Dutch prosecutors consider terror motive in tram shooting

UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch investigators probing the deadly tram shooting in the city of Utrecht sharpened their focus Tuesday on a possible extremist motive, as judicial authorities revealed that the main suspect was released from jail this month and faces a rape trial in July. The nature of the Monday’s attack and a note... Read More

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March 20, 2019

Jury: Roundup weed killer is major factor in man’s cancer

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Roundup weed killer was a substantial factor in a California man’s cancer, a jury determined Tuesday in the first phase of a trial that attorneys said could help determine the fate of hundreds of similar lawsuits. The unanimous verdict by the six-person jury in federal court in San Francisco came in... Read More

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Roundup

March 20, 2019

Records show special counsel zeroed in on Cohen early on

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of pages of court records made public Tuesday revealed that special counsel Robert Mueller quickly zeroed in on Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer, in the early stages of his Russia probe. The heavily blacked-out records, released by a judge at the request of news organizations,... Read More

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Michael Cohen

March 20, 2019

Asylum seekers waiting in Mexico seek to stay in US

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Several asylum seekers who are being forced to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration court told a judge Tuesday that they are afraid to return to Mexico as they await their next hearing — a development that introduces a new wrinkle to a major U.S. policy shift.... Read More

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Asylum, Immigration

March 19, 2019

NY self-help guru pleads not guilty to child porn charges

NEW YORK (AP) — The spiritual leader of an upstate New York self-help group pleaded not guilty on Monday to newly filed child pornography charges at a hearing where it became clear that his co-defendants are trying to avoid going to trial with him next month. Keith Raniere was charged last week with exploiting a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Keith Raniere

March 19, 2019

Marketing group fined $1 million in FIFA corruption case

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ordered a sports marketing group on Monday to pay a total of $1 million in fines in the FIFA soccer scandal. U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen fined Traffic Sports International and Traffic Sports USA at a hearing federal court in Brooklyn. The companies had been implicated in the sprawling... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

FIFA

March 19, 2019

Justices reject B&B owner who denied room to gay couple

HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place Hawaii court rulings that found a bed and breakfast owner violated the state’s anti-discrimination law by refusing to rent a room to a lesbian couple. The justices rejected an appeal from Aloha Bed & Breakfast owner Phyllis Young, who argued that she should... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Orientation

March 19, 2019

Trial of Dallas officer set to start Aug. 12

DALLAS (AP) — A date has been set for the murder trial of a white former Dallas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in his own apartment. Court records show that Amber Guyger is scheduled to begin a jury trial on Monday, Aug. 12, less than a year after she shot Botham... Read More

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Amber Guyger

March 19, 2019

Country star Kane Brown countersues producer over contract

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country star Kane Brown and Atlanta-based producer Polow Da Don are embroiled in a contract dispute that has both sides claiming they are owed money. The Grammy-nominated producer, whose real name is Jamal Jones, sued Brown in February claiming breach of contract, saying he has not been paid under the terms... Read More

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Kane Brown

March 19, 2019

Tweets could doom judge’s nomination to Kansas appeals court

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s nomination of a trial judge to Kansas’ second-highest court appeared doomed Monday after two key Republican legislators decried past social media posts criticizing President Donald Trump and expressing support for gun control and abortion rights. Senate President Susan Wagle predicted that Judge Jeffry Jack’s appointment to the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Laura Kelly

March 19, 2019

Sharpton, family seek change a year after Stephon Clark died

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Standing beside the family of a 22-year-old black man who was fatally shot by police a year ago Monday, the Rev. Al Sharpton called for California to make it easier to prosecute officers who kill civilians and to require that all cases go before a grand jury. “The legacy is we’re... Read More

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Stephon Clark

March 19, 2019

SEC says Musk’s contempt defense ‘borders on the ridiculous’

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. securities regulators countered Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s contempt-of-court defense Monday night, writing in court papers that he brazenly disregarded a federal judge’s order and that one of his arguments “borders on the ridiculous.” Lawyers for the Securities and Exchange Commission, in a response to Musk, wrote that when the contempt motion... Read More

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Elon Musk, Tesla

March 19, 2019

Pediatrician gets at least 79 years for assaulting patients

EBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania pediatrician was sentenced Monday to at least 79 years in prison for sexually assaulting 31 children, most of them patients, as his now-adult victims blasted not only their abuser but the system that let him get away with it for so long. Dr. Johnnie Barto of Johnstown was... Read More

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Johnnie Barto

March 19, 2019

DC-area sniper shootings case to have Supreme Court hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider Virginia’s plea to reinstate the life-without-parole sentence of a man who as a teenager participated in sniper shootings that terrorized the Washington, D.C., region in 2002. The justices said they will take up the state’s appeal in the case of Lee Boyd Malvo, who... Read More

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DC Sniper

Dutch prosecutors consider terror motive in tram shooting

Jury: Roundup weed killer is major factor in man’s cancer

Records show special counsel zeroed in on Cohen early on

Asylum seekers waiting in Mexico seek to stay in US

NY self-help guru pleads not guilty to child porn charges

Marketing group fined $1 million in FIFA corruption case

Justices reject B&B owner who denied room to gay couple

Trial of Dallas officer set to start Aug. 12

Country star Kane Brown countersues producer over contract

Tweets could doom judge’s nomination to Kansas appeals court

Sharpton, family seek change a year after Stephon Clark died

SEC says Musk’s contempt defense ‘borders on the ridiculous’

Pediatrician gets at least 79 years for assaulting patients

DC-area sniper shootings case to have Supreme Court hearing

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