NFL players use attention over protests to push for change

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The controversy over protests during the national anthem at NFL games last season helped propel issues of racial inequality and social injustice to the forefront and gave athletes a stronger voice to bring about change, current and former players said Friday. The players, who spoke at a Harvard Law School summit... Read More

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NFL

March 26, 2018

Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under “limited circumstances,” following up on his calls last year to ban transgender individuals from serving. The White House said retaining troops with a history or diagnosis of “gender dysphoria” — those... Read More

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Donald Trump, Military

March 26, 2018

15th defense lawyer in Suge Knight’s murder case leaves

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marion “Suge” Knight lost another defense lawyer — his 15th — on Friday and the three-year wait for his murder trial to start will grow even longer. Judge Ronald S. Coen released attorney Dominique Banos, citing a conflict of interest. Banos said outside court that she had told the judge she... Read More

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Suge Knight

March 26, 2018

Parents convicted of manslaughter in pneumonia death of girl

READING, Pa. (AP) — The parents of a 2-year-old Pennsylvania girl who died of pneumonia have been convicted of involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors said they declined to seek medical care for the child on religious grounds. Jonathan Foster, 35, and Grace Foster, 34, also were convicted Friday in Berks County court of child endangerment in... Read More

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Grace Foster, Jonathan Foster

March 26, 2018

Jurors convict man of killing New Orleans police officer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man accused of killing a New Orleans police officer in 2015 was convicted Saturday, as jurors rejected his insanity defense. After a six-day trial, the jury deliberated just 66 minutes before finding 35-year-old Travis Boys guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 46-year-old Daryle Holloway, a 22-year veteran officer.... Read More

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Travis Boys

March 26, 2018

Beaten inmate sues state for keeping half of legal award

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut inmate is fighting the state in federal court after officials were ordered to pay him $300,000 in a lawsuit over a beating he took from another prisoner, but gave him less than half the total after subtracting costs of his incarceration. Rashad Williams, serving a 30-year sentence for attempted... Read More

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Rashad Williams

March 26, 2018

Man found with teenage girl in Mexico held on $500,000 bail

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man authorities said frequently checked a 16-year-old out of school without her parents’ knowledge and fled to Mexico with her is being held on $500,000 bail. Court documents indicate that 45-year-old Kevin Esterly was arraigned early Sunday on a felony charge of interference with the custody of a child. The... Read More

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Kevin Esterly

March 26, 2018

Lawyers accused of ethical lapses in Sandusky investigation

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The agency that investigates and prosecutes wrongdoing by Pennsylvania lawyers wants the state Supreme Court to punish Penn State’s former general counsel and a prosecutor who helped convict Jerry Sandusky of child molestation related to their involvement with the 2012 grand jury investigation. The state Office of Disciplinary Counsel has lodged... Read More

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Frank Fina, Jerry Sandusky

March 26, 2018

Numerous redistricting challenges pending in courts

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit alleging partisan gerrymandering in the drawing of a Maryland congressional district. Eight years after the 2010 Census provided the basis for legislative redistricting, several other cases alleging unconstitutional gerrymandering in various states also are still working their way through the court system.... Read More

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Supreme Court

March 26, 2018

US gun maker Remington files for bankruptcy protection

U.S. gun maker Remington Outdoor Company has filed for bankruptcy protection, after years of falling sales and lawsuits tied to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Records from the bankruptcy court of the district of Delaware show that the company filed late Sunday. Remington had in February reached a deal with lenders to reduce its... Read More

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Remington

March 26, 2018

Washington teen pulled from bike by officer awarded $500K

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state teenager who was pulled from her bicycle in a mall parking lot four years ago and shocked with a stun gun by an off-duty officer working security has been awarded $500,000 in federal court. The jury issued the award to Monique Tillman on Thursday after she sued Officer... Read More

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Monique Tillman

March 26, 2018

Porn star reveals details about alleged encounter with Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Adult film star Stormy Daniels says she was threatened to keep silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006, telling her story in a highly anticipated interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” broadcast Sunday. Daniels said she was threatened by an unidentified man in Las Vegas to keep quiet about... Read More

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Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels

March 23, 2018

Ex-NFL player Jonathan Martin charged with teammate threats

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin was charged Tuesday with threatening two former teammates who had harassed him in the NFL and with threatening his former prep school classmates, Los Angeles County prosecutors said. Martin pleaded not guilty to four felony counts of making criminal threats and a misdemeanor charge... Read More

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Jonathan Martin

March 23, 2018

Jets’ Dylan Donahue checked into rehab after 2 DUI arrests

NEW YORK (AP) — Jets linebacker Dylan Donahue recently checked himself into a treatment facility after being arrested for driving under the influence for the second time in less than a year. The 25-year-old Donahue was arrested and charged with drunken driving early on Feb. 26 after police said he drove the wrong way in... Read More

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Dylan Donahue, NFL

NFL players use attention over protests to push for change

Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving

15th defense lawyer in Suge Knight’s murder case leaves

Parents convicted of manslaughter in pneumonia death of girl

Jurors convict man of killing New Orleans police officer

Beaten inmate sues state for keeping half of legal award

Man found with teenage girl in Mexico held on $500,000 bail

Lawyers accused of ethical lapses in Sandusky investigation

Numerous redistricting challenges pending in courts

US gun maker Remington files for bankruptcy protection

Washington teen pulled from bike by officer awarded $500K

Porn star reveals details about alleged encounter with Trump

Ex-NFL player Jonathan Martin charged with teammate threats

Jets’ Dylan Donahue checked into rehab after 2 DUI arrests

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