Sentencing set for ex-W.Va. Supreme Court justice

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former West Virginia Supreme Court justice is due in court for sentencing for using a state vehicle and gas fuel card for a golf trip to Virginia. Ex-Justice Menis Ketchum’s sentencing is scheduled for Wednesday in federal court in Charleston. The sentencing comes at the end of a yearlong impeachment... Read More

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Menis Ketchum

March 6, 2019

Closing arguments set in ex-Florida police officer’s trial

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The fate of a fired Florida police officer charged with fatally shooting a stranded black motorist will soon be before a jury. Closing arguments are scheduled Wednesday in the manslaughter and attempted murder trial of Nouman Raja for the fatal October 2015 shooting of 32-year-old Corey Jones. Raja was... Read More

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Nouman Raja

March 6, 2019

Court upholds sentence imposed on man who slashed his baby

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A state appellate court has upheld the lengthy prison term imposed on a Pennsylvania man convicted of kidnapping his newborn daughter, slashing her neck and cramming her into a trash bag inside a backpack. David Sleets was found guilty last year of attempted murder and sentenced to 26 to 52 years... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

March 6, 2019

Feds: Forgery operation produced over 10,000 fake documents

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Located in an apartment in a primarily Hispanic town in Oregon, a clandestine lab churned out thousands of fake Social Security cards, drivers’ licenses and immigration documents that were sold around the United States for years. The operation, revealed for the first time Tuesday in a federal court document, showed that... Read More

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March 6, 2019

Colorado, baker end legal spat over transgender woman’s cake

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple on religious grounds — a stance partially upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court — and state officials said Tuesday that they would end a separate legal fight over his refusal to bake a cake celebrating a gender transition.... Read More

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Jack Phillips

March 6, 2019

Frenchman completes sentence for Myanmar drone flight

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — A French man sentenced to one month in prison with hard labor for flying a drone in Myanmar completed his term Wednesday, but remained in detention because his deportation order was delayed. Arthur Desclaux, 27, was arrested on Feb. 7 for flying the drone near the parliament building in the capital,... Read More

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Arthur Desclaux

March 6, 2019

Trump to battle investigations with condemnation and lawyers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has beefed up its legal team. Its political team is ready to distract and disparage. And President Donald Trump is venting against Democratic prying. Trump’s plan for responding to the multiplying congressional probes into his campaign, White House and personal affairs is coming into focus as newly empowered Democrats... Read More

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Donald Trump

March 6, 2019

Former Nissan chairman Ghosn released after posting bail

TOKYO (AP) — Wearing a mask, cap and what looked like a construction worker’s outfit, the former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., Carlos Ghosn, left a Tokyo detention center Wednesday after posting 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) bail. Although his face was obscured as he left the facility, Ghosn’s identity was apparent as he smiled... Read More

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Carlos Ghosn

March 6, 2019

‘I’ve been assassinated.’ R. Kelly denies sex abuse claims

CHICAGO (AP) — An emotional R. Kelly says he’s being “assassinated” and denies sexually abusing women and controlling their lives. The R&B singer gave his first interview to Gayle King of “CBS This Morning” since being charged last month with sexually abusing four females dating back to 1998, including three underage girls. Kelly has pleaded... Read More

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R. Kelly

March 5, 2019

Sentencing postponed in deadly white nationalist rally

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A sentencing hearing has been delayed for a man convicted of driving his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia. James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio, was convicted in December of first-degree murder in the killing of anti-racism activist Heather Heyer and multiple... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

March 5, 2019

OxyContin maker: Lawsuit distorts facts, scapegoats company

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is asking a court to throw out a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts’ attorney general that accuses the company, its owners and top executives of deceiving patients and doctors about the risks of opioids. In its most expansive response to date, Connecticut-based Purdue argued in a motion filed late Friday that the... Read More

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OxyContin

March 5, 2019

Man charged with setting fire to Planned Parenthood clinic

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 42-year-old Columbia, Missouri, man has been charged with trying to burn down a local Planned Parenthood clinic last month, federal prosecutors said Monday. Wesley Brian Kaster was arrested Saturday after investigators searched his vehicle and found evidence linking him to the fire at the Planned Parenthood-Columbia Health Center. No... Read More

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Planned Parenthood, Wesley Brian Kaster

March 5, 2019

Judge allows preservation of more records in Spacey case

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — A judge has approved a request by attorneys for Kevin Spacey to preserve more phone records in the sexual assault case against the Oscar-winning actor. The Nantucket District Court judge on Monday allowed a motion to extend an earlier order preserving phone and electronic records between the alleged victim and his... Read More

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Kevin Spacey

March 5, 2019

California sues over US abortion rule; 20 states to follow

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California and 20 other Democratic-led states announced they were challenging the Trump administration’s effort to set up obstacles for women seeking abortions, including barring taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring patients to abortion providers. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Monday that the state filed its own federal lawsuit in San... Read More

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Abortion

Sentencing set for ex-W.Va. Supreme Court justice

Closing arguments set in ex-Florida police officer’s trial

Court upholds sentence imposed on man who slashed his baby

Feds: Forgery operation produced over 10,000 fake documents

Colorado, baker end legal spat over transgender woman’s cake

Frenchman completes sentence for Myanmar drone flight

Trump to battle investigations with condemnation and lawyers

Former Nissan chairman Ghosn released after posting bail

‘I’ve been assassinated.’ R. Kelly denies sex abuse claims

Sentencing postponed in deadly white nationalist rally

OxyContin maker: Lawsuit distorts facts, scapegoats company

Man charged with setting fire to Planned Parenthood clinic

Judge allows preservation of more records in Spacey case

California sues over US abortion rule; 20 states to follow

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