Skakel prosecutors mulling new murder trial face obstacles

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Now that a court has struck down the murder conviction of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, the next step in the decades-long legal saga is up to Connecticut prosecutors, who must decide whether to seek a new trial in the 1975 slaying. As they mull prospects for another guilty verdict they will... Read More

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Michael Skakel

May 8, 2018

Zimmerman charged with stalking Trayvon film investigator

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say George Zimmerman threatened a private investigator working for a documentary filmmaker. Court records show Zimmerman was issued a summons for a May 30 arraignment on a charge of misdemeanor stalking. A sheriff’s report says the investigator contacted Zimmerman in September on behalf of Michael Gasparro, who is making a... Read More

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George Zimmerman

May 7, 2018

Danish submariner won’t appeal murder conviction

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Prosecutors say that Danish submarine inventor Peter Madsen is not appealing his murder conviction over the killing and dismemberment of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. The prosecution tweeted Monday that the defense has only appealed against the life sentence handed down to Madsen by Copenhagen City Court. The prosecutors insist the sentence... Read More

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Peter Madsen

May 7, 2018

Suspect in Tennessee Waffle House shooting due in court

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man accused of killing four people by opening fire outside a Waffle House and storming the restaurant is due in court. Travis Reinking is facing multiple charges, including four counts of criminal homicide. It is not clear if he will attend the hearing set for Monday or if there will... Read More

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Travis Reinking

May 7, 2018

More arrests expected in case against ‘Smallville’ actress

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities expect to make more arrests in the sex-trafficking investigation of a self-help group that’s already resulted in charges against former “Smallville” actress Allison Mack and the group’s leader, a prosecutor said Friday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Moira Penza told a judge at a pretrial hearing in federal court in Brooklyn that... Read More

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Allison Mack, Smallville

May 7, 2018

Indiana man pleads guilty to serial killing of 7 poor women

CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A former Marine who authorities say preyed on women in an area of Gary, Indiana, known as a hangout for prostitutes and drug users pleaded guilty Friday to killing seven women under a plea deal that will spare him the death penalty. Darren Vann’s surprise plea Friday in the killings... Read More

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Darren Vann

May 7, 2018

3 women sue CBS News and Charlie Rose, alleging harassment

NEW YORK (AP) — Three women who worked with Charlie Rose filed a sexual harassment lawsuit Friday against CBS News and the television journalist. The lawsuit filed in New York state court seeks unspecified damages. It said the women, who were in their early 20s when they were hired, were subjected to “predatory behavior,” including... Read More

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Charlie Rose

May 7, 2018

Court vacates Kennedy cousin Skakel’s murder conviction

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — In a stunning reversal, the Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday overturned Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel’s murder conviction in the 1975 bludgeoning death of a girl in wealthy Greenwich. The high court issued a 4-3 ruling that Skakel’s trial attorney failed to present evidence of an alibi. The same court in December... Read More

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Michael Skakel

May 7, 2018

Georgia executes killer of off-duty prison guard

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia inmate executed for a 1996 shotgun slaying twitched briefly as the lethal injection flowed into his body and groaned, “It burns, man.” Robert Earl Butts Jr., 40, was declared dead by a prison warden at 9:58 p.m. Friday after the compounded barbiturate pentobarbital was injected into his body. Prison... Read More

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Robert Butts Jr.

May 7, 2018

Families hoping for justice in suit over 1968 mine disaster

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nearly half a century after an explosion tore through the Farmington No. 9 mine in West Virginia, the families of the 78 men who died there are still looking for justice. Many of the children of the lost miners are now grandparents and older than their fathers ever were. Some have... Read More

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Mine Disaster

May 7, 2018

Monday hearing could have big implications in Greitens’ case

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge on Monday will consider whether the pivotal witness in Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ criminal trial — a woman involved in an affair with him — should be prohibited from testifying. Circuit Judge Rex Burlison will preside over the hearing, just a week before Greitens stands trial for felony invasion... Read More

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Eric Greitens

May 7, 2018

Fatal attack on interracial couple in Arizona heads to trial

PHOENIX (AP) — An interracial couple was walking near a Phoenix park when authorities say a shirtless neo-Nazi began angrily yelling a racial slur and harassing the black man in the couple over dating a white woman. Authorities say the men exchanged tense words before Travis Ricci rushed back to a home where other white... Read More

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Aaron Levi Schmidt, Travis Ricci

May 4, 2018

Judge orders Jay-Z to explain why he’s dodging a subpoena

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Jay-Z to appear in court next week to say why he’s dodging a subpoena related to a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of a company that bought his Rocawear clothing line. In an order made public Thursday, U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe instructed the performer... Read More

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Jay-Z

May 4, 2018

IOC to challenge Russian doping cases at Swiss supreme court

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee will appeal to Switzerland’s supreme court against rulings which cleared some Russian athletes of doping sanctions from the Sochi Games. The Olympic body is “not satisfied at all” by the verdicts and written explanations from the Court of Arbitration for Sport, IOC President Thomas Bach said on... Read More

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Skakel prosecutors mulling new murder trial face obstacles

Zimmerman charged with stalking Trayvon film investigator

Danish submariner won’t appeal murder conviction

Suspect in Tennessee Waffle House shooting due in court

More arrests expected in case against ‘Smallville’ actress

Indiana man pleads guilty to serial killing of 7 poor women

3 women sue CBS News and Charlie Rose, alleging harassment

Court vacates Kennedy cousin Skakel’s murder conviction

Georgia executes killer of off-duty prison guard

Families hoping for justice in suit over 1968 mine disaster

Monday hearing could have big implications in Greitens’ case

Fatal attack on interracial couple in Arizona heads to trial

Judge orders Jay-Z to explain why he’s dodging a subpoena

IOC to challenge Russian doping cases at Swiss supreme court

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