Ex-deputy charged with murder, held on $1M bail

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A former Southern California sheriff’s deputy who was previously cleared of wrongdoing had bail set at $1 million on Friday after he was charged with the murder of the father of his lover’s children. Former Riverside County sheriff’s Deputy Oscar Rodriguez, 36, was arrested Thursday in the 2014 shooting death of... Read More

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Oscar Rodriguez

December 24, 2017

Immigrant teen denied abortion threatened to hurt herself

HOUSTON (AP) — An immigrant teen who was denied an abortion by a U.S. government official, even though her pregnancy was caused by rape, had threatened to harm herself if she was forced to have the child, according to a government memo released Friday. The memo is addressed to Scott Lloyd, director of the Office... Read More

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Abortion

December 24, 2017

Mother sues over Texas arrest captured on cellphone video

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A black mother who was wrestled to the ground by a white Texas police officer has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. The lawsuit filed Friday against Fort Worth officer William Martin, the city of Fort Worth and the woman’s neighbor alleges excessive force and wrongful arrest. Police responded to... Read More

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Jacqueline Craig

December 24, 2017

Newspaper asks court to reconsider ruling on autopsy reports

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A newspaper has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to reconsider its decision rejecting requests for unredacted autopsy reports from the unsolved slayings of eight family members. The court ruled 4-3 last week the Pike County coroner does not have to release the reports with complete information. The case involves seven adults... Read More

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Rhoden Family

December 24, 2017

Judge partially lifts Trump administration ban on refugees

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge in Seattle on Saturday partially lifted a Trump administration ban on certain refugees after two groups argued that the policy prevented people from some mostly Muslim countries from reuniting with family living legally in the United States. U.S. District Judge James Robart heard arguments Thursday in lawsuits from the... Read More

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Immigration, Trump

December 24, 2017

Suit: Apple slowed iPhones, forcing owners to buy new ones

CHICAGO (AP) — IPhone owners from several states sued Apple Inc. for not disclosing sooner that it issued software updates deliberately slowing older-model phones so aging batteries lasted longer, saying Apple’s silence led them to wrongly conclude that their only option was to buy newer, pricier iPhones. The allegations were in a lawsuit filed Thursday... Read More

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Apple, Technology

December 22, 2017

Bundys looking to clear charges, not start next land fight

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A mistrial marked a major step this week in favor of a family of ranchers accused of leading armed standoffs in two states to oppose U.S. control of vast stretches of land in the American West. But states’ rights activist Cliven Bundy and his sons Ryan and Ammon Bundy are not... Read More

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Cliven Bundy, Guns

December 22, 2017

Washington expands lawsuit against Comcast over service plan

SEATTLE (AP) — The state of Washington announced Thursday that it is expanding a lawsuit against cable and internet provider Comcast and accusing the company of discarding recorded customer service calls that the attorney general claims is evidence of the company’s alleged deceptive sales practices. Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson said investigators uncovered more... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

December 22, 2017

Second federal judge blocks Trump contraception rules

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California faces potentially “dire” public health and financial consequences from new rules by the Trump administration allowing more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control, a federal judge said Thursday. U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California, became the second federal judge in the country to... Read More

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Birth Control, Trump

December 22, 2017

USOC CEO apologizes, says he was unaware of Nassar abuse

The leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee says in a letter he was not aware of the Larry Nassar sex-abuse allegations before law enforcement got involved, and that he had no knowledge of a settlement between USA Gymnastics and 2012 Olympic champion McKayla Maroney in a case involving the now-imprisoned former team doctor. CEO Scott... Read More

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Nassar, Sexual Abuse

December 22, 2017

New York woman gets prison time for biting off man’s ear

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A New York woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for biting off a man’s ear. Erie County District Attorney John Flynn says Chris Orgovan, of Buffalo, got into an argument with the man on June 11. He says she bit his right ear, detaching part of it. When... Read More

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Chris Orgovan

December 22, 2017

Girl gets 25 years in mental hospital in Slender Man case

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of two Wisconsin girls who tried to kill a classmate to win favor with a fictional horror character named Slender Man has been sentenced to 25 years in a mental hospital, the maximum punishment possible. Anissa Weier, 16, pleaded guilty in August to being a party to attempted second-degree intentional... Read More

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Anissa Weier, Slender Man

December 21, 2017

Court: Charity stuck with fan payouts after holes-in-one

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Most golfers like short par 3s, but West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice probably wishes No. 18 at the Greenbrier Classic in 2015 was a little longer — 33 yards longer to be exact. In 2015, Justice’s charity promised fans at the 18th hole $100 for the first hole-in-one and $500 for... Read More

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Greenbrier

December 21, 2017

South Korea’s nut rage executive to avoid jail time

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The former Korean Air executive whose onboard “nut rage” tantrum delayed a flight in 2014 will avoid jail as South Korea’s top court upheld her suspended prison term on Thursday. Cho Hyun-ah, who is the daughter of the company’s chairman and was the head of the airline’s cabin service at... Read More

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Cho Hyun-ah

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Ex-deputy charged with murder, held on $1M bail

Immigrant teen denied abortion threatened to hurt herself

Mother sues over Texas arrest captured on cellphone video

Newspaper asks court to reconsider ruling on autopsy reports

Judge partially lifts Trump administration ban on refugees

Suit: Apple slowed iPhones, forcing owners to buy new ones

Bundys looking to clear charges, not start next land fight

Washington expands lawsuit against Comcast over service plan

Second federal judge blocks Trump contraception rules

USOC CEO apologizes, says he was unaware of Nassar abuse

New York woman gets prison time for biting off man’s ear

Girl gets 25 years in mental hospital in Slender Man case

Court: Charity stuck with fan payouts after holes-in-one

South Korea’s nut rage executive to avoid jail time

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