Samsung targeted by French lawsuit amid alleged labor abuse

PARIS (AP) — Two French rights groups have filed a lawsuit against electronics giant Samsung, accusing it of misleading advertising because of alleged labor abuses at factories in China and South Korea. It’s the latest labor challenge to Seoul-based Samsung, which has faced growing health complaints from workers in recent years, even as profits soar... Read More

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Samsung

January 11, 2018

Rapper with song ‘Sell Drugsz’ gets prison for selling drugs

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island rapper whose songs include “Sell Drugsz” has been sentenced to three years in prison for doing just that. Federal prosecutors say 30-year-old Michael Persaud, of Johnston, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Providence for trafficking heroin and fentanyl. His stage name is Montana Millz. Prosecutors say an... Read More

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Montana Millz

January 11, 2018

Man sentenced in connection with 5-year-old daughter’s death

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A man whose wife was accused of killing their 5-year-old daughter in a fit of anger has been sentenced to 12 years in an Ohio prison. The Repository in Canton reports 35-year-old Liang Zhao (Lee-AHNG’ zow) was sentenced Wednesday in Canton. He pleaded guilty last year to charges including obstructing justice... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

Liang Zhao, Ming Ming Chen

January 11, 2018

Michigan sues company over chemical contaminants in water

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan environmental regulators on Wednesday sued footwear company Wolverine World Wide over widely used industrial chemical contaminants that were dumped into the ground decades ago and have seeped into drinking water, saying the lawsuit is necessary to lock into place response efforts and to reimburse the government for past and future... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News

Environment, Wolverine World Wide

January 11, 2018

Lawyer: Minnesota’s Lynch denies sexual misconduct claims

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota basketball standout Reggie Lynch “categorically denies” allegations of sexual assault lodged against him by two women, his lawyer said Wednesday. Attorney Ryan Pacyga also said at a news conference that the 23-year-old senior center never had sexual contact with either woman. The university’s Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action office recommended Lynch’s... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse, Sports

NBA, Reggie Lynch, Sexual Abuse

January 11, 2018

Standoff rancher draws advocates’ ire, supporters’ cheers

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada rancher who led a 2014 armed standoff with government agents spoke Wednesday saying that it’s up to people in states, not the federal officials, to manage vast expanses of rangeland in the U.S. West. To conservative followers, the plainspoken 71-year-old Cliven Bundy is an icon. He told them he’s... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Cliven Bundy

January 11, 2018

Recording of racial epithet played at Pilot Flying J trial

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The fraud trial for four former executives and sales staff at the truck stop chain Pilot Flying J took a detour Wednesday when prosecutors played a portion of secret recordings that included one of the defendants saying the n-word and disparaging his boss’ NFL team. A federal judge allowed jurors to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Flying J, Fraud, Pilot, Racism

January 11, 2018

Court OKs killing a type of owl to see effect on other owls

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court in San Francisco has upheld a plan by wildlife officials to kill one type of owl to study its effect on another type of owl. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday that the experiment by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service didn’t violate a... Read More

Animals, Criminal Justice News, News

Animal, Owl

January 11, 2018

Judge: Seattle in compliance with police reforms

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Seattle’s police department is in “full and effective compliance” with court-ordered reforms imposed on the city more than five years ago. The ruling from U.S. District Judge James Robart marks a milestone recognizing the city’s efforts since entering a consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

Seattle

January 11, 2018

Joe Arpaio points to political traits he shares with Trump

PHOENIX (AP) — People have been comparing the political styles of President Donald Trump and former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio since the allies starting appearing together at campaign events. The 85-year-old Arpaio noted those similarities Wednesday, a day after he announced his candidacy for the Senate seat now held by Republican Jeff Flake, a Trump... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Joe Arpaio, Trump

January 11, 2018

2 teens get probation in sex assault streamed on Facebook

CHICAGO (AP) — Two teenage boys who pleaded guilty in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl that was streamed live on Facebook have been sentenced to five years of probation. In a plea deal with Cook County, Illinois, prosecutors, the teens pleaded guilty to child pornography in November. The victim, now 16, and her... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse, Technology

Facebook

January 10, 2018

Iowa coach Ferentz faces an unusual rival: his neighbors

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz is facing a challenge from an unlikely opponent: his neighbors. A Feb. 6 trial is scheduled in a lawsuit that pits the nation’s longest-tenured college football coach and his wife against the three other families who live along a private road outside Iowa City. A judge... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Kirk Ferentz

January 10, 2018

Juan Martinez ethics complaint filed by Jodi Arias is dismissed

For the sixth time since he was made famous by the salacious Jodi Arias trials of 2013 and 2015, prosecutor Juan Martinez has been cleared of attorney ethics violations. The latest complaint alleged sexual relations and information-sharing with two female media members covering the case. And this time, the allegations came from Arias, who had... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Jodi Arias, Juan Martinez

January 10, 2018

Judge postpones ‘Bachelor’ star’s fatal accident trial

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The January trial for an Iowa farmer-turned-reality television star charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident last year has been rescheduled. Chris Soules who appeared on “The Bachelor” and “Dancing With The Stars” had been scheduled to face a jury trial on Jan. 18. On Monday, Judge Andrea... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Chris Soules

Samsung targeted by French lawsuit amid alleged labor abuse

Rapper with song ‘Sell Drugsz’ gets prison for selling drugs

Man sentenced in connection with 5-year-old daughter’s death

Michigan sues company over chemical contaminants in water

Lawyer: Minnesota’s Lynch denies sexual misconduct claims

Standoff rancher draws advocates’ ire, supporters’ cheers

Recording of racial epithet played at Pilot Flying J trial

Court OKs killing a type of owl to see effect on other owls

Judge: Seattle in compliance with police reforms

Joe Arpaio points to political traits he shares with Trump

2 teens get probation in sex assault streamed on Facebook

Iowa coach Ferentz faces an unusual rival: his neighbors

Juan Martinez ethics complaint filed by Jodi Arias is dismissed

Judge postpones ‘Bachelor’ star’s fatal accident trial

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