Trial coming to a close in Harvard bias lawsuit

BOSTON (AP) — Both sides get one last chance to make their cases in a trial alleging discrimination in Harvard University’s admissions system. Closing arguments are set to begin Friday in a lawsuit that has reignited a national debate over affirmative action. The group Students for Fair Admissions says Harvard holds Asian-American applicants to a... Read More

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Harvard

November 2, 2018

Chicago man sentenced to 60 years for fatally stabbing girl

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for stabbing a 12-year-old girl to death. Authorities have said Alexis Stubbs could be heard on voicemail screaming “daddy don’t” in June 2017 while she was stabbed by John Singleton, her mother’s boyfriend. The 32-year-old man was sentenced this week after... Read More

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Alexis Stubbs, John Singleton

November 2, 2018

Family of singer Chris Cornell sues doctor over his death

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family members of Chris Cornell on Thursday sued a doctor they say overprescribed drugs to the rock singer, leading to his death. Cornell’s widow, Vicky Cornell, and their children, Toni and Christopher, are plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging that prescription drugs, especially the anti-anxiety drug... Read More

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Chris Cornell, Soundgarden

November 2, 2018

US charges China-controlled company in trade secrets theft

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The United States has charged a government-controlled company in China with stealing trade secrets from an American semiconductor company, the Justice Department said Thursday as it outlined an initiative focused on what officials said was the growing threat of Chinese economic espionage. The prosecution comes amid heightened trade tensions between China... Read More

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China, Jeff Sessions

November 2, 2018

Man smiles, says ‘Let’s rock’ before dying in electric chair

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee inmate grimaced and waved goodbye before saying “let’s rock,” moments before he became the first man executed in the electric chair in that state since 2007, put to death Thursday for shooting two men and slitting their throats during a drug deal decades ago. Edmund Zagorski, 63, was pronounced... Read More

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Edmund Zagorski

November 2, 2018

Pipe bomb suspect in court for bail, removal hearing

MIAMI (AP) — The Florida man accused of sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and critics of President Donald Trump is due in court for a bail hearing. Federal prosecutors contend that 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc should remain jailed until trial, given the magnitude of the charges and the strong evidence against him. Sayoc is accused... Read More

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Cesar Sayoc

November 1, 2018

‘Lady Chatterley’ copy from famous trial sells for $72,000

LONDON (AP) — A paperback copy of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” used by the judge in the landmark U.K. obscenity trial of the novel’s publisher has sold at auction for 56,250 pounds ($72,000), more than three times its pre-sale estimate. The tattered Penguin paperback — along with a damask bag designed to stop photographers snapping the... Read More

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Lady Chatterley

November 1, 2018

Opera singer David Daniels denies sexual assault allegation

DETROIT (AP) — An opera singer and University of Michigan professor is denying sexual assault allegations levied against him in a federal lawsuit. David Daniels released a statement Wednesday saying the accusations “are both false and malicious,” and that he and the “individual mentioned” in the complaint never had a physical relationship. A student recently... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

David Daniels

November 1, 2018

Neymar now facing up to 6 years in prison in fraud trial

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge says fraud and corruption charges brought against Neymar could merit a prison sentence of up to six years when the Brazil forward stands trial. Prosecutors were seeking a two-year sentence for the Paris Saint-Germain player for alleged irregularities related to his transfer to Barcelona five years ago, but the... Read More

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Neymar

November 1, 2018

Whistleblower says California prison officials misled judge

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Top California corrections officials are misleading a federal judge and attorneys representing inmates about the quality of mental health care behind bars, according to a report released Wednesday that cites a case where a woman received care so poor she plucked out her eye and ate it. The whistleblower report by... Read More

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California, Prison

November 1, 2018

$3M to Catholic school teacher in wrongful-termination suit

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $3.5 million to a former Catholic school teacher who said the Archdiocese of Los Angeles fired her for being pregnant and unwed. City News Service reports Wednesday that jurors deliberated for less than a day before finding in favor of Kourtney Liggins, an ex-science teacher... Read More

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Catholic Church, Kourtney Liggins

November 1, 2018

Groundskeeper accepts reduced $78 million Monsanto verdict

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California groundskeeper said Wednesday that he will accept a judge’s reduced verdict of $78 million against Monsanto after a jury found the company’s weed killer caused his cancer. DeWayne Johnson’s attorney formally informed the San Francisco Superior Court that he would not contest the judge’s decision to reduce a... Read More

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Dewayne Johnson, Monsanto, Roundup

November 1, 2018

Death-penalty trial begins in shooting of Tennessee officer

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A death-penalty trial has begun in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Memphis, Tennessee. Lawyers made opening statements Wednesday in the state trial of Tremaine Wilbourn, who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the killing of Officer Sean Bolton in August 2015. Authorities said Wilbourn shot Bolton... Read More

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Sean Bolton, Tremaine Wilbourn

November 1, 2018

Indictment sought against police officer in 2017 shooting

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors in Virginia have announced they are seeking an indictment against a white officer seen on body camera video shooting a black suspect in the back as he tried to run away. News outlets report Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Brandon T. Wrobleski announced Wednesday that an indictment in the October 2017 shooting... Read More

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Deontrace Ward, Jeremy Durocher

Trial coming to a close in Harvard bias lawsuit

Chicago man sentenced to 60 years for fatally stabbing girl

Family of singer Chris Cornell sues doctor over his death

US charges China-controlled company in trade secrets theft

Man smiles, says ‘Let’s rock’ before dying in electric chair

Pipe bomb suspect in court for bail, removal hearing

‘Lady Chatterley’ copy from famous trial sells for $72,000

Opera singer David Daniels denies sexual assault allegation

Neymar now facing up to 6 years in prison in fraud trial

Whistleblower says California prison officials misled judge

$3M to Catholic school teacher in wrongful-termination suit

Groundskeeper accepts reduced $78 million Monsanto verdict

Death-penalty trial begins in shooting of Tennessee officer

Indictment sought against police officer in 2017 shooting

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