Man’s serial killer boast doubted in Chinese scholar case

CHICAGO (AP) — A former University of Illinois doctoral student on trial for killing a visiting scholar from China searched the internet for instructions on committing murder before the woman vanished, which one expert on serial killers says may be a sign that his boast to have killed 12 other people is false. Brendt Christensen’s... Read More

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Brendt Christensen

June 21, 2019

2 more duck boat workers indicted in sinking that killed 17

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted two more employees of a company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people. Curtis Lanham, the general manager at Ride the Ducks Branson, and Charles Baltzell, the operations supervisor, were charged with misconduct and neglect... Read More

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Ride the Ducks Branson

June 21, 2019

Witness in Navy SEAL trial takes blame for killing

SAN DIEGO (AP) — When the prosecution called a special forces medic to testify, they expected him to bolster their murder case against a decorated Navy SEAL accused of stabbing an Islamic State fighter in his care. Corey Scott delivered on that count, saying Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher had unexpectedly plunged a knife into... Read More

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Edward Gallagher

June 21, 2019

Mexican megachurch leader returns to court in sex abuse case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The leader of Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo is scheduled to return court Friday in a child rape and human trafficking case. Naasón Joaquín García and his co-defendants were arrested earlier this month on suspicion of child rape, statutory rape, molestation, human trafficking, child pornography and extortion. The charges in... Read More

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Naasón Joaquín García

June 21, 2019

Family of teen fatally shot by Chicago officer files lawsuit

CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a teenager shot and killed by a Chicago police officer earlier this year has filed a federal lawsuit against the city and officer. The lawsuit filed Thursday claims 17-year-old Michael Elam Jr. was unarmed and not a threat when he was shot on the night of Feb. 16 on... Read More

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Adolf Bolanos

June 21, 2019

Colorado shooter says he targeted kids over gender taunts

DENVER (AP) — A high school student charged in a classmate’s death during a Colorado school shooting told police that he planned the attack for weeks and intended to target classmates who repeatedly mocked his gender identity. Written summaries of police interviews with the two suspected shooters portray 16-year-old Alec McKinney as the leader of... Read More

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Alec McKinney, Devon Erickson

June 21, 2019

Ex-police officer to be resentenced on terrorism charge

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former police officer convicted in a sting operation of trying to help the Islamic State group by purchasing $200 in gift cards for them is scheduled to be resentenced. Nicholas Young of Fairfax, Virginia, was sentenced to 15 years in prison last year for obstruction of justice and attempting to... Read More

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Nicholas Young

June 21, 2019

Missouri faces deadline to decide on abortion clinic license

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The battle over Missouri’s only abortion clinic is back in court Friday, the deadline a judge imposed for the state to decide whether to renew the clinic’s license. Missouri’s health department allowed the St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic’s abortion license to lapse effective June 1. Rulings by St. Louis Circuit Judge... Read More

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Abortion, Planned Parenthood

June 20, 2019

Missouri woman to spend life in prison after plea agreement

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri woman will spend the rest of her life in prison after admitting that prosecutors had evidence to convict her of killing a mentally disabled man in what authorities believe was part of a complicated plot to divert attention from another homicide case. Pamela Hupp, 60, of O’Fallon, entered an... Read More

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Pamela Hupp

June 20, 2019

Judge: New documents warrant further look at census question

A federal judge said Wednesday that he’s inclined to reexamine whether a proposed 2020 census citizenship question violates the rights of minorities after reviewing newly discovered documents from a deceased political operative. U.S. District Judge George Hazel of Maryland ruled that plaintiffs have produced enough evidence to warrant reopening the case, even though he already... Read More

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Immigration

June 20, 2019

Judge says R. Kelly’s lawyers have week to answer lawsuit

CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for R. Kelly have one week to respond to a lawsuit alleging sex abuse or face losing the case. Kelly’s attorneys sought to put the lawsuit on hold while the singer fights sex-related felony charges. Associate Judge Moira Johnson on Wednesday agreed with lawyers for the woman who filed the lawsuit... Read More

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R. Kelly

June 20, 2019

Woman pleads not guilty to dumping puppies in trash

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California woman authorities say was caught on surveillance video dumping a bag of 3-day-old puppies into a trash can has pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty. The Desert Sun of Palm Springs says Deborah Culwell appeared in a Riverside court Tuesday. Culwell lives in Coachella, a desert city east... Read More

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Deborah Culwell

June 20, 2019

Family says Dallas courthouse shooter wanted to die

DALLAS (AP) — The family of a 22-year-old man who opened fire on a Dallas courthouse, striking no one before federal agents fatally shot him, said they believe his intent was to die. Brian Isaack Clyde’s stepmother, Heather Clyde, told The Dallas Morning News that she hadn’t seen any warning signs but that she and... Read More

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Brian Isaack Clyde

June 20, 2019

Ex-deputy: Supervisor used racial slur, pointed gun at him

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A supervisor in a North Carolina sheriff’s office addressed a biracial deputy with a racial slur multiple times, called him “monkey boy,” mocked him for his hair and pointed a gun at his head at least eight times, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. Attorneys for former Beaufort County... Read More

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Ernie Coleman

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Man’s serial killer boast doubted in Chinese scholar case

2 more duck boat workers indicted in sinking that killed 17

Witness in Navy SEAL trial takes blame for killing

Mexican megachurch leader returns to court in sex abuse case

Family of teen fatally shot by Chicago officer files lawsuit

Colorado shooter says he targeted kids over gender taunts

Ex-police officer to be resentenced on terrorism charge

Missouri faces deadline to decide on abortion clinic license

Missouri woman to spend life in prison after plea agreement

Judge: New documents warrant further look at census question

Judge says R. Kelly’s lawyers have week to answer lawsuit

Woman pleads not guilty to dumping puppies in trash

Family says Dallas courthouse shooter wanted to die

Ex-deputy: Supervisor used racial slur, pointed gun at him

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