Firm tracks Nassar coverage, bills Michigan State $500K

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University spent roughly $500,000 for a public relations firm in January to track media coverage and social media activity related to the case of disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar, a newspaper reported Wednesday. New York-based Weber Shandwick billed the university $517,343 for 1,440 hours of work done... Read More

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Larry Nassar

March 29, 2018

Legal woes beset ‘serial stowaway’ who sneaks on flights

CHICAGO (AP) — What to do with Marilyn Hartman? That’s the question at a hearing Thursday for a 66-year-old woman dubbed the “serial stowaway” for a history of trying to sneak onto commercial jets without a ticket. She’s behind bars, not because she faces charges that she slipped onto a jet from Chicago to London,... Read More

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Marilyn Hartman

March 29, 2018

The Latest: Neighbors reported family before cliff crash

MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a family who died when their SUV plunged off a cliff in California (all times local): 5:35 p.m. A Washington state couple who lived next door to a family whose SUV plunged off a California cliff say they called authorities because they were concerned that one of the... Read More

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Devonte Hart

March 29, 2018

University of Hawaii concert scam sentencing postponed again

HONOLULU (AP) — Sentencing has been postponed again for a North Carolina man who prosecutors say scammed the University of Hawaii out of $200,000 by lying about his ability to secure Stevie Wonder for a fundraiser concert. Marc Hubbard was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, but his defense attorney, William Harrison, asked for time to... Read More

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Marc Hubbard

March 29, 2018

US prosecutors in Las Vegas charge 4 alleged MS-13 members

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal criminal charges have been filed against four alleged MS-13 street gang members who police have said are responsible for 10 killings during the last year in and around Las Vegas, authorities said Wednesday. The announcement by Interim U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson of one criminal case came two days after Clark... Read More

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MS-13

March 29, 2018

Official: Indicted Maryland lawmaker submits resignation

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland state senator facing federal bribery and obstruction of justice charges submitted a resignation letter Wednesday night. Sen. Nathaniel Oaks met Wednesday evening with Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller. Jake Weissmann, a Miller spokesman, said Oaks gave the Senate president a letter stating he was resigning effective 9 a.m.... Read More

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Nathaniel Oaks

March 29, 2018

Cosby’s legal team pressuring judge to quit, delay retrial

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers are expected to make a last-ditch effort on Thursday to postpone the comedian’s sexual assault retrial by pressuring the judge to step aside after losing their bid to overturn his ruling allowing up to five additional accusers to testify. The defense first demanded Judge Steven O’Neill recuse himself last... Read More

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Bill Cosby, Janice Dickinson

March 29, 2018

Informant set to testify on Kansas plot to bomb Somalis

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A militia member who tipped off law enforcement to an alleged plan by three men to bomb Somali immigrants in Kansas is expected to testify at their trial. Jurors will hear the testimony of Dan Day on Thursday. The paid informant wore a wire for the FBI, capturing months of profanity-laced... Read More

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Curtis Allen, Gavin Wright, Patrick Stein

March 29, 2018

Trump says Second Amendment won’t be repealed

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that the Second Amendment “WILL NEVER BE REPEALED” and called on voters to elect more Republicans in this fall’s congressional elections because the GOP “must ALWAYS hold the Supreme Court.” Trump’s statements came a day after retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in an essay... Read More

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2nd Amendment, Donald Trump, Guns

March 29, 2018

School shooting suspect’s brother to challenge $500k bail

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The brother of the suspected Florida high school gunman is scheduled to be in court for reconsideration of his $500,000 bail on a trespassing charge. Attorneys for Zachary Cruz are expected to argue Thursday that the bail is excessive. His bond was originally $25, typical for such a case. The... Read More

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Zachary Cruz

March 29, 2018

Not ‘bitter:’ Michigan man cleared after 45 years in prison

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area man whose murder conviction was thrown out after he spent 45 years in prison was exonerated Wednesday and won’t face a second trial. Richard Phillips, 71, was upbeat, saying the criminal justice system “works — it just didn’t work fast enough.” A judge granted a request to permanently drop the... Read More

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Richard Phillips

March 29, 2018

Judge tosses involuntary manslaughter charges in frat death

A judge threw out involuntary manslaughter and many of the other most serious remaining charges Wednesday against 11 of the former Penn State fraternity members arrested in a pledge’s hazing-related death last year, the second major blow to the prosecution’s case. District Judge Allen Sinclair dismissed all five involuntary manslaughter charges, along with all reckless... Read More

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Hazing, Penn State

March 29, 2018

Stormy Daniels seeking Trump’s answers under oath

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cranking up pressure on the president, porn actress Stormy Daniels wants Donald Trump to answer her attorney’s questions under oath about a pre-election payment aimed at keeping her quiet about their alleged tryst. If she’s successful, it would be the first deposition of a sitting president since Bill Clinton in 1998 had... Read More

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Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels

March 29, 2018

Jurors focus on statement in trial of Pulse shooter’s wife

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jurors deliberating the fate of the Orlando nightclub shooter’s wife took a closer look at the statement she made to FBI agents in the hours after the attack that killed 49 people in 2016. After a couple of hours of discussions, jurors asked to review Noor Salman’s statement and the judge... Read More

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Noor Salman, Omar Mateen

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Firm tracks Nassar coverage, bills Michigan State $500K

Legal woes beset ‘serial stowaway’ who sneaks on flights

The Latest: Neighbors reported family before cliff crash

University of Hawaii concert scam sentencing postponed again

US prosecutors in Las Vegas charge 4 alleged MS-13 members

Official: Indicted Maryland lawmaker submits resignation

Cosby’s legal team pressuring judge to quit, delay retrial

Informant set to testify on Kansas plot to bomb Somalis

Trump says Second Amendment won’t be repealed

School shooting suspect’s brother to challenge $500k bail

Not ‘bitter:’ Michigan man cleared after 45 years in prison

Judge tosses involuntary manslaughter charges in frat death

Stormy Daniels seeking Trump’s answers under oath

Jurors focus on statement in trial of Pulse shooter’s wife

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