FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's former state epidemiologist has pleaded no contest in an investigation into the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint. Read More
CHICAGO (AP) Six purported leaders of the Hobos street gang went on trial Wednesday in a case that is expected to provide a rare look inside the criminal activity fueling gun violence in the nation’s third-largest city. Prosecutors say the defendants murdered, maimed and tortured their way into controlling the most lucrative drug markets on... Read More
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A leading lead manufacturer was among a host of corporate leaders who donated to a conservative group that helped Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislators fend off recall challenges, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The Guardian obtained 1,500 pages of leaked documents from a secret investigation into whether Walker’s recall campaign illegally... Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state Rep. Jeremy Durham was a vocal young conservative and a rising legislative star, unafraid to pick fights with fellow Republican legislators or the popular GOP governor. But his increasingly erratic behavior and mounting sexual harassment allegations finally caught up with him when the chamber voted 70-2 to expel him. Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville prosecutors are asking the judge who sentenced a former Vanderbilt football player to 15 years in prison for his part in a gang rape to order a new sentencing hearing with a different judge. Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Jazeera America is asking a judge to dismiss defamation lawsuits filed by two Major League Baseball players over statements made in the broadcaster's documentary about performance-enhancing drugs in sports. Read More
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida woman accused of killing her 9-week-old infant has committed suicide in a Sarasota jail. Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man considered a person of interest in his ex-girlfriend's 2007 disappearance and now charged with burning another missing Missouri woman's car spent time in jail for assaulting his pregnant then-girlfriend in 2011, police and court records show. Read More
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A British man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. federal court to trying to grab a police officer's gun and open fire at a June campaign rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump in Las Vegas. Read More
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman testified that he was driving to a doctor's appointment when he noticed he was being pursued by a vehicle whose driver later pulled up, exchanged words and fired one gunshot at him that missed. Read More
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man has been sentenced to 235 years in prison for sexually exploiting two children to make child pornography. Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Online review site Yelp's star rating system does not make it responsible for negative reviews of businesses because it is based on user input, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday, dismissing a libel lawsuit filed against Yelp by a Washington state locksmith company owner. Read More
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby has long preached the gospel of personal responsibility to fellow blacks, irritating those who fault racism for holding the community back. Read More
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A British-Iranian woman detained for months in Iran on suspicion of planning the "soft toppling" of the country's government while traveling with her young daughter has been sentenced to five years in prison, her husband said Friday. Read More
