51 women sue USOC for failing to stop Nassar abuse

DENVER (AP) — Fifty-one women are suing the U.S. Olympic Committee, its board members and a number of former high-ranking officials for failing to prevent their abuse at the hands of imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Denver, details abuse dating to the late 1990s. One of the... Read More

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Larry Nassar

March 18, 2019

Asylum seeker abandons US plans in face of new policy

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Juan Carlos Perla says he spent his first night in the U.S. in a cold immigration cell with 21 others at the nation’s busiest border crossing. Fluorescent lights were always on in the basement holding area. Space was so tight that he laid his sleeping mat next to a toilet. The... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

March 18, 2019

A look at attacks on houses of worship over last decade

Houses of worship around the world, a place of reflection and peace, have been targeted for attack by extremists. Here are some of the deadly assaults over the last decade: July 16, 2010: Jundallah group kills 27 and injures 270 after it carries out a double suicide bombing against another Shiite mosque in southeastern Iran.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News, Religion

March 18, 2019

Italy probes possible poisoning of anti-Berlusconi witness

ROME (AP) — Italy prosecutors have opened an investigation into the possible poisoning death of a Moroccan model who was a key witness in the trial against ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi over his infamous “bunga bunga” parties. Imane Fadil, 34, died March 1 at a Milan-area hospital, where she had been treated since Jan. 29 for... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

March 18, 2019

Supreme Court agrees to hear deadly DC sniper shootings case

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

March 15, 2019

Lawyer: Man charged in parents’ slayings pleads not guilty

EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — An attorney plans to seek a competency hearing for a 19-year-old Oklahoma murder suspect whose brother told investigators he said he killed their parents because he thought they were Satan worshippers communicating with him telepathically. Michael Elijah “Eli” Walker was arraigned Wednesday on first-degree murder charges in the March 4 shooting... Read More

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Michael Elijah Walker

March 15, 2019

Deportation looms for convicted ‘Real Housewives’ husband

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The husband of one of the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” reality TV stars has been released from federal prison and is waiting to see if he’ll be deported back to Italy. Joe Giudice was moved this week to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in McElhattan, in central Pennsylvania,... Read More

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Joe Giudice

March 15, 2019

Judge who blocked deportation mid-flight set to review case

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Maryland resident whose deportation was blocked by a federal judge while he was on a flight to his native China is now asking the same judge to allow him to stay in the country with his family while he seeks to legalize his immigration status. U.S. District Judge George... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

March 15, 2019

Man could get death in teen’s rape, murder, dismemberment

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania jury will decide on life or death for a Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty in the 2016 rape, murder and dismemberment of his girlfriend’s teenage daughter. Jacob Sullivan, 46, pleaded guilty to all charges last month in a case that raised questions about the child welfare system’s failure to... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

March 15, 2019

Court reinstates late Aaron Hernandez’s murder conviction

BOSTON (AP) — Aaron Hernandez’s murder conviction was reinstated Wednesday in a sweeping ruling from Massachusetts’ highest court that does away with the legal principle that made the former NFL star innocent in the eyes of the law after he killed himself in prison. The Supreme Judicial Court unanimously found that the legal rule that... Read More

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Aaron Hernandez

March 15, 2019

Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to lying about attack

CHICAGO (AP) — “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges accusing him of lying to the police about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago a few weeks ago. Lawyer Tina Glandian entered the plea on behalf of the 36-year-old actor during a hearing in Cook County... Read More

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Jussie Smollett

March 15, 2019

‘Apprentice’ contestant’s Trump defamation suit can proceed

NEW YORK (AP) — A former contestant on “The Apprentice” who accused President Donald Trump of unwanted kissing and groping can move forward with her defamation lawsuit against him, a state appeals court ruled Thursday, raising the prospect that a sitting president could be called for sworn questioning. A panel of judges on the Supreme... Read More

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Apprentice

March 15, 2019

Court rules gun maker can be sued over Newtown shooting

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gun-maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, a divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Gun control advocates touted the ruling as providing a possible roadmap for victims of other mass shootings to... Read More

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Adam Lanza, Newtown

March 15, 2019

R. Kelly sex tapes: from duffel bag to national circulation

CHICAGO (AP) — An acquaintance of R. Kelly’s recalled how the singer once lugged a duffel bag everywhere — to recording studios, film sets and gyms. Stuffed inside, she said, was a collection of his homemade VHS sex tapes. Despite Kelly’s efforts in the 1990s to hold those recordings close, some leaked out. Untold numbers... Read More

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R. Kelly

51 women sue USOC for failing to stop Nassar abuse

Asylum seeker abandons US plans in face of new policy

A look at attacks on houses of worship over last decade

Italy probes possible poisoning of anti-Berlusconi witness

Supreme Court agrees to hear deadly DC sniper shootings case

Lawyer: Man charged in parents’ slayings pleads not guilty

Deportation looms for convicted ‘Real Housewives’ husband

Judge who blocked deportation mid-flight set to review case

Man could get death in teen’s rape, murder, dismemberment

Court reinstates late Aaron Hernandez’s murder conviction

Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to lying about attack

‘Apprentice’ contestant’s Trump defamation suit can proceed

Court rules gun maker can be sued over Newtown shooting

R. Kelly sex tapes: from duffel bag to national circulation

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