Voters won’t decide in November whether to split California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A measure that would divide California into three parts won’t appear on the November ballot, the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday, marking the latest defeat for a long-shot push to reimagine the nation’s most populous state. The justices ordered the secretary of state not to put the ballot initiative before voters,... Read More

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California

July 18, 2018

Pianist’s wife not guilty by reason of insanity in 2 deaths

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has found the estranged wife of concert pianist Vadym Kholodenko (va-DEEM’ koh-loh-DEHN’-koh) not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2016 deaths of the couple’s two daughters. Judge Ruben Gonzalez in Fort Worth on Monday then ordered Sofya Tsygankova (tsih-GAN’-koh-vah), who was charged with capital murder, committed... Read More

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Sofya Tsygankova, Vadym Kholodenko

July 18, 2018

Rock icon Cliff Richard wins UK High Court privacy case

LONDON (AP) — British rock icon Cliff Richard was awarded 210,000 pounds ($273,000) in damages Wednesday after winning a privacy lawsuit against the BBC for its coverage of a police raid at his home. Richard had sued the broadcaster for its coverage of the 2014 raid, when police were investigating alleged sex offenses. The coverage... Read More

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Cliff Richard

July 18, 2018

US pastor denied release in latest trial hearing in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A court in western Turkey on Wednesday again denied a request for the release from custody of a U.S.-based pastor who is on trial on charges of aiding terror groups and engaging espionage. Andrew Craig Brunson, a 50-year-old evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, was arrested in the aftermath of... Read More

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Andrew Craig Brunson

July 18, 2018

Lottery scam kingpin’s property forfeited; will aid victims

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Cash and jewelry seized from a Jamaican man accused of masterminding a large lottery scam in the U.S. will be liquidated and the proceeds doled out to victims under a federal judge’s order, a step toward getting at least some restitution for victims. The property was seized from Lavrick Willocks when... Read More

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Lavrick Willocks

July 18, 2018

Judge lifts order for Los Angeles Times to change story

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. judge lifted an order Tuesday that required the Los Angeles Times to remove information from an article about a court document that was meant to be kept from the public, reversing a decision that had raised concerns about freedom of the press. Judge John Walter said he initially wasn’t... Read More

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LA Times

July 18, 2018

Suspect in Massachusetts officer slaying pleads not guilty

BOSTON (AP) — A man accused of killing a Massachusetts police officer with the officer’s own weapon as well as an innocent bystander pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Twenty-year-old Emanuel Lopes was arraigned on charges including two counts of first-degree murder in front of a courtroom gallery packed with police officers. Norfolk Assistant District Attorney Greg... Read More

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Emanuel Lopes

July 18, 2018

Arizona Cardinals suspend GM 5 weeks after extreme DUI plea

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals suspended general manager Steve Keim for five weeks and fined him $200,000 after he pleaded guilty in court Tuesday to extreme DUI following a Fourth of July arrest in a Phoenix suburb. A Chandler police report shows Keim had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19, more than twice Arizona’s... Read More

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Arizona Cardinals, DUI, NFL, Steve Keim

July 18, 2018

Judge asked to keep public away from ex-nuke weapons plant

DENVER (AP) — A retired professor testified Tuesday he found evidence that billions of particles of plutonium had escaped from a former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado and settled on land that is now a wildlife refuge, raising concerns about whether the site is safe for the public. But an attorney for the federal government... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

July 18, 2018

Texas executes man for 2004 slaying of store owner

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas prisoner was executed Tuesday evening for the fatal shooting of a San Antonio convenience store owner after courts turned down appeals that the state parole board improperly rejected the inmate’s clemency request because he’s black. Christopher Young, 34, never denied the slaying, which was recorded on a store surveillance... Read More

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Christopher Young

July 18, 2018

Woman with $92K in unpaid tolls and fees gets probation

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A woman who racked up more than $92,000 in unpaid tolls and fees for evading hundreds of tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike during a five-year period has pleaded guilty to theft of services. Lori Yearick entered her plea Tuesday. The 45-year-old Mount Joy woman was then sentenced to two years of... Read More

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Lori Yearick

July 18, 2018

2-year sentence for teacher who fired gun in classroom

DALTON, Ga. (AP) — A teacher who fired a gun inside a Georgia classroom has been sentenced to two years behind bars. News outlets report that 53-year-old Jesse Randal Davidson was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in a Whitfield County courtroom to multiple charges, including criminal damage to property in the first degree. Once released... Read More

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Jesse Randal Davidson

July 18, 2018

US Army reverses course on discharging 1 immigrant recruit

The U.S. Army has reversed its decision to discharge an immigrant reservist who sued when he was booted from the military last month after enlisting with a promised path to citizenship, according to court filings and his attorney. Brazilian immigrant Lucas Calixto filed a lawsuit against the Army in late June, saying the Defense Department... Read More

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Lucas Calixto

July 18, 2018

Man suspected in California serial rapes drove for Lyft

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ride-sharing company Lyft said Tuesday that it’s investigating how a former driver now charged in a series of rapes passed a background check even though federal immigration officials say the suspect was living in the country illegally. The San Francisco district attorney’s office charged Orlando Vilchez Lazo, 36, with raping four... Read More

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Orlando Vilchez Lazo

Voters won’t decide in November whether to split California

Pianist’s wife not guilty by reason of insanity in 2 deaths

Rock icon Cliff Richard wins UK High Court privacy case

US pastor denied release in latest trial hearing in Turkey

Lottery scam kingpin’s property forfeited; will aid victims

Judge lifts order for Los Angeles Times to change story

Suspect in Massachusetts officer slaying pleads not guilty

Arizona Cardinals suspend GM 5 weeks after extreme DUI plea

Judge asked to keep public away from ex-nuke weapons plant

Texas executes man for 2004 slaying of store owner

Woman with $92K in unpaid tolls and fees gets probation

2-year sentence for teacher who fired gun in classroom

US Army reverses course on discharging 1 immigrant recruit

Man suspected in California serial rapes drove for Lyft

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