GOP Rep. Hunter’s son pens letter to keep dad out of jail

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The teenage son of convicted California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter has penned a letter asking the court to not send his dad to jail for misspending his campaign funds. Hunter, who resigned from Congress in January, is scheduled to be sentenced next week after pleading guilty to misspending his campaign funds.... Read More

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March 13, 2020

A hospitalized Weinstein ‘has not given up,’ his lawyer says

NEW YORK (AP) — A day after receiving a 23-year prison term in his New York City rape case, Harvey Weinstein was in medical and legal limbo on Thursday but indicated through a lawyer that he is still eager to fight looming criminal charges in Los Angeles. Weinstein, 67, suffered chest pains the day before... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 13, 2020

Arkansas court says death row inmate can drop appeal

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a death row inmate convicted of killing a police officer during a traffic stop is mentally competent to drop his appeal. Justices in a 6-1 ruling rejected the appeal of Jerry Lard, who was convicted in the fatal shooting of Trumann police... Read More

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Jerry Lard

March 13, 2020

Madoff seeks to make ‘dying, personal plea’ for release

NEW YORK (AP) — Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff wants to make a “dying, personal plea” by telephone to a judge to request early release from his 150-year prison sentence, his lawyer said Thursday. Attorney Brandon Sample told Judge Denny Chin that Madoff, 81, and confined to a wheelchair, should be allowed to contest claims by... Read More

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Bernard Madoff

March 13, 2020

Montana, Navajo company reach deal on mine to waive immunity

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana regulators have reached a deal allowing the state to enforce environmental laws at a large coal mine bought by a Navajo-owned company, officials said Thursday. For months, executives from the Navajo Transitional Energy Company and state officials had been unable to resolve demands the company waive its immunity as a... Read More

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March 13, 2020

Sister of executed man to governor: ‘You killed my brother’

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The sister of an executed inmate, whose case drew national scrutiny because he was not the gunman, confronted Alabama’s governor on Thursday for not stopping the lethal injection. The sister of Nathaniel Woods approached Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey as she spoke with reporters about the U.S. Census, WSFA reported. Woods was... Read More

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Nathaniel Woods

March 13, 2020

Rapper Kodak Black pleads guilty to weapons charge in NY

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Rapper Kodak Black pleaded guilty Thursday to a weapons charge stemming from a stop at the Canadian border crossing near Niagara Falls last April. The music artist, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, was arrested after he drove a Cadillac Escalade across the Lewiston-Queenston International Bridge into the United States with... Read More

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Kodak Black

March 13, 2020

Judge OKs more DNA tests from alleged Golden State Killer

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California judge on Thursday approved prosecutors’ request to take more DNA samples from a man charged with being the infamous “Golden State Killer” who eluded arrest for decades. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Steve White also told prosecutors to informally decide who is empowered to consider defense attorneys’ offer... Read More

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Joseph James DeAngelo

March 13, 2020

Ex-Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning freed from jail

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, ending roughly a year of incarceration that she had served for refusing to testify to a grand jury. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga ordered Manning’s release from jail after prosecutors reported that the grand jury... Read More

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Chelsea Manning

March 13, 2020

Fleeing Maduro, Venezuelans find nightmare in Trump’s jails

MIAMI (AP) — When Jose Ramon Zambrano and his pregnant wife crossed the Rio Grande to apply for asylum in the U.S., they were looking for a fresh start far away from a certain arrest in his native Venezuela, where his mother is a prominent government opponent. Instead, he spent six months locked up in... Read More

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March 13, 2020

Ex-track athletes detail alleged sex abuse by college coach

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Former Olympic high jumper Erin Aldrich claims one of her track coaches, John Rembao, began grooming her for a sexually abusive relationship when she was 16 before physically taking advantage of her two years later. “What we had between us, was not something special,” Aldrich said in an interview with... Read More

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Erin Aldrich

March 13, 2020

Utah passes new abortion rules as Legislature wraps up

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers passed new regulations on abortion this year, including a measure approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature Thursday that would ban most abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned. It comes as abortion opponents around the country hope the Supreme Court will reconsider the landmark ruling with new conservative justices.... Read More

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Abortion

March 12, 2020

Woman convicted in death of anti-gang crusader

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who drove her SUV over a New York mother who had been saluted by President Donald Trump for her crusade against gang violence was found guilty Wednesday of all charges. Annmarie Drago was convicted of criminally negligent homicide, petit larceny and criminal mischief in the September 2018 death... Read More

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Annmarie Drago

March 12, 2020

Canadian firm starts US prep work for Keystone XL pipeline

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Canadian company said Wednesday it has started preliminary work along the route of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline through the U.S. in anticipation of starting construction next month, as opponents await a judge’s ruling on their request to block any work. TC Energy spokeswoman Sara Rabern said the... Read More

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GOP Rep. Hunter’s son pens letter to keep dad out of jail

A hospitalized Weinstein ‘has not given up,’ his lawyer says

Arkansas court says death row inmate can drop appeal

Madoff seeks to make ‘dying, personal plea’ for release

Montana, Navajo company reach deal on mine to waive immunity

Sister of executed man to governor: ‘You killed my brother’

Rapper Kodak Black pleads guilty to weapons charge in NY

Judge OKs more DNA tests from alleged Golden State Killer

Ex-Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning freed from jail

Fleeing Maduro, Venezuelans find nightmare in Trump’s jails

Ex-track athletes detail alleged sex abuse by college coach

Utah passes new abortion rules as Legislature wraps up

Woman convicted in death of anti-gang crusader

Canadian firm starts US prep work for Keystone XL pipeline

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