Court hearing set in Arizona Senate race vote count dispute

Woman freed in blasphemy case still in hiding in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A week after Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted her of blasphemy, a Christian woman who had been on death row for eight years was freed from detention Thursday, but her whereabouts are a closely guarded secret following demands by extremists that she be hanged in public. The case of Aasia Bibi has become... Read More

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Immigrant advocates slam video hearings for detained kids

The Trump administration says it is trying to speed up legal proceedings for some of the record 13,000 migrant children in federal custody by using video hearings to stream testimony from detained youths into courtrooms, The Associated Press has learned. The problem, some attorneys and judges say, is that technical glitches — including bad audio,... Read More

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Google bows to worker pressure on sexual misconduct policy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is promising to be more forceful and open about its handling of sexual misconduct cases, a week after thousands of high-paid engineers and others walked out in protest over its male-dominated culture. Google bowed to one of the protesters’ main demands by dropping mandatory arbitration of all sexual misconduct cases.... Read More

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New Tesla chairwoman’s biggest challenge is controlling Musk

DETROIT (AP) — Australian telecommunications executive Robyn Denholm brings much-needed financial and auto industry expertise to her new role as Tesla’s board chairwoman, but her biggest challenge is whether she can rein in a CEO with a proclivity for misbehavior. Denholm, who has been a Tesla board member for nearly five years, was named to... Read More

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Missouri tour boat captain indicted after sinking kills 17

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The captain of a tourist boat that sank in southwest Missouri and killed 17 people, including nine members of an Indiana family, didn’t tell passengers to put on flotation devices or prepare them to abandon ship even after waves crashed into the boat during a severe storm, according to an... Read More

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Appeals court rules against Trump on DACA immigrant policy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. appeals court blocked President Donald Trump on Thursday from immediately ending an Obama-era program shielding young immigrants from deportation, saying the administration’s decision was based on a flawed legal theory. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously kept a preliminary injunction in place against... Read More

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Sentencing begins for Texas driver in fatal church bus crash

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A driver convicted in a church bus crash in South Texas that left 13 people dead will soon learn his punishment. Twenty-one-year-old Jack Dillon Young , of Leakey, faces up to 270 years in prison after pleading no contest in June to 13 counts of intoxication manslaughter and one count of... Read More

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Woman who spent $21M at Harrods bailed, fights extradition

LONDON (AP) — Like many people, Zamira Hajiyeva often dropped by a neighborhood shop, just down the street from her London home, to pick up a few things — including gem-encrusted jewelry and a cellar-full of fine wines. Hajiyeva’s local shop was posh department store Harrods, where British investigators say she spent 16 million pounds... Read More

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Man sentenced for smashing Trump’s Hollywood star with ax

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who smashed Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been sentenced to three years’ probation after pleading no contest to a felony count of vandalism. City News Service reports a judge also sentenced Austin Mikel Clay on Wednesday to attend psychological counseling and pay more than... Read More

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Alaska fishermen sentenced for killing endangered sea lions

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska salmon boat skipper who killed endangered Steller sea lions with a shotgun and hindered an investigation has been fined $20,000 in federal court. Jon Nichols, 31, of Cordova, was sentenced Tuesday to five years’ probation, three months of home confinement and 400 hours of community service. U.S. Magistrate Judge... Read More

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Texas jury sentences man to 25 years in deadly confrontation

HOUSTON (AP) — The husband of a former sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday for the strangulation death of a man the couple confronted outside a Houston-area restaurant. Prosecutors argued Terry Thompson wanted to kill 24-year-old John Hernandez and kept him in a chokehold even when he stopped resisting after... Read More

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Manafort’s former son-in-law charged with new fraud schemes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Manafort’s former son-in-law appeared in court Wednesday on charges that he pulled a series of fraud schemes while awaiting sentencing in federal court for similar crimes. Jeffrey Craig Yohai, 36, was charged with identity theft and conspiring to commit wire fraud involving a $6 million investment scheme and floating $500,000... Read More

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