Texas inmate set to be executed for 2002 strangling death

HOUSTON (AP) — A white supremacist gang member on Texas’ death row faces execution Wednesday evening for strangling a woman nearly 20 years ago over fears she would alert police about his drug operation. Justen Hall, 38, was condemned for the October 2002 slaying of Melanie Billhartz. Prosecutors said Hall killed Billhartz, 29, with an... Read More

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Justen Hall

November 6, 2019

California high court weighs if Trump must open tax returns

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s Supreme Court is considering Wednesday whether President Donald Trump must disclose his tax returns if he wants to be a candidate in the state’s primary election next spring. The high court is hearing arguments even though a federal judge already temporarily blocked the state law requiring presidential candidates to release... Read More

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Donald Trump, Tax Return

November 5, 2019

Judge: Man in inheritance fight contributed to boat sinking

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Vermont man at the center of an inheritance dispute contributed to the 2016 sinking of the boat from which his mother was lost at sea, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued a written decision in favor of an insurance company that had refused to pay... Read More

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Nathan Carman

November 5, 2019

Lawyer: Accused Texas school shooter found incompetent

HOUSTON (AP) — The trial for a teenager accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school will be delayed while he receives mental health treatment, his attorney said Monday. The news comes after three experts — one for the defense, one appointed by the court and one picked by prosecutors — found... Read More

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Dimitrios Pagourtzis

November 5, 2019

Columnist sues Trump for calling her sex assault claim a lie

NEW YORK (AP) — An advice columnist who says President Donald Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s sued him Monday for calling her a liar he had never even met. E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit, filed Monday in New York, says Trump “smeared her integrity, honesty and dignity — all... Read More

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Donald Trump, E. Jean Carroll

November 5, 2019

Ponzi schemer ‘King Perry’ pleads guilty; had lived lavishly

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — The fraudster called himself “King Perry,” and for a while he lived like royalty. Perry Santillo masterminded a long-running investment scam that collected more than $115 million from 1,000 investors around the country, using some of the proceeds to fund a lavish lifestyle of cars, casino junkets and houses in multiple... Read More

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Perry Santillo

November 5, 2019

Parents of missing Chinese woman want custody of her child

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A judge will decide custody of the 1-year-old daughter of a Chinese woman who has been missing for more than three weeks, with the woman’s parents and the mother-in-law of her jailed U.S. husband seeking guardianship. An attorney for Ke Ren and Xiaolin Ji, who are the parents of 28-year-old Mengqi... Read More

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Joseph Elledge, Mengqi Ji Elledge

November 5, 2019

Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks abortion law

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a ban on a second-trimester abortion procedure. The high court acted Monday after an Oklahoma abortion clinic appealed a lower court judge’s decision to uphold a ban on a second-trimester abortion procedure. The Tulsa Women’s Reproductive Clinic requested the temporary injunction to put the... Read More

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Abortion

November 5, 2019

New charges for ex-trooper accused of sexually assaulting 6

EATON, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio state trooper accused of sexually assaulting motorists is facing additional charges after more people have come forward. Former trooper Christopher Ward is accused of sexually assaulting five people while he was on the job and a sixth person who is a minor, according to court records. He’s now... Read More

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Christopher Ward

November 5, 2019

Election official rejects effort to recall Alaska governor

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Supporters of an effort to recall Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vowed to take their fight to court after an election official on Monday rejected their bid to move forward with seeking to oust him from office. Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai said she based her decision on Attorney General Kevin... Read More

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Mike Dunleavy

November 5, 2019

Oklahoma officer convicted of 2nd-degree murder in shooting

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A jury on Monday found an Oklahoma City police officer guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a suicidal man who was threatening to set himself on fire. The jury deliberated about 5½ hours before finding Sgt. Keith Sweeney guilty in the Nov. 15, 2017, death of 29-year-old Dustin... Read More

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Keith Sweeney

November 5, 2019

Airbnb agrees to provide host records to Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — Airbnb Inc. has agreed to provide Hawaii with records of many of its island hosts as the state tries to track down vacation rental operators who haven’t been paying their taxes. Airbnb and the state Department of Taxation reached the agreement last week after negotiating the scope of a subpoena sought by... Read More

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AirBNB

November 5, 2019

South Dakota executes man in ’92 slaying of former co-worker

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A convicted killer who fatally stabbed a former co-worker during a 1992 burglary used his last words Monday to speak directly to the parents of his victim, saying he forgave them “for your anger and hatred towards me.” But the victim’s parents refused to focus on the man who killed... Read More

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Charles Rhines

November 5, 2019

Arpaio aides ignored order to halt sweeps

PHOENIX (AP) — A court-appointed investigator concluded that high-ranking managers for former metro Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio disregarded a federal judge’s order for Arpaio to halt immigration sweeps targeting Latinos, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The investigator also found an internal probe was whitewashed to shield the managers from accountability. The findings... Read More

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Joe Arpaio

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Texas inmate set to be executed for 2002 strangling death

California high court weighs if Trump must open tax returns

Judge: Man in inheritance fight contributed to boat sinking

Lawyer: Accused Texas school shooter found incompetent

Columnist sues Trump for calling her sex assault claim a lie

Ponzi schemer ‘King Perry’ pleads guilty; had lived lavishly

Parents of missing Chinese woman want custody of her child

Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks abortion law

New charges for ex-trooper accused of sexually assaulting 6

Election official rejects effort to recall Alaska governor

Oklahoma officer convicted of 2nd-degree murder in shooting

Airbnb agrees to provide host records to Hawaii

South Dakota executes man in ’92 slaying of former co-worker

Arpaio aides ignored order to halt sweeps

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