Lawyers accused of ethical lapses in Sandusky investigation

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The agency that investigates and prosecutes wrongdoing by Pennsylvania lawyers wants the state Supreme Court to punish Penn State’s former general counsel and a prosecutor who helped convict Jerry Sandusky of child molestation related to their involvement with the 2012 grand jury investigation. The state Office of Disciplinary Counsel has lodged... Read More

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Frank Fina, Jerry Sandusky

March 26, 2018

Numerous redistricting challenges pending in courts

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit alleging partisan gerrymandering in the drawing of a Maryland congressional district. Eight years after the 2010 Census provided the basis for legislative redistricting, several other cases alleging unconstitutional gerrymandering in various states also are still working their way through the court system.... Read More

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Supreme Court

March 26, 2018

US gun maker Remington files for bankruptcy protection

U.S. gun maker Remington Outdoor Company has filed for bankruptcy protection, after years of falling sales and lawsuits tied to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Records from the bankruptcy court of the district of Delaware show that the company filed late Sunday. Remington had in February reached a deal with lenders to reduce its... Read More

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Remington

March 26, 2018

Washington teen pulled from bike by officer awarded $500K

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state teenager who was pulled from her bicycle in a mall parking lot four years ago and shocked with a stun gun by an off-duty officer working security has been awarded $500,000 in federal court. The jury issued the award to Monique Tillman on Thursday after she sued Officer... Read More

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Monique Tillman

March 26, 2018

Porn star reveals details about alleged encounter with Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Adult film star Stormy Daniels says she was threatened to keep silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006, telling her story in a highly anticipated interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” broadcast Sunday. Daniels said she was threatened by an unidentified man in Las Vegas to keep quiet about... Read More

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Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels

March 23, 2018

Ex-NFL player Jonathan Martin charged with teammate threats

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin was charged Tuesday with threatening two former teammates who had harassed him in the NFL and with threatening his former prep school classmates, Los Angeles County prosecutors said. Martin pleaded not guilty to four felony counts of making criminal threats and a misdemeanor charge... Read More

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Jonathan Martin

March 23, 2018

Jets’ Dylan Donahue checked into rehab after 2 DUI arrests

NEW YORK (AP) — Jets linebacker Dylan Donahue recently checked himself into a treatment facility after being arrested for driving under the influence for the second time in less than a year. The 25-year-old Donahue was arrested and charged with drunken driving early on Feb. 26 after police said he drove the wrong way in... Read More

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Dylan Donahue, NFL

March 23, 2018

Ex-boxing champ pleads guilty to charges in domestic dispute

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former lightweight boxing champ Paul Spadafora pleaded guilty Thursday to resisting arrest and simple assault on police officers who responded to a domestic dispute at his Pittsburgh home in 2016. Spadafora, 42, was sentenced to time served and probation. Authorities have said he challenged the officers to fight, tried to push one... Read More

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Paul Spadafora

March 23, 2018

Sotomayor rapped for surfing the web

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor was only following the lead of her chief during Tuesday’s arguments over crisis pregnancy centers when she said she visited the website of one of the centers involved in the Supreme Court case. When Chief Justice John Roberts did something similar seven years ago, no one uttered a peep.... Read More

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Abortion, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court

March 23, 2018

Fred Savage denies abuse on set of ‘The Grinder’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fred Savage says allegations in a lawsuit that he was abusive to a woman on the set of the Fox series “The Grinder” are “absolutely untrue.” Costumer Youngjoo Hwang claims in the suit, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles, that Savage berated her, struck her arm and behaved aggressively toward female employees.... Read More

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Fred Savage

March 23, 2018

Environmentalists seek to block New Mexico border wall work

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A coalition of environment groups filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop work to replace existing vehicle barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border in southern New Mexico. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. claims the U.S. Department of Homeland Security does not have authority to waive environmental laws as... Read More

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Border, Border Wall

March 23, 2018

Suit settled in death of Anton Yelchin, actor crushed by SUV

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The parents of Anton Yelchin have reached a settlement with the makers of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the SUV that crushed and killed the “Star Trek” actor in his driveway in 2016. The confidential settlement agreement between Victor and Irina Yelchin and Fiat Chrysler was filed this week in Los Angeles... Read More

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Anton Yelchin

March 23, 2018

Cosby wants judge ousted over wife’s sex-assault advocacy

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers on Thursday asked the judge in his upcoming sexual assault retrial to step aside, arguing the judge could be seen as biased because his wife is a social worker who has described herself as an “activist and advocate for assault victims.” Cosby’s lawyers contend some of Judge Steven O’Neill’s... Read More

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Bill Cosby

March 23, 2018

The Latest: Mom has court appearance in baby smoking case

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the case of a mother accused of letting her infant daughter smoke marijuana (all times local): 4 p.m. A judge has ordered a mother accused of helping her 1-year-old daughter smoke marijuana not to have contact with the girl while the case is pending. Brianna Ashanti Lofton of... Read More

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Brianna Ashanti Lofton

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Lawyers accused of ethical lapses in Sandusky investigation

Numerous redistricting challenges pending in courts

US gun maker Remington files for bankruptcy protection

Washington teen pulled from bike by officer awarded $500K

Porn star reveals details about alleged encounter with Trump

Ex-NFL player Jonathan Martin charged with teammate threats

Jets’ Dylan Donahue checked into rehab after 2 DUI arrests

Ex-boxing champ pleads guilty to charges in domestic dispute

Sotomayor rapped for surfing the web

Fred Savage denies abuse on set of ‘The Grinder’

Environmentalists seek to block New Mexico border wall work

Suit settled in death of Anton Yelchin, actor crushed by SUV

Cosby wants judge ousted over wife’s sex-assault advocacy

The Latest: Mom has court appearance in baby smoking case

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