Judge temporarily blocks most restrictive abortion law in US

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The most restrictive abortion law in the United States was in effect less than 24 hours before a federal judge temporarily blocked it Tuesday during what could become a long legal fight between Mississippi’s Republican governor and the state’s only abortion clinic. Gov. Phil Bryant on Monday signed a bill banning... Read More

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Abortion

March 21, 2018

Minneapolis officer charged in shooting of Australian woman

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer was charged Tuesday with murder and manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Australian woman in July minutes after she called 911 to report a possible sexual assault behind her home. Officer Mohamed Noor turned himself in after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He shot... Read More

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Justine Ruszcyk Damond, Mohamed Noor

March 21, 2018

Missouri inmate gets 2nd stay of execution from high court

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for the second time in four years on Tuesday to a Missouri inmate who has a rare medical condition that he says could cause blood-filled tumors to burst inside his head during the lethal injection. Russell Bucklew was scheduled to die by... Read More

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Russell Bucklew

March 21, 2018

Judge: Weinstein company can pay bills, work toward sale

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday issued initial orders allowing the Weinstein Co. to continue paying its bills and working toward a sale of substantially all of its assets. Judge Mary Walrath’s rulings include interim approval for the company to borrow up to $25 million to see it through bankruptcy, but... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 21, 2018

$500K bond for shooting suspect’s brother in school trespass

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The brother of Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz is sitting in the same jailhouse as his brother after a judge imposed a $500,000 bond on him for trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people died. Trespassing is a misdemeanor that usually involves only a $25 bond.... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz, Zachary Cruz

March 20, 2018

Gardai investigating attempted robbery of McDonald’s in Castletroy, Limerick with JCB digger

A JCB digger was used in an attempt to steal a safe from a McDonald’s restaurant in Limerick early on Tuesday morning. The unknown number of persons rammed the drive-thru window at McDonald’s at the Castletroy Shopping Centre on the Dublin road. The incident occurred at around 2.50am. It’s also believed that the burglar/burglars managed... Read More

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Ian McDonald

March 20, 2018

Jury selection starts for men accused of Kansas bomb plot

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A trial begins this week for three members of a militia group accused of conspiring to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somalis in the Kansas town of Garden City. Patrick Stein, Gavin Wright and Curtis Allen are charged with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and conspiracy... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Race

March 20, 2018

Prosecutors: Alabama man made plan to kidnap woman, daughter

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Prosecutors say an Alabama man who planned to hire someone to kidnap a woman and her 14-year-old daughter has pleaded guilty to child sex-trafficking charges. A U.S. Department of Justice statement says 48-year-old Brian David “Blaze” Boersma was arrested in October by undercover FBI agents. The Decatur man believed they would... Read More

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Brian David Boersma

March 20, 2018

Trial beginning for US agent in cross-border killing of teen

PHOENIX (AP) — A rare second-degree murder trial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of shooting across the international boundary into Mexico and killing a teenager is set to get under way with jury selection. Lonnie Swartz is accused of killing 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez five years ago. The teenager was on the... Read More

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Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, Lonnie Swartz

March 20, 2018

Prosecutors: Don’t overturn Amish leader’s hair-cutting case

CLEVELAND (AP) — Federal prosecutors say the leader of a breakaway Amish group in Ohio convicted in hair- and beard-cutting attacks is pushing to get his sentence overturned using arguments already rejected in court. An attorney for 72-year-old Samuel Mullet Sr. says Mullet’s previous lawyer made mistakes during trial and in prior appeals. In a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion

March 20, 2018

Leagues, casinos lobby states for cut of legal sports bets

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Supreme Court poised to rule on a case that could end the federal ban on sports gambling, more than a third of U.S. states are considering legislation to get in on the action, and professional leagues and casino interests are lobbying against each other for the biggest cut of the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

March 20, 2018

Supreme Court takes up challenge by crisis pregnancy centers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a free speech fight over California’s attempt to regulate anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers. The case being argued Tuesday involves a state law that requires the centers to provide clients information about the availability of contraception, abortion and pre-natal care, at little or no cost. Centers... Read More

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Abortion, California

March 20, 2018

Scandal-hit Weinstein Co. files for bankruptcy protection

NEW YORK (AP) — The Weinstein Co. filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday with a buyout offer in hand from a private equity firm, the latest twist in its efforts to survive the sexual misconduct scandal that brought down co-founder Harvey Weinstein, shook Hollywood and triggered a movement that spread out to convulse other industries.... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 19, 2018

Man charged with killing 3 pleads guilty; gets life sentence

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man charged with fatally shooting his former girlfriend and two other people has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Montgomery County’s prosecutor says 62-year-old Muhammad Shabazz Ali pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated murder and other charges including kidnapping. Ali previously was... Read More

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Muhammad Shabazz Ali

Judge temporarily blocks most restrictive abortion law in US

Minneapolis officer charged in shooting of Australian woman

Missouri inmate gets 2nd stay of execution from high court

Judge: Weinstein company can pay bills, work toward sale

$500K bond for shooting suspect’s brother in school trespass

Gardai investigating attempted robbery of McDonald’s in Castletroy, Limerick with JCB digger

Jury selection starts for men accused of Kansas bomb plot

Prosecutors: Alabama man made plan to kidnap woman, daughter

Trial beginning for US agent in cross-border killing of teen

Prosecutors: Don’t overturn Amish leader’s hair-cutting case

Leagues, casinos lobby states for cut of legal sports bets

Supreme Court takes up challenge by crisis pregnancy centers

Scandal-hit Weinstein Co. files for bankruptcy protection

Man charged with killing 3 pleads guilty; gets life sentence

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