Number of lawsuits challenging opioid industry still growing

CLEVELAND (AP) — The number of lawsuits continues to grow in a combined federal challenge of drug companies’ role in the opioid crisis. Judge Dan Polster is overseeing the consolidated lawsuits in a case in federal court in Cleveland. The complaints allege drug manufacturers and drug distributors bear responsibility for the deadly overdose epidemic and... Read More

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Dan Polster

February 14, 2018

Man accused of selling gun used to kill police due in court

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge plans to consider bond for a man accused of providing the gun used in the fatal shooting of two Ohio police officers. Federal prosecutors say Gerald Lawson, of suburban Cleveland, bought the handgun for shooting suspect Quentin Smith last summer. A criminal complaint filed against Lawson in federal court... Read More

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Gerald Lawson

February 14, 2018

Challenge to federal marijuana laws to be heard in New York

NEW YORK (AP) — Army veteran Jose Belen says the horrors of the Iraq War left him with post-traumatic stress disorder and the drug that helped him cope best with the symptoms was one his Veterans Affairs doctors could not legally prescribe: marijuana. “Once I did use cannabis, immediately I felt the relief,” said Belen,... Read More

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Marijuana

February 14, 2018

At judge’s urging, sides reach deal over California homeless

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Working at the demand of a federal judge in a case that could have broad influence, public officials and homeless advocates have reached an agreement providing motel rooms and other shelter for homeless people who are being kicked out of an encampment in a Southern California riverbed. U.S. District Court... Read More

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Homeless

February 14, 2018

Ex-All Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza to face drug charges

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza, who earned more than $43 million over 14 seasons, is accused of drug dealing involving 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of suspected cocaine. The 46-year-old former Major League Baseball player is scheduled to be arraigned in court in Chula Vista, California, on Wednesday. Loaiza was arrested Friday... Read More

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Esteban Loaiza, LA Dodgers

February 14, 2018

Bomber gets life in prison for New York, New Jersey attacks

NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey man who set off small bombs in two states, including a pressure cooker device that blasted shrapnel across a New York City block, was sentenced Tuesday to multiple terms of life in prison by a judge who repeatedly called it a miracle nobody was killed. Ahmad Khan Rahimi,... Read More

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Ahmad Khan Rahimi

February 14, 2018

Trial set for passenger accused of stopping Amtrak train

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A trial has been scheduled for a Missouri man accused of stopping an Amtrak train in Nebraska. Court records say pleas of not guilty were entered Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Lincoln for Taylor Wilson, of St. Charles, Missouri. He’s charged with attempting to disable a train and attempting to... Read More

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Amtrak, Taylor Wilson

February 14, 2018

UK judge upholds arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder

LONDON (AP) — A judge upheld a British arrest warrant for Julian Assange on Tuesday, saying the WikiLeaks founder should have the courage to come to court and face justice after more than five years inside Ecuador’s London embassy. Judge Emma Arbuthnot rejected arguments by Assange’s lawyers that it is no longer in the public... Read More

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Julian Assange

February 14, 2018

French trial on sex with 11-year-old fuels debate on consent

PONTOISE, France (AP) — A 29-year-old French man went on trial Tuesday in a Paris suburb for having sex with an 11-year-old girl, a case that has rekindled strong debate on the age of sexual consent in France. Unlike many countries, France does not have a legal age under which a minor cannot agree to... Read More

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Sexual Abuse

February 14, 2018

Shaun White refers to sexual misconduct lawsuit as “gossip”

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Shaun White dismissed the sexual misconduct allegations made against him in a 2016 lawsuit as “gossip” and hurried away from reporters trying to ask him more about the allegations Wednesday, just hours after winning his third gold medal in the men’s halfpipe. White has been the world’s dominant snowboarder for... Read More

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Olympics, Shaun White

February 13, 2018

Couple files sexual assault lawsuit vs Georgia Tech coach

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson-area couple has filed a lawsuit against Georgia Tech basketball coach Josh Pastner, claiming sexual assault and sexual battery by the former University of Arizona standout. Tucson TV station KOLD reports the suit was filed Thursday in Pima County Superior Court by former Georgia Tech booster Ron Bell and his... Read More

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Georgia Tech, Josh Pastner

February 13, 2018

No charges for dad who tried to attack Larry Nassar in court

CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) — No charges will be filed against a man who tried to attack former sports doctor Larry Nassar in a Michigan courtroom. Eaton County prosecutor Douglas Lloyd says Nassar and his attorneys didn’t want charges against Randy Margraves. He says he gave those views “considerable weight” because they were potential victims. Margraves... Read More

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Larry Nassar, Randall Margraves

February 13, 2018

England cricketer Ben Stokes to stand trial over altercation

BRISTOL, England (AP) — England cricketer Ben Stokes will face a trial over an altercation outside a nightclub. The 26-year-old allrounder, who missed the Ashes against Australia last year after being suspended from playing for England, is accused of brawling along with two other men. Stokes appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. It follows... Read More

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Ben Stokes

February 13, 2018

The Latest: Sheriff downplays cop-killer’s immigrant status

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on guilty verdicts in the slaying of two deputies (all times local): 5:45 p.m. Sacramento County’s sheriff says a newly convicted cop-killer is a “despicable human being” regardless of his immigration status. Sheriff Scott Jones waged a public campaign against the immigration policies of former Democratic President Barack Obama... Read More

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Number of lawsuits challenging opioid industry still growing

Man accused of selling gun used to kill police due in court

Challenge to federal marijuana laws to be heard in New York

At judge’s urging, sides reach deal over California homeless

Ex-All Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza to face drug charges

Bomber gets life in prison for New York, New Jersey attacks

Trial set for passenger accused of stopping Amtrak train

UK judge upholds arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder

French trial on sex with 11-year-old fuels debate on consent

Shaun White refers to sexual misconduct lawsuit as “gossip”

Couple files sexual assault lawsuit vs Georgia Tech coach

No charges for dad who tried to attack Larry Nassar in court

England cricketer Ben Stokes to stand trial over altercation

The Latest: Sheriff downplays cop-killer’s immigrant status

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