Trump emergency declaration faces fights in the courts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Let the lawsuits begin. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency along the southern border and predicted his administration would end up defending it all the way to the Supreme Court. That might have been the only thing Trump said Friday that produced near-universal agreement. The American Civil Liberties Union announced its... Read More

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Donald Trump

February 18, 2019

Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick for sex abuse

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been found guilty by the Vatican of sex abuse and defrocked, as calls rose Saturday for Pope Francis to reveal what he knew about the once-powerful American prelate’s apparently decades-long predatory sexual behavior. The announcement Saturday, delivered in uncharacteristically blunt language for the Vatican, meant that... Read More

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Catholic Church, Theodore Edgar McCarrick

February 18, 2019

Return to sender: High court to hear undeliverable mail case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch Hungerpiller thought he had a first-class solution for mail that gets returned as undeliverable, a common problem for businesses that send lots of letters. But the process he helped develop and built his small Alabama technology company around has resulted in a more than decadelong fight with the U.S. Postal Service,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

February 18, 2019

School board in Virginia may end transgender bathroom ban

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — For nearly four years, Gavin Grimm has been suing his former school district after it banned him from using the boys bathrooms in high school. Along the way, he’s became a national face for transgender rights. His case almost went to the U.S. Supreme Court. He graduated and moved to California... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Orientation

Gavin Grimm

February 18, 2019

Semenya arrives for landmark case at Swiss sports tribunal

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Caster Semenya arrived at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday for a hearing in a landmark case that will challenge science and gender politics. The two-time Olympic 800-meter champion from South Africa didn’t take questions as she arrived at the court, but she flashed her fingers in a “V”... Read More

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Caster Semenya

February 15, 2019

Vatican’s envoy to France facing ‘sexual aggression’ probe

PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into alleged “sexual aggression” by Catholic archbishop Luigi Ventura, the Vatican’s envoy to France, according to French officials. Confirming a report published by Le Monde newspaper on Friday, a judicial official and a spokesman at the Paris mayor’s office said the police investigation targeting... Read More

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Catholic Church

February 15, 2019

Prominent art dealer sentenced to prison for tax fraud

NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent New York City art dealer once accused by Alec Baldwin of fraud was sentenced to 2½ years in prison Thursday for evading over $3 million in federal taxes, a crime that left her rejected in some art circles and saying she feels like a pariah. Mary Boone, 66, dropped... Read More

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Mary Boone

February 15, 2019

Feds tell Alfonso Ribeiro he can’t copyright ‘Carlton’ moves

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star Alfonso Ribeiro has been denied a copyright for the “Carlton” dance, which he’s suing two videogame makers over. The denial from the U.S. Copyright Office was revealed Wednesday in a motion to dismiss Ribeiro’s lawsuit against Take-Two Interactive, the makers of NBA 2K16, which Ribeiro... Read More

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Alfonso Ribeiro

February 15, 2019

Yellow vest boxer goes on trial in France for police attack

PARIS (AP) — A former French boxing pro who was filmed attacking riot police officers during the yellow vest protests is going on trial in France. Christophe Dettinger, a former French champion in the light heavyweight category, could be sentenced to up to seven years in prison in Wednesday’s trial. The videos from the Jan.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News, Sports

February 15, 2019

California judge signs warrant for Nebraska RB Washington

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A California judge has signed an arrest warrant for Maurice Washington, clearing the way for the Nebraska running back to return to his home state to face charges related to his possession and distribution of a video of his former girlfriend being sexually assaulted by two other people in 2016. “We... Read More

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Maurice Washington

February 15, 2019

Texas jury convicts girl, 14, in friend’s fatal stabbing

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury has convicted a 14-year-old girl in the fatal stabbing of her friend. According to the Star-Telegram, jurors deliberated for about an hour Thursday before convicting the girl for the May 29 killing of 14-year-old Nylah Lightfoot. She is scheduled to be sentenced Friday and faces anywhere from... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

February 15, 2019

Trump administration sued over shift in asylum policy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration’s policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico while their cases wind through immigration courts violates U.S. law by putting the migrants in danger and depriving them of the ability to prepare their cases, a lawsuit filed Thursday by civil liberties groups claims. The lawsuit in federal court in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

February 15, 2019

Judge to weigh fight over citizenship question on US census

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration will try to persuade a U.S. judge Friday to let it add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. census for the first time in nearly 70 years, a move that opponents say would lead to an undercount of immigrants and Latinos. Lawsuits by California and numerous cities... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

February 15, 2019

Make El Chapo pay for a border wall? Don’t count on it

NEW YORK (AP) — After El Chapo’s conviction in a drug-trafficking trial that included florid testimony of jewel-encrusted guns, a fleet of cash-laden jets and a personal zoo with roaming big cats, some Americans have floated an idea they see as poetic justice: Why not take some of the Mexican drug lord’s billions in ill-gotten... Read More

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El Chapo

Trump emergency declaration faces fights in the courts

Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick for sex abuse

Return to sender: High court to hear undeliverable mail case

School board in Virginia may end transgender bathroom ban

Semenya arrives for landmark case at Swiss sports tribunal

Vatican’s envoy to France facing ‘sexual aggression’ probe

Prominent art dealer sentenced to prison for tax fraud

Feds tell Alfonso Ribeiro he can’t copyright ‘Carlton’ moves

Yellow vest boxer goes on trial in France for police attack

California judge signs warrant for Nebraska RB Washington

Texas jury convicts girl, 14, in friend’s fatal stabbing

Trump administration sued over shift in asylum policy

Judge to weigh fight over citizenship question on US census

Make El Chapo pay for a border wall? Don’t count on it

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