Attorneys general sue Trump administration over water rule

NEW YORK (AP) — Eleven Democratic state attorneys general on Tuesday sued President Donald Trump’s administration over its decision to delay implementation of an Obama-era rule that would have expanded the number of wetlands and small waterways protected by the Clean Water Act. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said last week’s decision by the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Eric Schneiderman, Trump

February 7, 2018

Judge orders anonymous jury at trial for drug lord El Chapo

NEW YORK (AP) — Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will have an anonymous jury at his U.S. trial later this year. In a written order, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan agreed with prosecutors who argued that withholding the names of jurors was needed to address any fears that they could be harassed... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

El Chapo

February 7, 2018

Man gets 18 years in prison for Islamic State group aid plot

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who admitted to scheming to help the Islamic State extremist group has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in a case that prosecutors say involved plotting a never-realized bombing in New York City. Munther Omar Saleh was sentenced on Tuesday in federal court in Brooklyn. The 22-year-old pleaded... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

Munther Omar Saleh, Terorrism

February 7, 2018

Closing arguments set in Baltimore police corruption trial

BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys are set to make their closing arguments in the trial of two Baltimore detectives fighting racketeering and robbery charges. The case involves one of the worst U.S. police corruption scandals in recent memory. The jury trial has been fueled by testimony from disgraced ex-detectives. Four of six... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, Law Enforcement, News

Evodio Hendrix, Jemell Rayam

February 7, 2018

British judge upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange

LONDON (AP) — A British judge on Tuesday upheld a U.K. arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, leaving him still a wanted man in the country where he has spent more than five years inside the Ecuadorean Embassy. Judge Emma Arbuthnot rejected a call from Assange’s lawyers for the warrant to be revoked because... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Julian Assange, Wikileaks

February 7, 2018

Amtrak engineer ordered to stand trial in Philadelphia crash

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian sat stunned Tuesday as a judge reinstated twice-rejected criminal charges and ordered him to stand trial for a deadly 2015 train wreck in Philadelphia. Judge Kathryn S. Lewis ruled that another judge erred in dismissing the reckless endangerment and involuntary manslaughter charges at a hearing in September. Lewis... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Amtrak, Brandon Bostian

February 7, 2018

FBI texts reveal admiring view of then-director James Comey

WASHINGTON (AP) — The day in July 2016 that FBI Director James Comey defended to Congress the bureau’s decision in the Hillary Clinton email probe, two FBI officials traded admiring texts about his verbal dexterity — and mocking jibes at the lawmakers questioning him. Congress, wrote FBI lawyer Lisa Page in one text, is “utterly... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

FBI, James Comey

February 6, 2018

Grand jury convenes in police shooting of Australian woman

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The majority of the Minneapolis officers subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in the fatal police shooting of an Australian woman were the trainers or educators of the officer who fired his weapon, according to the head of the Minneapolis police union. More than 30 officers have been subpoenaed to testify... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Johanna Morrow

February 6, 2018

Trump: Crash that killed NFL player is ‘disgraceful’

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump said it was “disgraceful” that an Indianapolis Colts linebacker was killed in a suspected drunken-driving crash by a person who was in the U.S. illegally. The president also prodded Democrats to work with him on illegal immigration and border security. Trump tweeted Tuesday: “So disgraceful that a person illegally... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Edwin Jackson

February 6, 2018

TV crew pleads not guilty in fake-bomb threat at airport

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nine members of a television crew have pleaded not guilty to creating a false public alarm and other counts after one of their devices prompted a fake-bomb alert at one of the New York area’s three major airports. They entered their pleas Friday during their initial court appearance. They are also... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Bomb, Staten Island Hustle, TV

February 6, 2018

Actor Hugh Grant settles phone-hacking case with UK papers

LONDON (AP) — British actor Hugh Grant has settled his phone-hacking damages claim against Mirror Group Newspapers. Grant was at the High Court on Monday when the details of the settlement were provided at a hearing. Grant said the newspaper group had engaged in “industrial scale” phone hacking. “This newspaper group has misled the public... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Hugh Grant

February 6, 2018

Tesco fraud case collapses after defendant gets heart attack

LONDON (AP) — The trial in Britain of three former Tesco supermarket executives accused of accounting fraud has collapsed after one of the defendants was hospitalized. Judge Deborah Taylor discharged the jury Monday after Carl Rogberg, 50, suffered a heart attack. Reporting restrictions were lifted Tuesday. Prosecutors accuse Rogberg, Chris Bush, 51, and John Scouler,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Tesco

February 6, 2018

Cosby’s lawyers: We were wrong about hidden-evidence claim

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers admitted Monday that they wrongly accused prosecutors in his criminal sexual-assault case of withholding evidence — an assertion seething prosecutors blasted as “outrageous and reckless.” Members of Cosby’s retooled defense team acknowledged in a court filing that they made the bold, headline-grabbing claim last month without realizing prosecutors had... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Bill Cosby

February 6, 2018

Prosecutors seek to reinstate charges in 2015 Amtrak wreck

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking to have criminal charges reinstated against the engineer in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia. A hearing is set for Tuesday in the case of Brandon Bostian, who previously had involuntary manslaughter charges thrown out after a judge determined the evidence pointed to an accident. Eight people died... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Amtrak

Attorneys general sue Trump administration over water rule

Judge orders anonymous jury at trial for drug lord El Chapo

Man gets 18 years in prison for Islamic State group aid plot

Closing arguments set in Baltimore police corruption trial

British judge upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange

Amtrak engineer ordered to stand trial in Philadelphia crash

FBI texts reveal admiring view of then-director James Comey

Grand jury convenes in police shooting of Australian woman

Trump: Crash that killed NFL player is ‘disgraceful’

TV crew pleads not guilty in fake-bomb threat at airport

Actor Hugh Grant settles phone-hacking case with UK papers

Tesco fraud case collapses after defendant gets heart attack

Cosby’s lawyers: We were wrong about hidden-evidence claim

Prosecutors seek to reinstate charges in 2015 Amtrak wreck

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