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Judge delays case against Colorado funeral home owners accused of 190 counts of corpse abuse

Mar. 21, 2024 13:15 PM EDT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado judge on Thursday granted a defense request to delay the criminal case against two Colorado funeral home operators accused of letting nearly 200 corpses decay, in some cases for years, angering some families of the deceased who are eager for the case to...

Editorial Roundup: Tennessee

Mar. 21, 2024 07:17 AM EDT

Kingsport Times News. March 14, 2024. Editorial: Former judge should reimburse taxpayers We should demand that those who would judge us observe the highest standards of conduct so that the integrity and independence of the judiciary are preserved. Any...

Wisconsin GOP leader calls the Trump supporters trying to oust him 'whack jobs and morons'

Mar. 19, 2024 15:20 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's top Republican derided supporters of former President Donald Trump who are trying to recall him from office as “whack jobs and morons,” predicting Tuesday that their effort would fail and they would be subject to fraud charges. Assembly Speaker...

China's stock watchdog fines property developer Evergrande, slaps lifetime ban on its chairman

Mar. 19, 2024 05:21 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Troubled property developer China Evergrande Group says Beijing’s stock watchdog has fined it 4.2 billion yuan ($333.4 million) for allegedly falsifying its revenue, among other violations, as it conducts a deep clean of the troubled financial sector. The company...

Judge delays Trump’s hush-money criminal trial until mid-April, citing last-minute evidence dump

Mar. 15, 2024 18:26 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s New York hush-money criminal trial was delayed Friday until at least mid-April as the judge seeks answers about a last-minute evidence dump that the former president's lawyers said has hampered their ability to prepare their defense. Manhattan...

UK high court rules Australian computer scientist is not mysterious bitcoin founder as he claims

Mar. 14, 2024 13:34 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Britain's high court ruled Thursday that an Australian computer scientist is not, as he claimed, the mysterious creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency. Craig Wright has for eight years claimed that he was the man behind “Satoshi Nakamoto,” the pseudonym that masked...

The New York Times is fighting off Wordle look-alikes with copyright takedown notices

Mar. 12, 2024 20:33 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times is fighting off Wordle “clones” — arguing that numerous games inspired by the mega-popular word-guessing game infringe on its copyright protections. Hundreds of copycats have emerged since Wordle skyrocketed to internet fame less than three...

Judge rules missing 5-year-old girl legally dead weeks after father convicted of killing her

Mar. 12, 2024 13:09 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a 5-year-old New Hampshire girl missing since 2019 is legally dead and her mother can become administrator of her estate, just weeks after the child's father was convicted of killing her. Crystal Sorey “has carried her burden to...

Colorado finds DNA scientist cut corners, raising questions in hundreds of criminal cases

Mar. 08, 2024 16:00 PM EST

A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist intentionally cut corners and didn’t follow standard testing protocols, raising questions about hundreds of cases in which she processed evidence, the agency said Friday, calling it “an unprecedented breach of trust.” The...

More cremated remains withheld from families found at funeral home owner's house, prosecutors say

Mar. 08, 2024 14:26 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — The owner of a funeral home who is accused of keeping a woman's corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year, along with stashing over 30 cremated remains, attended a court hearing Friday where prosecutors say even more ashes have been discovered at his residence. ...