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She defended 'El Chapo.' Now this lawyer is using her narco-fame to launch a music career
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Riding in a black SUV with tinted windows, lawyer Mariel Colón rolls up to the gates of a remote mansion, strolling past a security guard side-by-side with Emma Coronel, the wife of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Sporting suits and...
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner is 'surprised' over WADA appeal in his doping case
ROME (AP) — Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner said he was “very disappointed and also surprised” after a decision to clear him of wrongdoing following two positive drug tests was appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The Montreal-based body known as WADA announced...
Jury awards $300 million to women who alleged sex abuse by doctor at a Virginia children's hospital
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A jury has ruled in favor of three women who alleged they were sexually abused while patients at a Virginia children's hospital, awarding them a total of $300 million in damages. The jury in Richmond Circuit Court on Friday awarded each woman $60 million in...
Sharpton and Central Park Five members get out the vote in battleground Pennsylvania
NEW YORK (AP) — A few dozen New Yorkers boarded a bus in Harlem on Friday with civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton and members of the group formerly known as the Central Park Five, bound for Philadelphia, where they toured the city hoping to energize the youth vote ahead of the 2024...
NY judge denies governor’s bid to toss lawsuits seeking to reinstate Manhattan congestion fee
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Friday denied Gov. Kathy Hochul’s request to toss out lawsuits challenging her decision to halt a new congestion fee for drivers into Manhattan. Judge Arthur Engoron made the decision in a Manhattan court after hearing about two hours of...
Democrats challenge Ohio order preventing drop-box use for those helping voters with disabilities
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Democratic Party and two affected voters sued the state's Republican elections chief on Friday over his recent directive preventing the use of drop boxes by people helping voters with disabilities. The lawsuit, filed at the Ohio Supreme Court, says...
Justice Department sues Alabama saying state is purging voter rolls too close to election
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against Alabama and its top election official, accusing the state of illegally purging people from voter rolls too close to the November election. Federal officials said the purge violates the “quiet...
Attorney for 18-year-old trying to halt auction of Ohtani's 50/50 ball confident he has strong case
MIAMI (AP) — The attorney for an 18-year-old man trying to stop Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball from being sold at auction until a lawsuit is resolved believes he has a strong case. Online bidding began Friday, less than 24 hours after a Miami-Dade County Judge Spencer Eig...
The final 3 anti-abortion activists have been sentenced in a Tennessee clinic blockade
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The final three anti-abortion activists convicted of a 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade were sentenced this week, including the person considered to be the main organizer of the action. Chester Gallagher was sentenced on Thursday to 16 months in prison, by far...
The State Fair of Texas opens with a new gun ban after courts reject challenge
DALLAS (AP) — The State Fair of Texas opened Friday under a new firearms ban, having withstood weeks of pressure from Republicans who had charged into a public rift with one of the state's most beloved institutions and have spent years championing looser gun laws. Organizers put...
