Pregnant teacher files suit over Catholic school termination

SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) — A pregnant Pennsylvania teacher who alleges that she was fired from her Catholic school job because the diocese was upset that she wasn’t married has filed suit contesting her termination. Naiad Reich filed a breach of contract suit Friday in Northumberland County against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg. She’s also... Read More

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Catholic Church

February 4, 2019

Fans bet on Super Bowl in multiple states for the first time

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Football fans bet legally on the Super Bowl from states other than Nevada for the first time Sunday, with the excitement spreading from Las Vegas to as far as Rhode Island. Sunday’s big game was the first major sporting event for sportsbooks in a handful of states that opened after the... Read More

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NFL, Superbowl

February 4, 2019

Soccer player refuses voluntary extradition to Bahrain

BANGKOK (AP) — A soccer player who has refugee status in Australia told a Thai court Monday that he refuses to be voluntarily extradited to Bahrain, which has asked for his return to serve a prison sentence for a crime he denies committing. Hakeem al-Araibi’s rejection of extradition means a trial will be held to... Read More

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Hakeem al-Araibi

February 4, 2019

Family made billions on opioid as crisis raged, filing says

BOSTON (AP) — The family behind OxyContin raked in billions of dollars as it pushed to keep patients on the powerful painkiller longer despite evidence that the drug was helping to fuel the nation’s deadly opioid crisis, Massachusetts authorities allege in newly public court documents. While aggressively marketing OxyContin, the Sackler family also sought to... Read More

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Opioids

February 4, 2019

Judge in Roger Stone case says she’s considering gag order

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday cautioned longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone not to treat the charges against him like a public relations campaign or book tour, and said she may issue a gag order in the case. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she had already noticed a significant amount... Read More

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Roger Stone

February 4, 2019

Changed Supreme Court weighing Louisiana abortion clinic law

WASHINGTON (AP) — The outcome of a fight over a Louisiana law regulating abortion providers could signal whether a fortified conservative majority on the Supreme Court is willing to cut back on abortion rights. The high court is expected to decide in the next few days whether the state can begin enforcing a law requiring... Read More

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Abortion

February 4, 2019

El Chapo trial highlights how Mexico graft impedes drug war

NEW YORK (AP) — In the same Brooklyn courthouse where jurors have heard testimony about Mexican politicians protecting Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s drug empire, a former Mexican state attorney general pleaded guilty last month to taking bribes from narcotraffickers. The juxtaposition underscored a recurring theme of Guzman’s New York trial: how pervasive official corruption in... Read More

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El Chapo

February 1, 2019

Ex-NYPD official gets 18 months prison in gun license scam

NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York police official was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison for failing to stop a bribery scam that he claimed let President Donald Trump and other well-connected New Yorkers get gun permits fast. U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos sentenced Paul Dean after the former lieutenant and onetime... Read More

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Paul Dean

February 1, 2019

Federal court again blocks San Francisco warning on soda ads

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked for a second time a San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda and other sugary drinks in a victory for beverage and retail groups that sued to block the ordinance. The law violates constitutionally protected commercial speech, the 9th U.S. Circuit... Read More

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Soda

February 1, 2019

Baltimore prosecutor files petition to erase pot convictions

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s top prosecutor has filed a rarely used legal petition intended to vacate 3,778 convictions for possession of marijuana, arguing an extraordinary legal strategy is necessary to “right an extraordinary wrong.” In a highly unusual “Maryland v Maryland” filing in state court, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby used a petition called “writ of... Read More

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Marilyn Mosby

February 1, 2019

Trooper charged in Mississippi crash that killed athlete

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi state trooper has been indicted on a manslaughter charge in connection with a 2017 crash that killed a former track and field athlete at Mississippi State University. Local news outlets report Oktibbeha County grand jurors indicted officer Kyle Lee on Jan. 10 on a single count of culpable negligence... Read More

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Kyle Lee

February 1, 2019

After further (judicial) review: No do-over of Rams-Saints

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A courtroom quest by two New Orleans Saints ticketholders for a full or partial do-over of this year’s NFC championship game because of a blown “no-call” by game officials was rejected Thursday by a federal judge. NFL officials have acknowledged that flags should have been thrown when a Rams defensive back... Read More

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NFL

February 1, 2019

70 years for Louisiana man who admitted killing his mother

FRANKLINTON, La. (AP) — A 25-year-old Louisiana man was sentenced to 70 years in prison after admitting during his trial that he killed his mother and wounded a neighbor and a police officer. Christopher Rashad Dillon of Franklinton pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Robin Dillon as well as attempted armed robbery, possessing a firearm... Read More

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Christopher Rashad Dillon

February 1, 2019

Request made in Thai court to send soccer player to Bahrain

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai prosecutors submitted a request in court Friday for Thailand to extradite to Bahrain a detained soccer player who has refugee status in Australia. Hakeem al-Araibi, a former player on Bahrain’s national team, has said he fled his home country due to political repression and human rights groups and activists fear he... Read More

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Hakeem al-Araibi

Pregnant teacher files suit over Catholic school termination

Fans bet on Super Bowl in multiple states for the first time

Soccer player refuses voluntary extradition to Bahrain

Family made billions on opioid as crisis raged, filing says

Judge in Roger Stone case says she’s considering gag order

Changed Supreme Court weighing Louisiana abortion clinic law

El Chapo trial highlights how Mexico graft impedes drug war

Ex-NYPD official gets 18 months prison in gun license scam

Federal court again blocks San Francisco warning on soda ads

Baltimore prosecutor files petition to erase pot convictions

Trooper charged in Mississippi crash that killed athlete

After further (judicial) review: No do-over of Rams-Saints

70 years for Louisiana man who admitted killing his mother

Request made in Thai court to send soccer player to Bahrain

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