US trial to tell epic tale of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo”

NEW YORK (AP) — During the height of Mexican drug wars in 1993, an attempted hit on Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman went wrong. A team of gunmen sent to rub out the notorious drug lord instead killed a Roman Catholic cardinal at an airport in Guadalajara, outraging the Mexican public enough to touch off a... Read More

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El Chapo

November 12, 2018

Ex-Detroit Lion Barney accuses pizza chain of discrimination

DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Lions Hall of Famer Lem Barney and his wife are suing a Detroit-area pizza chain for racial discrimination after being refused service. The lawsuit filed in Detroit’s federal court Monday says Lem and Jacqueline Barney went to Happy’s Pizza in Commerce Township Nov. 2. The lawsuit says that when they... Read More

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Lem Barney

November 12, 2018

California man pleads not guilty in killing of gay student

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man pleaded not guilty on Friday to the murder of a gay University of Pennsylvania student in a hate crime. Samuel Woodward, a 21-year-old from Newport Beach, California, entered the plea during a hearing in Orange County Superior Court. Bail was previously set at $5 million but... Read More

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Samuel Woodward

November 12, 2018

Group rescinds speaker invite for deputy cleared in shooting

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An Oklahoma deputy acquitted in a 2016 fatal shooting of an unarmed black man is no longer scheduled to speak at a homicide investigators conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. News outlets report the Southeastern Homicide Investigators Association rescinded Roger County Sheriff’s Deputy Betty Shelby’s invitation on Sunday following pressure from... Read More

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Betty Shelby

November 12, 2018

Likely El Chapo trial witness pleads guilty in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — A former top lieutenant to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and likely witness at the Mexican drug lord’s New York trial has pleaded guilty to trafficking conspiracy in Chicago, saying in a plea agreement unsealed Friday that he will cooperate with prosecutors in hopes of a reduced sentence and protection from cartel retribution... Read More

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El Chapo

November 12, 2018

Florida election recount continues amid tensions, litigation

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Mishaps, protests and litigation dominated Florida’s first day of recounting the vote for pivotal races for governor and Senate, bringing back memories of the 2000 presidential fiasco. Much of the drama on Sunday centered on Broward and Palm Beach counties, home to large concentrations of Democratic voters. In Broward County,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

November 12, 2018

Pabst says MillerCoors is trying to put it out of business

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pabst Brewing Company and MillerCoors are going to trial, with hipster favorite Pabst contending that MillerCoors wants to put it out of business by ending a longstanding partnership through which it brews Pabst’s beers. The case has high stakes for Pabst, whose lawyers argue that the company’s very existence relies on the... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News

November 9, 2018

Former swim coach to stand trial on child sex offenses

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Prominent Australian swimming coach Scott Volkers has been committed to stand trial over historical child sex offenses. Volkers appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday where it was deemed there was enough evidence for his matter to be heard by a jury in a higher court, the Australian Associated Press reported.... Read More

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Scott Volkers

November 9, 2018

San Francisco Opera removes singer accused of sex assault

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Opera says it has removed countertenor David Daniels from an upcoming production of Handel’s “Orlando” due to sexual assault allegations against the singer. Daniels was sued last month by a student at the University of Michigan, where the singer is a professor, for sexual assault. The San Francisco... Read More

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David Daniels

November 9, 2018

Court urged to end rule that erased Hernandez’s conviction

BOSTON (AP) — A legal principle that erased former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez’s murder conviction after he killed himself in prison is outdated, unfair and should not stand, a Massachusetts prosecutor told the state’s highest court Thursday. It doesn’t make sense the former New England Patriots tight end is now innocent in the... Read More

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Aaron Hernandez

November 9, 2018

Alaska man sentenced for faking death to avoid prison term

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A commercial fisherman who faked his death to avoid incarceration for a sexual assault has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Federal prosecutors say the Coast Guard spent $384,261 searching for 35-year-old Ryan Meganack after his girlfriend, who was part of the scheme, reported him missing off... Read More

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Ryan Meganack

November 9, 2018

Appeals court puts youth climate change lawsuit on hold

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A lawsuit by a group of young Americans, which asserts the U.S. government is harming them by having created a national energy system that causes climate change, is on hold again after a federal appeals court Thursday granted the Trump administration’s motion for a temporary stay. The Ninth Circuit Court of... Read More

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Climate Change

November 9, 2018

Ex-Mexican officer-turned-cartel mole sentenced in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago handed a more than three-year prison sentence Thursday to a former Mexican intelligence-unit commander on charges he divulged American investigative secrets to cartel bosses in Mexico — a betrayal one DEA agent told the court collapsed drug-trafficking investigations and cost lives. Ivan Reyes Arzate, 46, was a... Read More

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Ivan Reyes Arzate

November 9, 2018

Federal judge blocks construction of Keystone XL pipeline

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge in Montana has blocked construction of the $8 billion Keystone XL Pipeline to allow more time to study the project’s potential environmental impact. The Great Falls Tribune reports U.S. District Judge Brian Morris’ order on Thursday came as Calgary-based TransCanada was preparing to build the first stages... Read More

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Dakota Access Pipeline

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US trial to tell epic tale of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo”

Ex-Detroit Lion Barney accuses pizza chain of discrimination

California man pleads not guilty in killing of gay student

Group rescinds speaker invite for deputy cleared in shooting

Likely El Chapo trial witness pleads guilty in Chicago

Florida election recount continues amid tensions, litigation

Pabst says MillerCoors is trying to put it out of business

Former swim coach to stand trial on child sex offenses

San Francisco Opera removes singer accused of sex assault

Court urged to end rule that erased Hernandez’s conviction

Alaska man sentenced for faking death to avoid prison term

Appeals court puts youth climate change lawsuit on hold

Ex-Mexican officer-turned-cartel mole sentenced in Chicago

Federal judge blocks construction of Keystone XL pipeline

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