Father testifies on pay for play at college hoops programs

NEW YORK (AP) — The father of a top-rated college basketball prospect testified Thursday that his son was offered thousands of dollars on the sly to play at major programs before a corruption scandal derailed the promising player’s collegiate career. At a federal trial over allegations about dirty money in college hoops, Brian Bowen Sr.... Read More

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NCAA, NCAA College Basketball

October 5, 2018

Immigrants cheer ruling that lets them keep protected status

BOSTON (AP) — When Sudanese immigrant Hiwaida Elarabi learned the U.S. government was ending the temporary protected status that allowed her to live and work in the country legally for two decades, she sold off the restaurant that had been her life’s dream. Terrified to return to Sudan and unable to fathom a life without... Read More

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Illegal Immigration, Immigration

October 5, 2018

28 year prison sentence caps long downfall for ‘Suge’ Knight

Knight, 53, will now likely live out most, if not the rest, of his life in a California prison. He showed no emotion in court Thursday as relatives of Terry Carter, the man he killed, described their loved one as a devoted family man and peacemaker. Carter was killed after Knight and one of his... Read More

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Suge Knight

October 5, 2018

Musk takes swipe at SEC on heels of fraud settlement

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk is taunting the government regulators who threatened to oust him as CEO of electric carmaker Tesla just days after he settled a case alleging he duped investors. Musk used his Twitter account to jab the Securities and Exchange Commission, the same agency that went after him for an Aug.... Read More

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Elon Musk, Tesla

October 5, 2018

Kavanaugh says he ‘might have been too emotional’ at hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh acknowledged Thursday he “might have been too emotional” when testifying about sexual misconduct allegations as he made a final bid to win over wavering GOP senators on the eve of a crucial vote to advance his confirmation. Three GOP senators and one Democrat remain undecided about elevating... Read More

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Brett Kavanaugh

October 5, 2018

Ronaldo faces growing heat from sponsors over rape case

LONDON (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo faced growing heat Thursday from sponsors over a rape allegation in the United States after Nike and video game maker EA Sports expressed concern about the conduct of the soccer superstar, who has denied the accusations. The five-time world player of the year, who was seen driving into the Juventus... Read More

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Cristiano Ronaldo

October 5, 2018

Jurors deliberating in murder trial of Chicago officer

CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys in the trial of a white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald sparred over what video of the deadly encounter actually proves Thursday just before jurors withdrew to begin deliberating. During closing arguments , prosecutor Jody Gleason pointed to dashcam video of... Read More

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Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald

October 4, 2018

Prosecutors want botched music fest promoter to get prison

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors urged a judge Wednesday to sentence the promoter of a botched, highly publicized music festival in the Bahamas to over 15 years in prison. In a written filing in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors said Billy McFarland was “far more interested in the fame and notoriety generated by the festival than... Read More

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Billy McFarland

October 4, 2018

Van Damme son gets probation term in Arizona knife incident

PHOENIX (AP) — A son of actor Jean-Claude Van Damme has been sentenced to 18 months of probation after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct for holding his roommate at knifepoint at their apartment in suburban Phoenix. Maricopa County Superior Court officials said 22-year-old Nicholas Francois Van Varenberg was sentenced Wednesday. Tempe police said Van Varenberg... Read More

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Nicholas Van Varenberg

October 4, 2018

Ex-rap mogul ‘Suge’ Knight set to get 28 years in prison

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight is expected to be sentenced Thursday to nearly three decades in prison at a Los Angeles court hearing that comes nearly four years after he killed one man and injured another with his truck outside a Compton burger stand. The 53-year-old Death Row Records co-founder... Read More

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Suge Knight

October 4, 2018

Ex-officer involved in Rodney King beating sentenced for DUI

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — A former Los Angeles police sergeant who went to prison for beating black motorist Rodney King has been sentenced after pleading no contest to driving under the influence. City News Service says a judge on Wednesday sentenced Stacy Koon to three years of probation. He also fined Koon $390 and... Read More

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DUI, Stacy Koon

October 4, 2018

Man sues after being mistakenly jailed in Nevada for 18 days

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Las Vegas entertainer who lost his job on an Australian cruise ship while jailed in rural Nevada on $675,000 bail for a residential burglary is suing two counties for holding him 18 days illegally before his release in a bizarre case of mistaken identity. Sean Laughlin, 56, accuses Lyon and... Read More

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Sean Laughlin

October 4, 2018

Pennsylvania to toughen gun laws in domestic violence cases

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers on Wednesday passed the first anti-violence legislation in more than a decade that deals directly with firearms, after years of lobbying by violence-prevention groups to persuade a Legislature historically protective of gun rights. The bill would force people in Pennsylvania with a domestic violence ruling against them to more... Read More

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Guns

October 4, 2018

Judge blocks US from ending protections for some immigrants

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from ending protections that allowed immigrants from four countries to live and work legally in the United States, saying the move would cause “irreparable harm and great hardship.” U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco granted a request for a preliminary injunction... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Illegal Immigration

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Father testifies on pay for play at college hoops programs

Immigrants cheer ruling that lets them keep protected status

28 year prison sentence caps long downfall for ‘Suge’ Knight

Musk takes swipe at SEC on heels of fraud settlement

Kavanaugh says he ‘might have been too emotional’ at hearing

Ronaldo faces growing heat from sponsors over rape case

Jurors deliberating in murder trial of Chicago officer

Prosecutors want botched music fest promoter to get prison

Van Damme son gets probation term in Arizona knife incident

Ex-rap mogul ‘Suge’ Knight set to get 28 years in prison

Ex-officer involved in Rodney King beating sentenced for DUI

Man sues after being mistakenly jailed in Nevada for 18 days

Pennsylvania to toughen gun laws in domestic violence cases

Judge blocks US from ending protections for some immigrants

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