Trial delayed for ex-officer charged in neighbor’s death

DALLAS (AP) — A judge has delayed the trial for a white former Dallas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in his own apartment. Amber Guyger had been scheduled to go on trial for murder in August for last year’s killing of her neighbor, Botham Jean. According to the Dallas Morning News... Read More

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Amber Guyger

April 3, 2019

Loughlin, Huffman due in court in college admissions scam

BOSTON (AP) — Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are expected in court Wednesday to face charges that they participated in a wide-ranging college admissions cheating scam. The actresses along with Loughlin’s fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli and dozens of others were charged last month in a scheme in which authorities say parents paid an... Read More

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Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin

April 3, 2019

Family behind OxyContin calls opioid suit false, misleading

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts authorities created a false picture of the Sackler family’s role in promoting OxyContin, the Sacklers said Tuesday in their first court response to allegations that individual family members — not just their company, Purdue Pharma — helped fuel the deadly opioid epidemic. The Sackler family says a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts... Read More

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Opioid

April 3, 2019

Florida man says pipe bombs weren’t meant to hurt anybody

NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man who pleaded guilty to sending pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President Donald Trump says he thinks he was misunderstood at his guilty plea. Cesar Sayoc said in a letter to a judge that was made public Tuesday that it was never his intent to harm... Read More

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Cesar Sayoc

April 3, 2019

2nd Texas chemical fire in about 2 weeks kills worker

HOUSTON (AP) — A tank holding a flammable chemical caught fire at a Texas plant Tuesday, killing one worker, critically injuring two others and sending panicked employees fleeing over a fence to safety. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez confirmed the fatality in a tweet and said the two injured had been taken by helicopter to... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

April 2, 2019

Judge allows expelled player to continue suit against Yale

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a former Yale basketball captain who was expelled for sexual misconduct that he denies can move forward with his lawsuit against the university. U.S. District Judge Alfred Covello, in a ruling released Monday, denied Yale’s motion to throw out many of Jack Montague’s claims, including... Read More

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Yale

April 2, 2019

Howard Schultz: Lawsuit over texts to promote book meritless

SEATTLE (AP) — A Florida woman is suing former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz after she says she and others on the national do-not-call list got automated text messages promoting his book tour. Schultz’s spokeswoman says the allegations are false. Schultz is considering an independent bid for president and launched a tour in January for his... Read More

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Howard Schultz

April 2, 2019

Potential jurors fill out questionnaires in ex-cop’s trial

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — About 75 potential jurors in the case of a former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed Australian woman answered written questions Monday about their own backgrounds and experiences with people of Somali heritage. Prosecutors and attorneys for Mohamed Noor will use the questionnaires as they start winnowing the jury... Read More

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Mohamed Noor

April 2, 2019

Jury deliberates fate of ex-Oklahoma zookeeper ‘Joe Exotic’

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A jury is deliberating a verdict in the federal trial of an ex-Oklahoma zookeeper and former candidate for governor accused in an attempted murder-for-hire plot. Jurors began deliberating Tuesday in the trial of 56-year-old Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, who’s accused of trying to arrange the killing of Carole Baskin , founder of... Read More

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Joe Exotic

April 2, 2019

Judge to consider request from media to unseal Smollett file

CHICAGO (AP) — It will be several weeks before a judge decides whether the public will get a look at the sealed court file in the Jussie Smollett case . Cook County Judge Steven Watkins said during a Tuesday court hearing that he did not agree with attorneys representing media organizations including The Associated Press... Read More

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Jussie Smollett

April 2, 2019

Pittsburgh approves gun restrictions; lawsuits expected

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh City Council has given final approval to gun restrictions proposed after last year’s synagogue massacre. The legislation places restrictions on military-style assault weapons like the AR-15 rifle that authorities say was used in the Oct. 27 rampage at Tree of Life Synagogue that killed 11 and wounded seven. It also... Read More

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Guns

April 2, 2019

Amid legal troubles, Avenatti scrutinized for R. Kelly role

CHICAGO (AP) — A lawyer defending R. Kelly said Monday that the prosecution’s sex-abuse case against the R&B singer had been marred by the involvement of attorney Michael Avenatti, who faces extortion charges in New York and embezzlement charges in California. The singer’s lead attorney, Steve Greenberg, said in comments to reporters and a court... Read More

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Michael Avenatti, R. Kelly

April 2, 2019

Avenatti confident ‘justice will be done’ in his fraud case

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Michael Avenatti is insistent that “justice will be done” after facing fraud charges Monday in federal court in California, a week after the attorney famous for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in legal battles against President Donald Trump was arrested in New York. After a brief hearing in the Orange... Read More

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Michael Avenatti

April 2, 2019

Detailed and public, Kim Jong Nam murder may never be solved

KUAL LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half brother at an airport in Malaysia was brazen, intricately orchestrated and, thanks to scores of security cameras, witnessed by millions around the world. The real masterminds behind the killing, however, may never be brought to justice. The murder charge... Read More

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Kim Jong Nam

Trial delayed for ex-officer charged in neighbor’s death

Loughlin, Huffman due in court in college admissions scam

Family behind OxyContin calls opioid suit false, misleading

Florida man says pipe bombs weren’t meant to hurt anybody

2nd Texas chemical fire in about 2 weeks kills worker

Judge allows expelled player to continue suit against Yale

Howard Schultz: Lawsuit over texts to promote book meritless

Potential jurors fill out questionnaires in ex-cop’s trial

Jury deliberates fate of ex-Oklahoma zookeeper ‘Joe Exotic’

Judge to consider request from media to unseal Smollett file

Pittsburgh approves gun restrictions; lawsuits expected

Amid legal troubles, Avenatti scrutinized for R. Kelly role

Avenatti confident ‘justice will be done’ in his fraud case

Detailed and public, Kim Jong Nam murder may never be solved

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