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Hawaii allows more concealed carry after US Supreme Court ruling, but bans guns in most places
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Friday signed legislation that will allow more people to carry concealed firearms but at the same time prohibit people from taking guns to a wide range of places, including beaches, hospitals, stadiums, bars that serve alcohol and movie theaters. Private...
Lawsuit alleging ex-deputy falsified arrest report settled for $250K
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A lawsuit filed by a Washington oyster farmer accusing a former county deputy of falsifying an arrest report and urging a person to lie during a domestic-violence investigation has been settled for $250,000. Gerardo Rodarte, the owner of Samish Gold...
El Salvador soccer executives dodge prison with payment to stampede victims' families
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Five soccer club executives and stadium officials arrested for their alleged roles in the stampede at an El Salvador league game that left nine fans dead and dozens injured will avoid prison by making payments to the injured and relatives of the dead. ...
3 women who say Cuba Gooding Jr. sexually abused them can testify at sex assault trial, judge rules
NEW YORK (AP) — Three women who claim Cuba Gooding Jr. sexually abused them — including one upset she never got her day in court when Gooding resolved criminal charges without trial or jail — can testify at a federal civil trial next week to support a woman’s claim that the actor raped her...
Arkansas Supreme Court won't lift order blocking education overhaul, will move quickly on appeal
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court declined Friday to block a judge's order preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' education overhaul. But they said they will move quickly to consider an appeal of the judge's decision. Justices...
Donald Trump’s lawyers ask judge to exit criminal case, echoing claims of political bias
NEW YORK (AP) — Within hours of his historic arraignment this spring, Donald Trump fixed his ire on the judge, complaining that he’s “a Trump-hating judge" with a family full of “Trump haters.” On Friday, the former president’s lawyers doubled down on that criticism,...
Retired Phoenix police officer in landmark Miranda rights case dies at 87
PHOENIX (AP) — Retired Phoenix Police Capt. Carroll Cooley, the arresting officer in the landmark case partially responsible for the Supreme Court's Miranda rights ruling that requires suspects be read their rights, has died, the department confirmed Friday. He was 87. Phoenix...
Court declines to lift injunction blocking coastal bridge project
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A divided Alabama Supreme Court on Friday declined to lift a preliminary injunction blocking construction of a new coastal bridge. Justices in a 5-3 decision declined the emergency request from the Alabama Department of Transportation to lift the injunction...
Rights upheld, lawsuit revived against teacher accused of cutting Native American student's hair
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An appeals court ruling has revived an anti-discrimination lawsuit accusing an Albuquerque teacher of cutting off one Native American girl's hair and asking another if she was dressed as a “bloody Indian” during class on Halloween. Outrage over the girls'...
US judge condemns Mississippi city's 'crime cancer' as he removes state justice from lawsuit
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice cannot be sued over a state law that requires him to appoint some judges in the capital city of Jackson, a federal judge wrote Thursday in a ruling that also condemned violence in the city. U.S. District Judge Henry...
