asylum policy

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