Girlfriend testifies at trial of man in death of his fiancee

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — A woman who was having an affair with a Colorado man accused of beating his fiancee to death and burning her body testified Wednesday that he called her on Thanksgiving Day and told her she had “a mess to clean up,” referring to the aftermath of the slaying. Krystal Lee,... Read More

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Patrick Frazee

November 7, 2019

Hawaii may subpoena Airbnb for tax records of rental hosts

HONOLULU (AP) — A judge ruled Wednesday that Hawaii tax authorities may subpoena Airbnb for records of its hosts as the state investigates whether operators of vacation rentals have been paying their taxes. First Circuit Court Judge Bert Ayabe approved the subpoena after a brief hearing. Airbnb and the state Department of Taxation have already... Read More

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Air BNB

November 7, 2019

US: Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on critics

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Saudi Arabia, frustrated by growing criticism of its leaders and policies on social media, recruited two Twitter employees to spy on thousands of accounts that included prominent opponents, prosecutors alleged Wednesday. The complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco detailed a coordinated effort by Saudi government officials to recruit... Read More

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Twitter

November 7, 2019

House to hold hearing on Mississippi chicken plant raids

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three months after immigration agents arrested 680 Latino workers in a massive workplace sting at seven Mississippi chicken processing plants, a congressional committee plans a hearing into the raids and their effects. The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, led by Mississippi Democrat Bennie Thompson, will hold the hearing Thursday in Jackson.... Read More

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November 7, 2019

Ginsburg, in book, questions confidential #MeToo agreements

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A new book on Ruth Bader Ginsburg explores the Supreme Court justice’s thoughts on the #MeToo movement and her hope that non-disclosure agreements, which have come under fire in sexual misconduct cases, “will not be enforced by the courts.” Several women have spoken out about their encounters with disgraced movie mogul Harvey... Read More

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MeToo, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

November 7, 2019

S. Carolina man gets 10 years for forced labor of black man

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A white South Carolina man convicted of forcing a black man with intellectual disabilities to work at a restaurant for up to 18 hours a day without pay has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Justice Department announced Wednesday that cafeteria manager Bobby Paul Edwards was sentenced to federal... Read More

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Bobby Paul Edwards

November 6, 2019

Son: Extradition apparently underway for Lithuanian ex-judge

CHICAGO (AP) — The son of a former Lithuanian lawmaker and judge wanted in her homeland in connection to claims she made about a pedophile ring said Tuesday that his mother’s extradition from Chicago appears to be underway. Karolis Venckus tells The Associated Press his mother, 48-year-old Neringa Venckiene, messaged him Tuesday to say her... Read More

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Neringa Venckiene

November 6, 2019

Official pleads not guilty in alleged human smuggling scheme

PHOENIX (AP) — A lawyer for an elected official in metro Phoenix charged with running a human smuggling scheme involving pregnant women from the Marshall Islands says Tuesday that his client is willing to go to court to challenge other officials who suspended him without pay after his arrest. Attorney Kory Langhofer says Maricopa County... Read More

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Paul Petersen

November 6, 2019

2nd white man sentenced in 2017 Mississippi cross burning

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A second white man has been sentenced to federal prison for his part in burning a cross in 2017 in the yard of an African American family in south Mississippi. During a hearing Tuesday in Hattiesburg, U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett sentenced Graham Williamson, 38, to three years in prison. Williamson... Read More

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Louie Bernard Revette

November 6, 2019

Minnesota bishop defends conduct in sexual abuse case

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota bishop who’s the subject of a Vatican-ordered investigation said in sworn testimony released Tuesday that he was trying to protect the confidentiality of a man who said he was sexually abused by a popular priest when he certified to other church officials that the priest was fit for ministry and... Read More

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Michael Hoeppner

November 6, 2019

Jury convicts Texas man in shooting, beheading of roommate

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A jury has found a North Texas man guilty of capital murder in the fatal shooting and beheading of his roommate and fatal shooting of the roommate’s 17-year-old girlfriend as she tried to flee. The Tarrant County jury deliberated for more than five hours in Fort Worth before finding Hector... Read More

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Hector Acosta-Ojeda

November 6, 2019

Nevada Supreme Court struggles with appeal in 4 killings

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Supreme Court justices acknowledged Tuesday they are struggling with complicated jurisdictional questions as they consider an appeal involving a Salvadoran immigrant accused of four killings during a 16-day rampage in January. Lawyers for 20-year-old Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman argue that a Washoe County grand jury had no authority to indict... Read More

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Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman

November 6, 2019

‘I was appalled’: Black customers say host told them to move

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — An attorney representing a group of black customers who say they were asked to change tables at a Chicago-area Buffalo Wild Wings because of their skin color urged the restaurant chain Tuesday to make wholesale changes to avoid a discrimination lawsuit. Some children who attended the birthday party Oct. 26 in... Read More

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Buffalo Wild Wings

November 6, 2019

Oklahoman hopes rulings end murder case of missing brother

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma man who says his aunt and uncle subjected him and his brother to years of physical and verbal abuse is praying the couple doesn’t further appeal their first-degree murder convictions in the 2006 disappearance of his 9-year-old sibling. T.J. Sloane said his parents were alcoholics and drugs addicts, so... Read More

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T.J. Sloane

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Girlfriend testifies at trial of man in death of his fiancee

Hawaii may subpoena Airbnb for tax records of rental hosts

US: Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on critics

House to hold hearing on Mississippi chicken plant raids

Ginsburg, in book, questions confidential #MeToo agreements

S. Carolina man gets 10 years for forced labor of black man

Son: Extradition apparently underway for Lithuanian ex-judge

Official pleads not guilty in alleged human smuggling scheme

2nd white man sentenced in 2017 Mississippi cross burning

Minnesota bishop defends conduct in sexual abuse case

Jury convicts Texas man in shooting, beheading of roommate

Nevada Supreme Court struggles with appeal in 4 killings

‘I was appalled’: Black customers say host told them to move

Oklahoman hopes rulings end murder case of missing brother

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