Biggest street-gang trial in recent Chicago history begins

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

Criminal Justice News, News

Chicago, Gangs

September 14, 2016

Documents: Walker sought corporate donations in 2012 recall

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

News, Politics

Government, Republicans

September 14, 2016

Rising star lawmaker took steep fall after sex allegations

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

News, Politics

Government

September 14, 2016

Prosecutors want new sentence in Vanderbilt rape case

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

News, Sports

Rape, Sports, Vanderbilt

September 14, 2016

Al-Jazeera asking judge to dismiss players’ defamation suits

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

News, Sports

Al Jazeera, Baseball, Sports

September 14, 2016

Mom who pleaded guilty in baby’s death found dead in cell

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

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

Bad Parenting

September 14, 2016

Records: Missouri man has history of violence toward women

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

Criminal Justice News, News

Missing persons, Violence

September 14, 2016

British man pleads guilty in Trump attack case in Las Vegas

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

Criminal Justice News, News

Immigration, Politics, Trump

September 13, 2016

Zimmerman testifies man shot at him during traffic encounter

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

Criminal Justice News, News

Archive, Shooting, Zimmerman

September 13, 2016

New York man sentenced to 235 years in prison for child porn

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

Criminal Justice News, News

Child Porn

September 13, 2016

Court: Yelp not liable for negative rating ‘stars’ on site

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

Criminal Justice News

Internet, Yelp

September 13, 2016

For the first time, Bill Cosby’s lawyers claim racism

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

Entertainment

Actor, Bill Cosby, Celebrity

September 13, 2016

British-Iranian woman sentenced to 5 years in Iran prison

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

International Justice Watch

British, International, Iranian

September 13, 2016

German court: Ex-Auschwitz radio operator unfit for trial

BERLIN (AP) — A German court says it's shelving a case against a 92-year-old woman accused of accessory to murder for serving as the Auschwitz commandant's SS radio operator, saying she's unfit for trial. Read More

International Justice Watch

Auschwitz, Nazi

Biggest street-gang trial in recent Chicago history begins

Documents: Walker sought corporate donations in 2012 recall

Rising star lawmaker took steep fall after sex allegations

Prosecutors want new sentence in Vanderbilt rape case

Al-Jazeera asking judge to dismiss players’ defamation suits

Mom who pleaded guilty in baby’s death found dead in cell

Records: Missouri man has history of violence toward women

British man pleads guilty in Trump attack case in Las Vegas

Zimmerman testifies man shot at him during traffic encounter

New York man sentenced to 235 years in prison for child porn

Court: Yelp not liable for negative rating ‘stars’ on site

For the first time, Bill Cosby’s lawyers claim racism

British-Iranian woman sentenced to 5 years in Iran prison

German court: Ex-Auschwitz radio operator unfit for trial

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