Judge considers expanding child separation case

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Months after the Trump administration announced an end to its widescale separation of migrant parents and children, the policy remains a heated issue in the courts and at the border as critics contend the government started breaking up immigrant families as far back as 2017 and is still doing so. In... Read More

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February 22, 2019

Mueller report looming, new attorney general in hot seat

WASHINGTON (AP) — William Barr has been attorney general for just one week but is on the cusp of staring down what will almost certainly be the most consequential decision of his long career: how much of the special counsel’s findings to make public. The position catapults him from Justice Department outsider free to theorize... Read More

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Robert Mueller, William Barr

February 22, 2019

Judge grants citizenship to twin son of gay couple

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge in California ruled Thursday that a twin son of a gay married couple has been an American citizen since birth, handing a defeat to the U.S. government, which had only granted the status to his brother. The State Department was wrong to deny citizenship to 2-year-old Ethan Dvash-Banks... Read More

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February 22, 2019

Case against Jussie Smollett resembles detailed movie script

CHICAGO (AP) — As authorities laid out their case against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, the narrative that emerged Thursday sounded like that of a filmmaker who wrote, cast, directed and starred in a short movie. Prosecutors said Smollett gave detailed instructions to the accomplices who helped him stage a racist, anti-gay attack on himself, including... Read More

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Jussie Smollett

February 21, 2019

California student accused of making ‘Banana Plug’ drug app

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California college freshman is facing felony charges for allegedly creating an iPhone app he dubbed the Banana Plug to sell illicit drugs. Collin Howard on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to federal drug charges in San Jose after a grand jury indicted him on Feb. 14. Howard, 18, had earlier... Read More

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Collin Howard

February 21, 2019

Weinstein seeks speedy appeal of sex trafficking ruling

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge who ruled an aspiring actress can use sex trafficking laws to sue Harvey Weinstein seemed reluctant at a hearing Wednesday to let his decision be appealed before trial. U.S. District Judge Robert W. Sweet noted that no other judge has disagreed with his August ruling. Two other federal judges,... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 21, 2019

Girl’s death haunted police until arrest made 45 years later

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Investigators searched for decades for the killer of an 11-year-old girl who disappeared while walking home from summer school in a case that gripped a California seaside community. A photo of a smiling Linda O’Keefe has hung for years on the wall of the police department in Newport Beach, reminding... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

February 21, 2019

Lawyer likens R. Kelly to Beethoven to explain studio move

CHICAGO (AP) — R&B singer R. Kelly is moving out of his Chicago recording studio because a judge has stymied his creativity by barring him from working there overnight due to building-code violations, his lawyer said Wednesday. Cook County Judge Patrice Ball-Reed has effectively ordered the Grammy Award-winning artist “not to be creative between 9:00... Read More

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R. Kelly

February 21, 2019

Ex-grocery store owner sentenced for food stamp scheme

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The former owner of a small grocery store in New Jersey’s largest city is headed to prison for her role in a food stamps for cash scheme that cheated the government out of more than $885,000. Maria Teresa Venegas received a two-year sentence Wednesday and must pay $888,487 in restitution. The... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

February 21, 2019

Brothers in Smollett case are bodybuilders, aspiring actors

CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney representing the brothers at the center of an investigation into the attack reported by Jussie Smollett said her clients “manned up” and testified in front of a grand jury, before prosecutors charged the “Empire” actor with filing a false police report. Gloria Schmidt spoke to reporters Wednesday outside a Chicago... Read More

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Jussie Smollett

February 21, 2019

Groups want offshore drilling tests to cease during lawsuit

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Conservation groups suing the Trump administration over plans to conduct offshore drilling tests asked a judge on Wednesday to halt preparatory work for the drilling until their case is heard in court. The motion filed in federal court in South Carolina seeks an injunction to stop testing involving seismic air guns.... Read More

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February 21, 2019

Florida school shooting suspect due back in court

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz is due back in court for a status hearing on his death penalty case. The hearing is set Thursday afternoon in Broward County Circuit Court. A number of matters could come up ranging from the pace of defense interviews of witnesses to a potential... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

February 21, 2019

Trump says he has ‘absolute right’ to declare emergency

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that he would prevail over a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he expected to do “very well” against the suit, adding that he had an “absolute right” to make the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Donald Trump

February 21, 2019

United Methodists confront possible split over LGBT issues

The United Methodist Church’s top legislative assembly convenes Sunday for a high-stakes, three-day meeting likely to determine whether America’s second-largest Protestant denomination will fracture due to divisions over same-sex marriage and the ordination of gay clergy. While other mainline Protestant denominations — such as the Episcopal and Presbyterian (U.S.A.) churches — have embraced gay-friendly practices,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion

Judge considers expanding child separation case

Mueller report looming, new attorney general in hot seat

Judge grants citizenship to twin son of gay couple

Case against Jussie Smollett resembles detailed movie script

California student accused of making ‘Banana Plug’ drug app

Weinstein seeks speedy appeal of sex trafficking ruling

Girl’s death haunted police until arrest made 45 years later

Lawyer likens R. Kelly to Beethoven to explain studio move

Ex-grocery store owner sentenced for food stamp scheme

Brothers in Smollett case are bodybuilders, aspiring actors

Groups want offshore drilling tests to cease during lawsuit

Florida school shooting suspect due back in court

Trump says he has ‘absolute right’ to declare emergency

United Methodists confront possible split over LGBT issues

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