Prosecution rests in death penalty trial of SC father

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The prosecution has rested its case in the death penalty trial of a South Carolina father charged with killing his five young children. Prosecutor Rick Hubbard told the judge the state had called its last witness when the trial resumed Wednesday morning. The judge then called a break as Timothy Jones... Read More

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Timothy Jones Jr.

May 22, 2019

The Latest: Judge rules Qualcomm violated antitrust law

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on federal judge’s ruling against Qualcomm (all times local): 10:40 a.m. A federal judge has ruled that Qualcomm unlawfully squeezed out rivals in the cellphone chip market and charged excessive royalties. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, is siding with the Federal Trade Commission in the... Read More

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Qualcomm

May 21, 2019

Nevada judge considers defense motions in quadruple killings

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Lawyers for a Salvadoran immigrant charged with killing four people urged a judge on Monday to dismiss some of the charges and throw out his confession, citing procedural errors. Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman faces murder, burglary and weapons charges in the deaths of four people in northern Nevada in January. His public... Read More

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Wilber Martinez-Guzman

May 21, 2019

State: Man in church shooting aimed to kill 10 white people

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A prosecutor said Monday that a black man charged with fatally shooting a woman and wounding seven people at a Nashville church aimed to kill at least 10 white churchgoers and cited a 2015 massacre at a black church in South Carolina. Nashville Deputy District Attorney Amy Hunter made the comments... Read More

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Emanuel Kidega Samson

May 21, 2019

Mom of 5 slain children sobs on stand at ex-husband’s trial

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Amber Kyzer dabbed tears from her eyes for most of her testimony Monday and sobbed at the death penalty trial of her ex-husband, charged with killing their five young children. But then a prosecutor asked her to read a letter she wrote the oldest child, trying to comfort her over the... Read More

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Amber Kyzer, Timothy Jones Jr.

May 21, 2019

3 handwritten wills found in Aretha Franklin’s home

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Three handwritten wills have been found in the suburban Detroit home of Aretha Franklin, months after the death of the “Queen of Soul,” including one that was discovered under cushions in the living room, a lawyer said Monday. The latest one is dated March 2014 and appears to give the famous... Read More

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Aretha Franklin

May 21, 2019

Florida school shooting defendant due back in court

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The defendant charged with killing 17 people in last year’s Florida school shooting is due back in court. A status hearing is scheduled Tuesday for 20-year-old Nikolas Cruz in the February 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Cruz could get the death penalty if convicted. The hearing will... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

May 21, 2019

Mississippi 6-week abortion ban heads to federal court

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge who struck down Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban last year is hearing arguments about a new law that puts the ban even earlier. The law would prohibit most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, at about six weeks, when many women may not know they’re pregnant. Republican... Read More

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Abortion

May 21, 2019

1st of 5 women to testify at ex-NFL player’s rape trial

VISTA, California (AP) — Prosecutors plan to call the first of five women to testify Tuesday at the rape trial of former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr., whose accusers include a 54-year-old who got a ride from him hitchhiking and a 59-year-old who was homeless when they met. Meanwhile defense lawyers argued the sex was... Read More

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Kellen Winslow Jr.

May 21, 2019

‘Instincts just took over’: Coach describes stopping gunman

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former University of Oregon football star Keanon Lowe said he had just entered a classroom at the Portland high school where he works as a coach and security guard when a student armed with a black shotgun appeared in the doorway. Lowe had just seconds Friday to react. He lunged at... Read More

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Angel Granados-Diaz, Keanon Lowe

May 21, 2019

‘3 strikes’ sentencing reform leaves out Washington inmates

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A small group of inmates, disproportionately black, are set to stay in Washington state prisons for life — left out of the latest in a multi-year wave of reforms easing tough-on-crime “three strikes” laws around the U.S. At least 24 states including Washington passed such laws during the 1990s, embracing tough-on-crime... Read More

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May 21, 2019

Jamar Clark’s advocates call for $20M death settlement

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Advocates for Jamar Clark, who was fatally shot by police in 2015, are demanding that the city of Minneapolis settles a lawsuit brought by his family for $20 million, the same amount awarded in the 2017 death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. Clark’s father, James Clark, and about two dozen supporters held a... Read More

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Jamar Clark

May 21, 2019

Jury to get case of suspect in wrong-way crash that killed 5

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A jury is expected to begin deliberations in the trial of a Vermont man facing murder charges in the deaths of five teenagers after he caused a head-on crash by driving the wrong way on an interstate. After they receive final instructions from the judge Tuesday, the jury will begin considering... Read More

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Steven Bourgoin

May 21, 2019

Texas man gets prison for smuggling immigrants in furniture

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A Houston-area man has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for trying to smuggle immigrants in furniture after three people were found in a plastic-wrapped dresser that was nailed shut. Federal prosecutors say 23-year-old Yabar Ayan Portes-Arevalo of Katy was sentenced Monday in Corpus Christi to 21 months.... Read More

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Yabar Ayan Portes-Arevalo

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Prosecution rests in death penalty trial of SC father

The Latest: Judge rules Qualcomm violated antitrust law

Nevada judge considers defense motions in quadruple killings

State: Man in church shooting aimed to kill 10 white people

Mom of 5 slain children sobs on stand at ex-husband’s trial

3 handwritten wills found in Aretha Franklin’s home

Florida school shooting defendant due back in court

Mississippi 6-week abortion ban heads to federal court

1st of 5 women to testify at ex-NFL player’s rape trial

‘Instincts just took over’: Coach describes stopping gunman

‘3 strikes’ sentencing reform leaves out Washington inmates

Jamar Clark’s advocates call for $20M death settlement

Jury to get case of suspect in wrong-way crash that killed 5

Texas man gets prison for smuggling immigrants in furniture

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