Florida officials told student diversion programs often work

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The school district where the Florida high school massacre happened defended its controversial student diversion program Thursday, telling a commission investigating the shooting that the program has reduced on-campus crime and kept children in school — a claim many members remained skeptical of. Broward County schools administrator Michaelle Pope told the... Read More

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Guns

June 8, 2018

Attorneys want Florida school shooting confession blocked

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge is holding a hearing on an effort by attorneys for Florida school-shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz to block public release of parts of what police call his confession in the Valentine’s Day massacre. The hearing Friday concerns a motion claiming that parts of the statement “will cause significant trauma... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

June 8, 2018

US military plans for future at Guantanamo because of Trump

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A new dining hall for guards at the Guantanamo Bay detention center has a shimmering view of the Caribbean and a lifespan of 20 years. Barracks scheduled to start getting built next year are meant to last five decades. And the Pentagon has asked Congress to approve money... Read More

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Donald Trump, Guantanamo Bay

June 8, 2018

Stormy Daniels’ former attorney countersues porn actress

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A day after Stormy Daniels accused her former lawyer of being a “puppet” for President Donald Trump, the attorney countersued the porn star and her new attorney for defamation and accused Trump’s personal attorney of illegally recording their telephone calls. The countersuit was filed Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles... Read More

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Stormy Daniels

June 8, 2018

Detention centers fill up; border detainees sent to prisons

SEATTLE (AP) — More than 1,600 people arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border, including parents who have been separated from their children, are being transferred to federal prisons, U.S. immigration authorities confirmed Thursday. They said they’re running out of room at their own facilities amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. The move drew condemnation... Read More

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Illegal Immigration

June 8, 2018

Ex-Senate aide charged with lying about reporter contacts

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former employee of the Senate intelligence committee has been arrested on charges of lying to the FBI about contacts he had with multiple reporters, federal prosecutors said Thursday. James A. Wolfe, the longtime director of security for the committee — one of multiple congressional panels investigating potential ties between Russia and... Read More

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Gina Haspel

June 7, 2018

In new lawsuit, porn star says ex-lawyer was Trump’s puppet

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Porn actress Stormy Daniels says her former lawyer was a “puppet” for President Donald Trump and worked with the president’s personal attorney to get her to appear on Fox News and falsely deny a sexual tryst with Trump, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. Daniels, who has said she had sex... Read More

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Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels

June 7, 2018

Chris Farley’s family settles bike-name lawsuit

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Trek Bicycle says the family of the late “Saturday Night Live” star Chris Farley has settled a federal lawsuit against the Wisconsin-based company for naming its fat-tired bikes Farley. Trek spokesman Eric Bjorling tells The Associated Press the settlement was reached Wednesday. Terms are confidential, but Bjorling says Trek can continue... Read More

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Chris Farley

June 7, 2018

St. Louis could still be on the hook for Bush’s 2015 injury

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Former NFL running back Reggie Bush alleges that dangerous conditions at a St. Louis stadium led to a season-ending injury in a case that could leave the city on the hook for damages, even though the Rams are long gone. Defendants in the civil trial, which began Tuesday, include two public... Read More

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Reggie Bush

June 7, 2018

Texas court reinstates Baylor sex assault conviction

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ highest criminal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated the 2015 sexual assault conviction of a former Baylor University football player whose case ignited a scandal that engulfed the nation’s largest Baptist school. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said a lower court erred by overturning the conviction of Sam Ukwuachu based... Read More

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Sam Ukwuachu

June 7, 2018

Sweden truck attacker convicted of murder, gets life term

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An Uzbek man who drove a stolen truck into a crowd in Stockholm, killing five people and wounding 14 others, was convicted Thursday of terror-related murder and given a life sentence. Rakmat Akilov had said he wanted to punish Sweden for joining a coalition against the Islamic State group. In January,... Read More

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Rakhmat Akilov

June 7, 2018

South African gets life in prison for ax murders of family

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A 23-year-old South African man was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for the 2015 ax murders of his parents and brother in an affluent housing estate. Henri van Breda appeared impassive as a judge sentenced him to three life sentences for the grisly killings of parents Martin and Teresa and... Read More

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Henri van Breda

June 7, 2018

Man sentenced in killings of Muslim cleric and assistant

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man convicted of killing a Muslim cleric and his assistant in broad daylight has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Thirty-seven-year-old Oscar Morel was convicted of murder in the deaths of Imam Maulana Akonjee (mow-LAHN’-ah ah-KOHN’-jee) and Thara Uddin (THEHR’-uh oo-DEEN’) and... Read More

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Oscar Morel

June 7, 2018

Oregon’s high court to consider proposed gun-control measure

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A proposed ballot measure that would restrict ownership of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines wound up in the Oregon Supreme Court after a gun rights proponent on Wednesday petitioned for a review of the ballot title, saying it was politically charged and deceptive. The state’s high court received the review one... Read More

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Gun Control

Florida officials told student diversion programs often work

Attorneys want Florida school shooting confession blocked

US military plans for future at Guantanamo because of Trump

Stormy Daniels’ former attorney countersues porn actress

Detention centers fill up; border detainees sent to prisons

Ex-Senate aide charged with lying about reporter contacts

In new lawsuit, porn star says ex-lawyer was Trump’s puppet

Chris Farley’s family settles bike-name lawsuit

St. Louis could still be on the hook for Bush’s 2015 injury

Texas court reinstates Baylor sex assault conviction

Sweden truck attacker convicted of murder, gets life term

South African gets life in prison for ax murders of family

Man sentenced in killings of Muslim cleric and assistant

Oregon’s high court to consider proposed gun-control measure

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