25 years urged for buyer of rifles used in terror attack

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The man who bought two rifles that terrorists used to kill 14 people in a 2015 California terrorist attack should be sentenced to 25 years in federal prison, the government urged Monday. The U.S. attorney’s office filed a 177-page sentencing recommendation in federal court for Enrique Marquez Jr. It said that... Read More

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Enrique Marquez

April 10, 2018

Feds: Backpage.com made $500M from prostitution-related ads

PHOENIX (AP) — The owners of the classified advertising site Backpage.com, who have already beaten some state charges in a separate California case, are now facing a federal indictment charging them with ignoring warnings to stop running advertisements promoting prostitution. Prosecutors contend some of the advertisements depicted children who authorities said were sex trafficking victims.... Read More

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Backpage.com, Michael Lacey

April 10, 2018

State appeals abortion ruling for minors in Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges will hear arguments Tuesday appealing an overturned law that let judges put minors seeking abortions through a trial-like process and appoint a lawyer for the fetus in Alabama. A 2014 law changed the process that allows minors to get an abortion with a judge’s waiver instead of parental consent.... Read More

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Abortion

April 10, 2018

Teen in viral courtroom video gets 11 years for carjackings

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A woman’s whose initial 20-year prison sentence for two carjackings went viral after her mother was seen wailing in a Florida courtroom was given 11 years. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported Monday that Circuit Judge Matt Foxman also gave 19-year-old Ky’Andrea Cook 20 years of probation, to run concurrent with... Read More

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Ky'Andrea Cook

April 10, 2018

Judge: Assault weapons ban doesn’t violate 2nd Amendment

BOSTON (AP) — Assault weapons and large-capacity magazines are not protected by the Second Amendment, a federal judge said in a ruling Friday upholding Massachusetts’ ban on the weapons. U.S. District Judge William Young dismissed a lawsuit challenging the 20-year-old ban, saying assault weapons are military firearms that fall beyond the reach of the constitutional... Read More

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Gun Control, Guns

April 10, 2018

Porn star’s lawyer promises sketch of man who threatened her

WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorney for a porn actress who says she had sex with President Donald Trump said late Monday that he may delay releasing a composite sketch of the person he says threatened Stormy Daniels to stay quiet. Michael Avenatti said early Monday that he would release the sketch Tuesday, along with details... Read More

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Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels

April 10, 2018

Bill Cosby’s $3.4M settlement: Evidence of guilt or greed?

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The defense in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial is expected to use its opening statement on Tuesday to portray a $3.4 million settlement paid to the woman he’s charged with sexually assaulting as evidence of her greed. Cosby lawyer Tom Mesereau has signaled he intends to use the settlement to argue... Read More

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Bill Cosby

April 10, 2018

“I am sorry”: Zuckerberg faces congressional inquisition

WASHINGTON (AP) — After privately assuring senators that his company will do better, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is undergoing a two-day congressional inquisition that will be very public — and possibly pivotal for the massive social networking company he created. WATCH THE LIVE STREAM HERE. Zuckerberg visited with senators in closed-door meetings Monday, previewing the... Read More

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Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg

April 10, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg Congressional Inquisition Live Stream

After privately assuring senators that his company will do better, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is undergoing a two-day congressional inquisition that will be very public — and possibly pivotal for the massive social networking company he created. Zuckerberg visited with senators in closed-door meetings Monday, previewing the public apology he plans to give Congress on... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Live, News

April 9, 2018

Senator’s son to seek new civil trial against Joe Arpaio

PHOENIX (AP) — The adult son of outgoing U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake will seek a new civil trial against a candidate seeking to replace Flake — Joe Arpaio — based on allegations that the then-sheriff brought a trumped-up criminal case against him in the deaths of 21 dogs at an Arizona kennel. Austin Flake and... Read More

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Joe Arpaio

April 9, 2018

Moroccan knife attacker trial starts in Finland

HELSINKI (AP) — A trial has opened in Finland in the case of a Moroccan asylum seeker and alleged Islamic State sympathizer charged with fatally stabbing two people and wounding eight others in August. Abderrahman Bouanane was led handcuffed on Monday into a makeshift courtroom in a prison in Turku, the southwestern Finnish city where... Read More

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Abderrahman Bouanane

April 9, 2018

McGregor’s UFC future in doubt in wake of felony charges

NEW YORK (AP) — Cocksure and uncouth, Conor McGregor was never afraid to defy authority. He dressed in fur coats and swung chairs at news conferences, reaped the riches of his dalliance with boxing, and demanded his boss cut him an ownership stake in the MMA promotion that made him one of the sport’s most... Read More

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Conor McGregor

April 9, 2018

Trial over prison conditions in Mississippi comes to a close

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Closing arguments are set in a federal trial in which inmates say they live in unsanitary and excessively violent conditions in a Mississippi prison. The American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Poverty Law Center argue the conditions at East Mississippi Correctional Facility are unconstitutionally abusive. The state’s lawyers say the prison... Read More

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ACLU

April 9, 2018

Topless protester charges at Bill Cosby as retrial begins

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A topless protester with “Women’s Lives Matter” written on her body jumped a barricade and got within a few feet of Bill Cosby on Monday as the comedian walked into a suburban Philadelphia courthouse for the start of his sexual assault retrial. The unidentified woman ran in front of Cosby toward... Read More

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Bill Cosby

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25 years urged for buyer of rifles used in terror attack

Feds: Backpage.com made $500M from prostitution-related ads

State appeals abortion ruling for minors in Alabama

Teen in viral courtroom video gets 11 years for carjackings

Judge: Assault weapons ban doesn’t violate 2nd Amendment

Porn star’s lawyer promises sketch of man who threatened her

Bill Cosby’s $3.4M settlement: Evidence of guilt or greed?

“I am sorry”: Zuckerberg faces congressional inquisition

Mark Zuckerberg Congressional Inquisition Live Stream

Senator’s son to seek new civil trial against Joe Arpaio

Moroccan knife attacker trial starts in Finland

McGregor’s UFC future in doubt in wake of felony charges

Trial over prison conditions in Mississippi comes to a close

Topless protester charges at Bill Cosby as retrial begins

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