Motor vehicle head resigns over fatal crash that killed 7

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned after her agency failed to terminate the commercial driving license of a man whose collision with a group of motorcyclists on a rural New Hampshire road left seven bikers dead. Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to seven counts of... Read More

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Volodymyr Zhukovskyy

June 26, 2019

American who helped Islamic State asks for leniency

NEW YORK (AP) — An American woman who admitted to participating in the online recruitment of Islamic State fighters is seeking leniency in her terrorism case over the objections of prosecutors who say she double-crossed them. Defense attorneys for Sinmyah Amera Caesar, who once used the nom de guerre “Umm Nutella,” argued at a sentencing... Read More

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Sinmyah Amera Caesar

June 26, 2019

Defense to present testimony in Navy SEAL murder case

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Defense lawyers planned to go on the offensive Wednesday in the murder trial of a decorated Navy SEAL charged with killing a wounded young Islamic State prisoner in Iraq and shooting at civilians. The prosecution rested its case Tuesday in the San Diego court-martial of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, a... Read More

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Edward Gallagher

June 26, 2019

Gooding due in court as lawyer seeks groping case dismissal

NEW YORK (AP) — Cuba Gooding Jr. is due in court as his lawyer seeks the dismissal of charges that the actor grabbed a woman’s breast without consent at a New York City bar. A hearing for Gooding is scheduled for Wednesday morning in Manhattan. It’s his first court appearance since his June 13 arrest... Read More

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Cuba Gooding Jr.

June 25, 2019

Ex-Chicago Council member gets year in prison for corruption

CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago City Council member has been sentenced to a year and one day prison after pleading guilty to corruption charges. U.S. District Judge Jorge Alonso sentenced 66-year-old Alderman Willie Cochran on Monday, saying he is part of “long and pathetic tradition” of political corruption. An investigation revealed Cochran took thousands... Read More

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Willie Cochran

June 25, 2019

California police shooting suspect in court wearing bandage

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man charged with killing a rookie California police officer made his first brief court appearance Monday wearing a four-inch gauze pad covering what officials said was a self-inflicted head injury. Adel Sambrano Ramos was appointed a public defender during a five-minute court hearing, and spoke only to acknowledge his name.... Read More

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Adel Sambrano Ramos

June 25, 2019

Tiger Woods removed from for wrongful death lawsuit

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods is no longer a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a drunken driver who died in a car crash. Attorneys for the parents of Nicholas Immesberger filed an amended complaint Friday in Palm Beach County court dropping Woods from the suit. The... Read More

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Tiger Woods

June 25, 2019

Jury urges death for killer of family of 4 found in desert

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A jury on Monday recommended the death penalty for a Southern California man convicted of killing a family of four with a sledgehammer and burying their bodies in shallow desert graves. Jurors in San Bernardino made the recommendation for Charles “Chase” Merritt, 62, in a case that puzzled investigators for... Read More

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Charles "Chase" Merritt

June 25, 2019

Lawyer: Gooding Jr.’s accuser ‘troubled,’ groping case bogus

NEW YORK (AP) — Cuba Gooding Jr.’s lawyer is urging a judge to dismiss the forcible touching case that landed the actor in handcuffs two weeks ago, arguing that witnesses and security video contradict a woman’s allegations that he groped her at a New York City night spot. Lawyer Mark Heller is also taking aim... Read More

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Cuba Gooding Jr.

June 25, 2019

Ex-Sacramento Kings exec gets 7 years for siphoning $13.4M

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former top Sacramento Kings executive was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for siphoning $13.4 million from the team. Jeffrey David, 44, the team’s former chief revenue officer, pleaded guilty in December to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. David diverted the sponsorship payments of five companies to a... Read More

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Jeffrey David, Sacramento Kings

June 25, 2019

Kansas to allow trans residents to change birth certificates

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will allow transgender people to change their birth certificates so the documents reflect their gender identities under a legal settlement that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s young administration and LGBTQ-rights advocates announced Monday. The agreement ends a federal lawsuit filed in October by four transgender individuals and the Kansas Statewide Transgender... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Orientation

June 25, 2019

Special prosecutor requested in South Bend police shooting

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A special prosecutor was requested Monday to investigate the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in a case that has inflamed tensions between the black community and law enforcement and roiled the Democratic presidential campaign of Mayor Pete Buttigieg. St. Joseph County Prosecutor Kenneth Cotter... Read More

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Eric Logan, Ryan O'Neill

June 25, 2019

Former student guilty in slaying of visiting Chinese scholar

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Jurors deliberated less than 90 minutes before returning a guilty verdict Monday in the federal death-penalty trial of a former University of Illinois doctoral student who abducted a visiting Chinese scholar from a bus stop and killed her at his apartment. Brendt Christensen didn’t move or show any emotion as the... Read More

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Brendt Christensen

June 25, 2019

Texas man pleads guilty to lesser charge in daughter’s death

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who was accused of killing his adopted daughter pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge the day his trial for capital murder was scheduled to begin. The Dallas Morning News reports that Wesley Mathews, 39, pleaded guilty to injury to a child by omission. That gives Mathews the chance... Read More

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Wesley Mathews

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Motor vehicle head resigns over fatal crash that killed 7

American who helped Islamic State asks for leniency

Defense to present testimony in Navy SEAL murder case

Gooding due in court as lawyer seeks groping case dismissal

Ex-Chicago Council member gets year in prison for corruption

California police shooting suspect in court wearing bandage

Tiger Woods removed from for wrongful death lawsuit

Jury urges death for killer of family of 4 found in desert

Lawyer: Gooding Jr.’s accuser ‘troubled,’ groping case bogus

Ex-Sacramento Kings exec gets 7 years for siphoning $13.4M

Kansas to allow trans residents to change birth certificates

Special prosecutor requested in South Bend police shooting

Former student guilty in slaying of visiting Chinese scholar

Texas man pleads guilty to lesser charge in daughter’s death

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