School board sues over decision blocking armed staffers

JONESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia county school board is suing the state after the superintendent was denied a designation allowing him to carry guns on school property — part of a plan to allow armed staffers at schools. News outlets report the lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Lee County Circuit Court. In July, the... Read More

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Guns

January 17, 2019

Hearing delayed on school shooting suspect’s guard contact

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A hearing has been delayed on whether Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz should still be supervised by a corrections officer he’s accused of assaulting. The hearing set Wednesday was postponed because a court reporter became ill. It was reset for Friday. Cruz’s lawyers want a judge to stop Cruz... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

January 17, 2019

San Francisco pier shooter seeks dismissal of gun charge

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Mexican man who touched off a fierce immigration debate over his role in the shooting death of a woman walking on a San Francisco pier is seeking to overturn his felony gun possession conviction. It was the only charge he was found guilty of after a jury acquitted him of... Read More

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Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, Kate Steinle

January 17, 2019

Belarus model who claimed Trump info deported from Thailand

BANGKOK (AP) — A Belarusian model who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian involvement in helping elect Donald Trump president was deported from Thailand on Thursday, police said. Anastasia Vashukevich along with seven co-defendants pleaded guilty this week in a case related to holding a sex training seminar in Thailand. They were... Read More

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Anastasia Vashukevich

January 17, 2019

Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman still a prisoner

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner, nearly three months after her release from death row, awaiting a final ruling on her fate. She spends her days in seclusion for fear of being targeted by angry mobs clamoring for her death. In her hideout,... Read More

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Aasia Bibi

January 17, 2019

Prosecutor: Drug maker pushed OxyContin despite danger signs

BOSTON (AP) — A member of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma told people at the prescription opioid painkiller’s launch party in the 1990s that it would be “followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition,” according to court documents filed Tuesday. The details were made public in a case... Read More

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Opioids, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma

January 17, 2019

Justices appear ready to void Tennessee alcohol sales law

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to strike down a Tennessee provision that requires people to live in the state for two years before obtaining a license to sell alcohol. Several justices said the restriction unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state economic interests, despite strong state interests in regulating liquor sales. A ruling invalidating... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News

January 17, 2019

Kidnap suspect’s lawyers: Confession problematic for defense

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Defense attorneys for the man accused of kidnapping a Wisconsin teenager and killing her parents acknowledged Wednesday that they’re starting the case at a disadvantage after their client gave detectives a detailed confession and said they’re not sure he can get a fair trial in the state. According to a criminal... Read More

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Jake Patterson, Jayme Closs

January 17, 2019

Battles expected in many states over abortion-related bills

NEW YORK (AP) — On each side of the abortion debate, legislators and activists emboldened by recent political developments plan to push aggressively in many states this year for bills high on their wish lists: either seeking to impose near-total bans on abortion or guaranteeing women’s access to the procedure. For abortion opponents, many of... Read More

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Abortion

January 17, 2019

Robert Durst defense: Evidence could be ‘game over’ for heir

LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York real estate heir Robert Durst is charged with one count of murder, but will have to defend himself in three killings at trial later this year in California. Los Angeles prosecutors won a victory Tuesday in persuading a judge to allow jurors to hear that Durst killed a man... Read More

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Robert Durst

January 17, 2019

American anchor for Iranian TV is arrested on visit to US

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A prominent American anchorwoman on Iranian state television has been arrested by the FBI during a visit to the U.S., the broadcaster reported Wednesday, and her son said she was being held in a prison, apparently as a material witness. Marzieh Hashemi, who worked for the network’s English-language service, was detained... Read More

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Marzieh Hashemi

January 16, 2019

Rihanna sues father over use of their last name for business

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rihanna is suing her father over his use of their last name for a business. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles, Rihanna, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, says that her father, Ronald Fenty, and his partner have violated her trademark and falsely suggested that... Read More

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Rihanna

January 16, 2019

Filing: OxyContin maker forecast ‘blizzard of prescriptions’

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Opioids, OxyContin

January 16, 2019

Man pleads guilty in Chicago killing of Dwyane Wade’s cousin

CHICAGO (AP) — One of two brothers charged in the Chicago fatal shooting of Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade’s cousin has pleaded guilty to murder. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Derren Sorrells entered the plea Tuesday to a first-degree murder charge in the 2016 shooting of 32-year-old Nykea Aldridge. Sorrells admitted to firing shots at a... Read More

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Derren Sorrells, Dwayne Wade

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School board sues over decision blocking armed staffers

Hearing delayed on school shooting suspect’s guard contact

San Francisco pier shooter seeks dismissal of gun charge

Belarus model who claimed Trump info deported from Thailand

Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman still a prisoner

Prosecutor: Drug maker pushed OxyContin despite danger signs

Justices appear ready to void Tennessee alcohol sales law

Kidnap suspect’s lawyers: Confession problematic for defense

Battles expected in many states over abortion-related bills

Robert Durst defense: Evidence could be ‘game over’ for heir

American anchor for Iranian TV is arrested on visit to US

Rihanna sues father over use of their last name for business

Filing: OxyContin maker forecast ‘blizzard of prescriptions’

Man pleads guilty in Chicago killing of Dwyane Wade’s cousin

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