Ex-teacher pleads guilty to fleeing with Tennessee student

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee teacher who set off a nationwide manhunt last year after he fled with a 15-year-old student broke down in court after pleading guilty to crossing state lines to have sex with a minor. Former forensics teacher Tad Cummins, 51, also pleaded guilty Thursday to obstruction of justice before U.S.... Read More

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Tad Cummins

April 6, 2018

Jury selection wraps up in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors and the defense wrapped up jury selection in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case Thursday, setting the stage for the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. All six alternates — half of them black — were picked without incident after an earlier showdown over the jury’s racial makeup.... Read More

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Bill Cosby

April 6, 2018

Arrest warrant issued for former Brazilian president ‘Lula’

SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian judge issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, dealing a major blow to the once wildly popular leader who was trying to mount a political comeback ahead of October’s elections. The warrant came several hours after the country’s top body, the Supreme... Read More

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Luiz Inacio

April 6, 2018

Ex-S. Korean leader Park gets 24-year prison term

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was formally convicted of an array of corruption charges and sentenced to 24 years in prison on Friday, a year after she was driven from office and arrested over a scandal that saw months of massive street rallies calling for her ouster. The conviction,... Read More

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Park Geun-hye

April 6, 2018

Did Trump know about payment to Stormy Daniels? He says no

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — In his first public comments about Stormy Daniels, President Donald Trump said he didn’t know about the $130,000 payment his personal attorney had made to the porn actress who alleges she had an affair with him. He also said he didn’t know why his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, had... Read More

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Donald Trump, Storm

April 5, 2018

Ex-Spartan football players enter pleas in sex assault case

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Three former Michigan State University football players accused in the 2017 sexual assault of a woman in an apartment bathroom have pleaded guilty to reduced charges. Josh King, Donnie Corley Jr. and Demetric Vance pleaded guilty Wednesday to seducing an unmarried woman. Act 328 of 1931 in the Michigan Penal... Read More

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Demetric Vance, Donnie Corley Jr., Josh King, MSU

April 5, 2018

Marijuana dispute pits county against state of Oregon

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Officials in an Oregon county who have tried to restrict commercial marijuana production sued the state in federal court, asserting state laws that made pot legal are pre-empted by federal law that criminalize it. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court escalated a long-running battle between the state and the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Marijuana, Pot, Weed

April 5, 2018

Attorney: Central Michigan shooting suspect unfit for trial

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — The attorney for a 19-year-old student accused of killing his parents at Central Michigan University says his client has been found incompetent to stand trial. Court-appointed attorney Joshua Blanchard says James Davis Jr. was found incompetent to stand trial March 23. Blanchard told MLive.com on Wednesday that Davis will receive... Read More

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James Davis Jr.

April 5, 2018

Judge limits information to Indian activist in riot trial

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge on Wednesday limited the amount of information the governor’s office can be asked to give attorneys for an American Indian activist accused of inciting a riot during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Judge Lee Christofferson also said he plans to deny a defense motion to... Read More

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Chase Iron Eyes, Dakota Pipe Line

April 5, 2018

Suit dropped over Kylie and Kendall Jenner’s Tupac T-shirts

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawsuit from a photographer who was suing Kendall and Kylie Jenner’s fashion label over T-shirts with the late rapper Tupac Shakur’s image on them is being dropped. A document filed in federal court Wednesday says that both parties are asking a judge to dismiss the suit brought by Michael Miller... Read More

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Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner

April 5, 2018

California water polo coach charged with molesting 7 girls

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A coach who ran a club affiliated with USA Water Polo has been charged with the sexual abuse of seven underage female players during one-on-one coaching sessions, prosecutors said Wednesday, the latest instance of mentors of young athletes being accused of misconduct. Bahram Hojreh, 42, pleaded not guilty to charges including... Read More

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Bahram Hojreh

April 5, 2018

Civil jury says man responsible for woman’s death at mansion

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A woman found hanging at a San Diego mansion in what was deemed a suicide died at the hands of her boyfriend’s brother, a civil jury in California ruled Wednesday. Jurors in the wrongful-death trial determined that Adam Shacknai must pay Rebecca Zahau’s family $5 million for the loss of her... Read More

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Rebecca Zahau

April 5, 2018

Comfort dogs in court do opposite for some defenders, judges

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As dogs and other animals are increasingly used in courts to comfort and calm prosecution witnesses, a few voices are calling for keeping the practice on a short leash, saying they could bias juries. The use of dogs in courts has spread quickly across the U.S. amid a growing number of... Read More

Animals, Criminal Justice News, News

Dogs, Jett, True

April 5, 2018

Mueller’s Russia probe shows it pays to cooperate

WASHINGTON (AP) — George Papadopoulos, taken by surprise by FBI agents at an airport last summer, now tweets smiling beach selfies with a Mykonos hashtag. Rick Gates, for weeks on home confinement with electronic monitoring, gets rapid approval for a family vacation and shaves down his potential prison time. Michael Flynn, once the target of... Read More

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Rick Gates, Robert Meuller

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Ex-teacher pleads guilty to fleeing with Tennessee student

Jury selection wraps up in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial

Arrest warrant issued for former Brazilian president ‘Lula’

Ex-S. Korean leader Park gets 24-year prison term

Did Trump know about payment to Stormy Daniels? He says no

Ex-Spartan football players enter pleas in sex assault case

Marijuana dispute pits county against state of Oregon

Attorney: Central Michigan shooting suspect unfit for trial

Judge limits information to Indian activist in riot trial

Suit dropped over Kylie and Kendall Jenner’s Tupac T-shirts

California water polo coach charged with molesting 7 girls

Civil jury says man responsible for woman’s death at mansion

Comfort dogs in court do opposite for some defenders, judges

Mueller’s Russia probe shows it pays to cooperate

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