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Deliberating a 2nd day, Weinstein jury revisits ’06 account

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS | February 19, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial spent much of their second day of deliberations Wednesday revisiting a former film and TV production assistant's allegation that he sexually assaulted her in July 2006.Jurors sent a note shortly...

Judge finds US in contempt after immigrants in suit deported

February 19, 2020

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has found the U.S. government in contempt after authorities deported five young immigrants who were seeking to remain in the country under a program for abused and neglected immigrant children.U.S. Magistrate...

Texas man found guilty of killing officer, other man

February 19, 2020

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A Texas man was convicted Wednesday of capital murder for 2018 killings of a Dallas-area police officer and another man.Brandon McCall, 28, faces death or life in prison without parole when he is sentenced for shooting his friend,...

National shortage of forensic nurses frustrates rape victims

By DENISE LAVOIE | February 19, 2020

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The young woman who walked into an emergency room in Milwaukee began her journey about 12 hours earlier, at a Chicago-area hospital, more than 90 miles away.She had been raped, but there was no one trained to do a forensic examination...

Turn music down, library guard asked. Then she was stabbed.

February 19, 2020

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) — A man stabbed a library security guard to death after she told him to turn his music down, authorities said Wednesday.Blanchard Glaudin, 25, has been charged with second-degree murder in Tuesday's stabbing of Sandra Wilson...

Tennessee governor won’t intervene in scheduled execution

By TRAVIS LOLLER | February 19, 2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday he will not grant clemency to a death row inmate whose group of supporters includes family members of his victims and past and present prison workers.Nicholas Sutton, 58, was sentenced to...

Immigration agency subpoenas Oregon county over 2 inmates

By GILLIAN FLACCUS | February 18, 2020

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement subpoenaed a sheriff's office in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday for information about two Mexican citizens wanted for deportation, a move that is part of a broader escalation...

The Latest: Klobuchar revisits flub about Mexico’s leader

February 18, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):7:35 p.m.Amy Klobuchar is trying to make amends for not being able to name Mexico’s president recently -- but she's still making a small mistake.The Minnesota senator...

Trial begins in lawsuit over missing woman’s murdered sons

February 18, 2020

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A final chapter in the horrific saga of a Utah woman who vanished about a decade ago and the killings of her young sons in a fiery attack by their father years later began Tuesday with opening statements in a lawsuit against Washington...

Nebraska denies pardon for notorious killer’s ex-girlfriend

By GRANT SCHULTE | February 18, 2020

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's pardons board refused Tuesday to pardon the murder conviction of the ex-girlfriend of Charles Starkweather, the infamous killer who went on a rampage in the 1950s that was later immortalized in movies, books and two hit...

Ultimate choice: Tennessee inmates wrestle with how to die

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI | February 18, 2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After more than three decades on death row, Don Johnson weighed the options for his own demise: He could keep a promise to his daughter that he wouldn't die in the electric chair. Or, he could opt for the chair and avoid a method...

Boy Scouts seek bankruptcy, urge victims to step forward

By DAVID CRARY and BRADY McCOMBS | February 18, 2020

The Boy Scouts of America urged victims to come forward Tuesday as the historic, 110-year-old organization filed for bankruptcy protection in the first step toward creating a huge compensation fund for potentially thousands of men who were molested as...