Top Crime News provided by The NY Daily News©

• 'Golden State Killer,' a former cop, finally jailed
  The notorious killer may have committed some of his crimes when he was a cop, authorities said.
• Brooklyn mom says she was defending daughter in playground fight
  The mom rejected a deal from prosecutors at Brooklyn Criminal Court on Wednesday that would require her to undergo anger management.
• Brooklyn teacher busted for month-long sexual abuse of teen boy
  A city teacher is accused of carrying on a sexual relationship with a high school boy in their Brooklyn school’s bathroom, police said.
• Reuben Foster's girlfriend says she lied about him assaulting her
  Reuben Foster's girlfriend reportedly lied to police and was not injured by Foster.
• Boyfriend of Morgan Freeman's kin was high on PCP during slay
  The Manhattan man on trial for murdering Morgan Freeman's step-granddaughter may have been high on PCP.
• Arresting people during spouse green card interviews is cruel
  Media reports of immigration agents arresting people at marriage-case interviews have riled the immigrant community.
• Dallas police officer dies following shooting at Home Depot
  A Texas police officer shot while responding to an incident at a Home Depot in Dallas died from his injuries Wednesday.
• Last of 'Cocaine Cowboys' gets 11 years in prison
  A quarter-century after fleeing from the law, a man dubbed the last of Miami's "cocaine cowboys" was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
• Maine deputy killed by gas station robber who remains on the run
  A manhunt is underway for a Maine man who fatally shot a sheriff’s deputy, stole his vehicle and then robbed a gas station, officials said.
• Wife who killed husband’s mistress used app seeking marriage help
  A wife who killed her husband’s mistress and then fatally shot herself previously went on an app asking for help in her marriage.
• SEE IT: Cowboy thwarts gunman in convenience store hold-up
  Never turn away from a cowboy.
• Jury selection starts for trial of gunmen in Cuomo aide's murder
  Attorneys will weed through nearly 600 potential panelists.
• Father-to-be killed on construction site in random shooting
  A 23-year-old utility worker was killed on a construction site in what cops say may have been a random shooting.
• Bill Cosby defense calls Constand a 'pathological liar' in trial
  Bill Cosby's defense delivered a fiery closing argument at his sex abuse trial, calling chief accuser Andrea Constand a scheming liar.
• Suspect caught after two Dallas cops critically wounded
  Two Texas police officers were critically wounded after they were shot outside a Home Depot Tuesday.
• Colombian cartel boss extradited to Brooklyn
  The boss behind Colombia's largest crew of drug traffickers and criminals has been extradited to Brooklyn to face federal charges.
• Deputies hid outside Parkland school while gunman fired shots
  Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputies hid outside of a Parkland, Fla. high school while a gunman went on a shooting rampage.
• Waffle House shooting suspect Travis Reinking in custody
  Waffle House gunman Travis Reinking was arrested Monday afternoon after a manhunt, Metro Nashville police said.
• Publishers Clearing House sued for deceiving seniors
  Publishers Clearing House, you’ve just been sued for swindling seniors!
• Del. woman kills husband's alleged mistress before shooting self
  A Delaware woman traveled to Pennsylvania to fatally shoot another woman, who was believed to be having an affair with her husband.

TMZ

• 49ers' Reuben Foster's Ex-Girlfriend Recants Domestic Violence Allegations
  San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster might be off the hook soon for felony domestic violence charges ... because his ex-girlfriend just recanted her story. Elissa Ennis released a statement through her lawyer Wednesday, essentially taking back… Permalink
• Blake Griffin Responds To Ex-Fiancee, Says He Owes Her Nothing!
  Blake Griffin is adamant he does not owe his baby mama any money ... after she accused him of abandoning her and their kids for Kendall Jenner ... in courts docs obtained by TMZ Sports. We broke the story ... Brynn Cameron -- Blake's former fiancee and… Permalink
• Meek Mill Tells Lester Holt He Still Doesn't Feel Free
  [[tmz:video id="0_tkzl2vc0"]] Meek Mill getting out of prison doesn't mean he's out of the clutches of the criminal justice system ... at least that's how he's viewing his situation 24 hours after getting released on bail. Meek sat down… Permalink
• Michael Cohen Will Plead the 5th in Stormy Daniels Case
  Michael Cohen has given notice to Stormy Daniels ... she's not getting any information from him under oath, because he's pleading the 5th. Cohen filed a declaration with the court in Daniels' case, saying, "Based on the advice of counsel, I will assert… Permalink
• Raiders CB Gareon Conley's Rape Accuser Files Lawsuit
  The woman who claims Gareon Conley raped her at a Cleveland hotel last year has filed a lawsuit against the Raiders player ... claiming she was mentally and physically hurt during the alleged incident. FYI, Conley -- 22 years old -- was never… Permalink
• Meek Mill Enjoyed First Meal Outside of Prison After 76ers' Game 5 Win
  Meek Mill enjoyed his first post-prison meal after the Philadelphia 76ers' big Game 5 win over the Miami Heat this week -- and it was a full VIP experience. Sources tell TMZ that Meek celebrated with a group of 76ers -- including co-owner Michael Rubin… Permalink
• Russell Simmons Sexual Assault Lawsuit Dismissed
  Russell Simmons and one of the women who accused him of sexual assault are no longer headed to court ... the lawsuit's been dismissed. Jennifer Jarosik sued Simmons for millions of dollars, claiming he'd sexually assaulted her after she denied his… Permalink
• Sarah Jessica Parker Sued for Allegedly Flaking on Jewelry Deal
  1:29 PM PT -- Sources close to SJP tell us the actress was hit with several additional requests from the company after she'd already signed an original deal. We're told none of the new demands were in the first contract. Our sources say the new requests… Permalink
• Jonathan Martin Faces Judge Over Gun, Knife Threats
  [[tmz:video id="0_nrp4fjkg"]] Dressed up in a suit and tie, ex-NFL player Jonathan Martin appeared in an L.A. courtroom Wednesday to face the judge in his weapons case ... where he allegedly threatened to shoot multiple people.  Martin had been… Permalink
• Book by Patton Oswalt's Late Wife Helps Nab Golden State Killer Suspect
  [[tmz:video id="0_2jj15imi"]] Patton Oswalt can do a small victory dance in his late wife's honor because her posthumously released crime book might've led to the arrest of an alleged serial killer and rapist ... known as the Golden State Killer.… Permalink
• Meek Mill's Lawyer Says Judge Brinkley is 'A Little Delusional'
  Judge Genece Brinkley is "a little sad and a little delusional" for not removing herself from Meek Mill's case ... so says Meek's lawyer. Joe Tacopina is incredulous at statements made by Brinkley's lawyer that her honor will not recuse herself from… Permalink
• 'Smallville' Star Sam Jones III Says Allison Mack Was Normal On Set
  [[tmz:video id="0_7hcaqa4h"]] One of Allison Mack's co-stars on "Smallville" says she was fairly normal while shooting the show, and never showed any signs she might have been part of an alleged sex cult. We got Sam Jones III -- who starred alongside… Permalink
• Chuck D Says Meek Mill's Music Should Carry a Message Now
  [[tmz:video id="0_705v031b"]] Chuck D says Meek Mill is not the same man -- or artist -- he was when he first went into prison 5 months ago ... and, as such, his music should reflect it going forward. We got the Public Enemy MC Tuesday at LAX on the… Permalink
• Prince's Ex-Wife Mayte Garcia Slams Sinead O'Connor for Violence Accusations
  Prince's ex-wife doesn't buy Sinead O'Connor's claims he was violent toward women and abused hard drugs ... because she never saw a shred of evidence to support that. Mayte Garcia -- who was married to Prince from 1996 to 2000 -- tells TMZ he was never… Permalink
• Meek Mill's Judge Will NOT Remove Herself From the Case
  Meek Mill's judge will NOT remove herself from his drug and weapons case ... despite the Pennsylvania Supreme Court inviting her to do so ... TMZ has learned. Judge Genece Brinkley maintains she has been giving and will continue to give Meek a fair… Permalink
• Meek Mill Chilled with Villanova Squad Before 76ers Game
  [[tmz:video id="0_rls5cxps"]] Did you know ... the Villanova basketball team was SUPPOSED to ring the bell at the 76ers game Tuesday night until they got bumped for Meek Mill? It's true ... but they seemed VERY cool with the change of plans and kicked it… Permalink
• Meek Mill Gets Insane Ovation at Sixers Game After Prison Release
  [[tmz:video id="0_4znj60w0"]] Meek Mill just walked on the court at the Wells Fargo Center -- wearing a Joel Embiid jersey -- and the crowd lost their minds!!! Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin personally escorted the rapper from prison to… Permalink
• Tekashi69's Manager Investigated for Shootings Day of Broner Fight
  [[tmz:video id="0_14zf7368"]] Tekashi69's manager is under criminal investigation for two shootings that went down the day of Adrien Broner's fight ... and the moments leading up to the incident were caught on tape. Law enforcement sources tell us… Permalink
• Meek Mill Arrives at 76ers Game, 'I Feel Great!'
  He made it ... Meek Mill has finally arrived at Wells Fargo Center in Philly in time for the 76ers playoff game -- but first things first, dude needs a shower.  Meek arrived with 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin -- who flew Meek from the prison to the… Permalink
• Meek Mill Boards Chopper Heading to 76ers Game!
  Meek Mill is out of prison ... and in a helicopter heading for the Philadelphia 76ers playoff game!!! Sources tell us the chopper belongs to 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin, Meek's close friend who promised to personally pick him up. Meek has about an hour… Permalink

The LA Times©

• Shirtless man with American flag shorts hid in bushes after stealing beer truck, Santa Rosa police say
  The shirtless suspect hung his head in apparent defeat — his eyes gazing downward on his dirty American flag shorts and loosely tied sneakers. For a few minutes Thursday, Matthew Hermsmeyer had helmed his own booze cruise of sorts, when he allegedly stole a Coors beer truck in Santa Rosa. But the...
• Pain management rarely means opioids for San Diego jail inmates
  It wasn’t long ago that a complaint of pain at a San Diego County jail easily scored an inmate a prescription for an opioid. These days, the highly addictive, frequently abused painkillers have been largely swapped out for Tylenol and ibuprofen as part of a program to stem the cycle of opioid addiction...
• His convictions were overturned; he's in failing health. Will Bobby Joe Maxwell gain freedom in '70s serial killer case?
  Shortly before Christmas, Bobby Joe Maxwell suffered a massive heart attack, leaving him unable to move or speak. By all accounts, he is unlikely to recover. Yet Maxwell’s name is on a court docket in Los Angeles, where he is awaiting retrial in a slew of murders attributed to a serial killer who...
• Fatal stabbing at a Ventura eatery elicits anger at the police response and the city's handling of its homeless problem
  The mother of a Ventura man who was randomly stabbed to death while dining at a beachside restaurant with his daughter on his lap was still grappling this weekend with the loss of a man she described as “a good husband and a loving father.” Anthony Mele Jr., 35, was having dinner with his wife,...
• Suspect in fatal attack on Ventura restaurant patron was reported to police hours earlier, authorities say
  A homeless man who randomly stabbed a patron in a crowded Ventura restaurant to death as his 5-year-old daughter sat on his lap was reported hours earlier for disruptive behavior, but police determined he was not a threat, authorities said Saturday. Jamal Jackson, 49, is facing a first-degree murder...
• Compton shooting leaves woman dead, child in critical condition
  An argument turned deadly in Compton early Saturday after a man shot and killed his girlfriend and wounded the couple’s young daughter, investigators said. Juan Rodriguez, 29, of Compton, was arrested on suspicion of murder and assault with a deadly weapon after gunfire broke out in the 12400 block...
• LAPD officer arrested on 3 counts of murder in suspected DUI crash in Whittier
  A Los Angeles police officer was arrested Friday and charged with three counts of murder in connection with a suspected DUI crash on the 605 Freeway in Whittier last fall, authorities said. Edgar Verduzco, 27, was taken into custody at a friend’s home in Long Beach and booked on suspicion of three...
• Irvine man charged in threats to kill prominent Jews
  A 26-year-old Irvine man who prosecutors say threatened to kill prominent Jews was charged Thursday with attempted hate crime threats, officials said. Investigators found Nicholas Rose in possession of “kill lists” of Jewish people, a list of steps titled “killing my first Jew,” and anti-Semitic...
• L.A. sheriff's narcotics detective accused of involvement in drug-trafficking operation can't be fired, court says
  Carlos Arellano was a narcotics detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department when the agency received a disturbing tip that he was fraternizing with criminals. After months of investigating, the department accused him of being involved with a drug-trafficking organization, cultivating...
• Anger spreads over police killing of black man in Walmart parking lot
  At a Walmart parking lot in Barstow this month, shoppers ducked for cover as police opened fire on a black man inside a car. When the confrontation ended, Diante Yarber was dead in a fusillade of what some witnesses counted as 30 shots from officers. Now, his family is saying the gunfire was excessive,...
• Former 'Real Housewives of Orange County' star testifies in son's attempted murder case
  A former star of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" and her ex-husband testified Wednesday in their son's attempted-murder case that they discussed legal strategies with him during phone conversations that they didn't know were recorded and shared with law enforcement. Joshua Waring, 29, who...
• Police shot and arrested Gardena man waving a knife, authorities say
  A 21-year-old man who was shot Wednesday by Gardena police has been released from the hospital and arrested on suspicion of assaulting an officer with a knife, authorities said. At 11:57 a.m. Wednesday, Gardena police officers responded to calls of a man at the intersection of Redondo Beach Boulevard...
• Robert Durst's wife told her mentor the millionaire murder suspect had a 'homicidal side'
  Kathleen Durst’s former medical school mentor testified Wednesday that during a conversation in 1981 she told him she lived in fear of her husband, New York real estate tycoon Robert Durst, who she said had a “homicidal side.” Kathleen vanished in 1982 and her body has never been recovered. No...
• Kern County prosecutors won't charge ICE agents involved in crash that killed 2 farmworkers
  Kern County prosecutors on Wednesday said they will not file criminal charges against federal immigration agents involved in a crash that killed two farmworkers trying to flee from the agents. Delano police had asked the district attorney’s office to determine whether the two agents, Ramiro Sanchez...
• Essential California: The 'gravely disabled' debate
  Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Wednesday, April 18, and here’s what’s happening across California: TOP STORIES With homelessness surging throughout California, some argue that authorities need wider latitude in deciding when someone should be removed from...
• California death row inmate to be freed; no retrial planned
  A man who spent nearly 25 years on California's death row for raping and killing a toddler before his conviction was overturned won't be retried and could be freed within days, authorities said Tuesday. Vicente Benavides Figueroa, 68, has remained in prison even though the state Supreme Court last...
• Three hit-and-run crashes in South L.A. prompt calls for more Vision Zero action
  Four fatal traffic collisions in a week in South Los Angeles, three of which were hit-and-run crashes, have drawn frustration and criticism from residents and advocates who say city officials should do more to protect pedestrians and cyclists. Since April 10, residents of four neighborhoods have...
• Essential California: Killing the L.A. dream
  Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Tuesday, April 17, and here’s what’s happening across California: TOP STORIES For L.A.’s young, the dream of getting ahead — let alone owning a home — is fading fast. According to a survey released Monday by the Luskin School...
• From the Archives: Murder suspect caught wearing a hat, not hiding behind it
  After frustrating news photographers by hiding behind his trademark hat, L. Ewing Scott was captured behind bars with a miniature camera, which Scott had failed to notice, held by Times staff photographer Howard Maxwell. In May 1955, Scott’s wife, Evelyn Throsby Scott, went missing. In March 1956,...
• As Stephon Clark lay motionless, officers thought he might be armed and 'pretending,' new footage shows
  Video footage released Monday by the Sacramento Police Department shows that officers waited almost five minutes after firing their weapons to approach Stephon Clark to deliver medical aid out of apparent concern that he was armed and playing dead as he lay motionless in his grandmother’s backyard....
• Prosecutors say Durst murdered his best friend to cover his tracks for killing another woman: His wife
  As Los Angeles County prosecutors pieced together their murder case against Robert Durst — the eccentric New York real estate scion accused of killing his best friend Susan Berman in 2000 — they followed a path that led to the opposite coast and decades into the past. Another devastated family....
• L.A. police and firefighters rush to join controversial retirement program
  The controversial program that pays veteran Los Angeles police officers and firefighters nearly double for the last five years of their careers received a flood of new enrollees in February, records show. The rush to join the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, or DROP program, coincided with a Times...
• Essential California: A renewed vision for The Times
  Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It is Saturday, April 14, Here’s what you don’t want to miss this weekend: TOP STORIES Something big is happening at the Los Angeles Times. We’re returning to local ownership after 18 tumultuous years under Chicago control. Billionaire...
• Former producer for Rosie O'Donnell charged in sister's 2015 slaying
  Television producer Jill Blackstone is facing extradition from Maryland after being charged in the 2015 slaying of her deaf and partially blind sister in Studio City, Los Angeles police said Thursday. Los Angeles County prosecutors filed a murder charge against the producer last month, following...
• Long Beach doctor arrested after allegedly sending lewd photos to undercover officer posing as teen
  Los Angeles police have arrested a Long Beach physician who allegedly sent a lewd photograph to an undercover officer posing as a 16-year-old girl on the internet. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Human Trafficking Unit arrested Jonathon Ellis, 35, after he contacted the undercover...

McClatchy©

• He reportedly aspired to be a 9/11 hijacker. Now he’s in a Guantánamo cell with just a prayer rug and Quran.
  Ramzi bin al Shibh, the alleged deputy plotter of the Sept. 11 attacks is being held in an isolation cell with only a prayer rug and Quran — no bed, … Click to Continue »
• Ukrainian in Mueller probe invited Trump to Kiev, has complex empire
  The Ukrainian billionaire in the cross-hairs of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has a long history of complicated business ties, some of which link to fugitive Kazakh investors in a … Click to Continue »
• Get hit by internet crime? Good luck getting help from some local police
  In practically the blink of an eye, Maggie Irizarry lost about $1,300 to thieves. But the culprits weren’t robbers who broke into her Miami home. They were hackers who connived … Click to Continue »
• California leaders strike defiant tone after Trump administration sues over sanctuary laws
  The Trump administration on Tuesday sued California over its sanctuary policies for undocumented immigrants, setting off a chorus of near-unanimous defiance from California lawmakers. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will … Click to Continue »
• Tech sector frets it could face fallout if Microsoft case erodes privacy protections
  Some in the tech sector look at Microsoft as a savior these days, fending off possible government intrusion on privacy. A lawyer representing Microsoft went before the Supreme Court Tuesday … Click to Continue »
• Union fees on the line: Five takeaways from the Supreme Court hearing
  For the third time in four years, the Supreme Court heard arguments Monday about a case that would deal a financial blow to public sector unions, a major political force … Click to Continue »
• Clarence Thomas should be removed from Supreme Court, Charlotte accuser says
  Decades before the #MeToo movement, and long before Time magazine honored “the Silence Breakers,” there was Anita Hill and Angela Wright. In 1991 both women were in Washington to accuse … Click to Continue »
• Pentagon wants to replace Guantánamo’s Top Secret prison. Price per prisoner: $4.6M
  The Pentagon wants $69 million to replace the Top Secret prison where the accused 9/11 mastermind, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, and 14 other former CIA captives are kept. The funding request, … Click to Continue »
• Making Guantánamo Great Again: The prison’s media makeover
  Inside a vacant former maximum-security prison, the Pentagon has nearly finished building a new health clinic with nearby surgical and radiological suites. Soon, contractors will add furniture, equipment and put … Click to Continue »
• As court weighs Microsoft case, rest of world feels a big stake in privacy ruling
  Later this month, Supreme Court justices will hear a case involving Microsoft’s heated dispute with federal prosecutors over whether it must turn over data currently hosted in a storage facility … Click to Continue »
• Trump ripped this judge as ‘hater.’ Now he’ll hear environmental case on border wall.
  A federal judge in California who Donald Trump once derided for his ethnicity will hear a case Friday that could determine the president’s latitude to waive environmental laws, paving the … Click to Continue »
• Guantánamo to demolish prison camp built to send message of ‘hope’
  The military has put a federal court on notice that it plans to demolish the Detention Center’s first communal, prison-of-war style prison, a site where guards posted President Barack Obama’s … Click to Continue »
• A year of key leader absences at Justice Department ‘almost mind-blowing,’ officials say
  President Donald Trump has repeatedly emphasized the return of the rule of law during his presidency, but the department dedicated to enforcing the law has remained without key leaders since … Click to Continue »
• Military judge urges lone USS Cole lawyer into ‘self-help’ capital defense training
  The dilemma of how to go forward with the USS Cole death-penalty trial after the capital defense lawyer quit loomed over this week’s hearing — with prosecutors authenticating signatures on … Click to Continue »
• Baby powder battles: Johnson & Johnson documents reflect internal asbestos concerns
  In the early 1970s, a Johnson & Johnson official posed a question that haunts the company today. If Johnson's Baby Powder contained asbestos at a level of, say, 1 percent, … Click to Continue »
• How drug lords make billions smuggling gold to Miami for your jewelry and phones
  When Juan Granda ventured into Peru’s Amazon rainforest to score another illicit load of gold, he boasted that he felt like legendary Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. “I’m like Pablo … Click to Continue »
• Trump despises the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals; why doesn’t he change it?
  President Trump regularly rails against the San Francisco-headquartered 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, yet he has not taken an opportunity reshape the nation’s largest and arguably most liberal appeals court. … Click to Continue »
• How fast-moving changes to the NC justice system could reshape the state’s courts
  Giving politicians – not voters – a bigger say in selecting judges. Returning partisan politics to the justice system. Squeezing African-American judges off the bench. Those are among the charges … Click to Continue »
• 2017 was Mexico’s deadliest year. Will Sessions marijuana policy make the violence worse?
  While recreational pot markets are bracing for a potential crackdown stemming from orders by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former law enforcement officials say another group is likely celebrating: Mexican drug … Click to Continue »
• Judge hands Dreamers a major victory, but is it temporary?
  The Trump administration Tuesday night suffered a legal blow in its attempt to end a popular program that shielded from deportation people brought to the United States illegally as children … Click to Continue »
• NC congressional districts struck down as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders
  A panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina’s election districts for U.S. Congress on Tuesday as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders and gave lawmakers until Jan. 29 to bring them new … Click to Continue »
• Supreme Court says ‘no’ to LGBT supporters appealing Mississippi’s ‘religious freedom’ law
  Mississippians stand up against HB 1523 The Mississippi law allowing government workers and businesses to deny services to LGBT people by claiming religious objections will stand because the U.S. Supreme … Click to Continue »
• Gitmo North? Judge to hold secret war court session near Pentagon
  In a first, when lawyers and the judge in an al-Qaida war crimes case meet Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss secret evidence, they’ll convene not at Guantánamo but in a … Click to Continue »
• Sessions’ reversal of marijuana policy brings fury from both parties
  In rescinding Thursday an Obama-era policy that paved the way for states to legalize marijuana, Attorney General Jeff Sessions triggered a hail of criticism from lawmakers on the left and … Click to Continue »
• Trump administration: Union fees trample First Amendment
  Public employee unions bargaining for better wages are effectively “lobbying” government officials and should be barred from passing their fees onto workers who disagree with the political stances that labor … Click to Continue »
• 17 ways California sued the Trump administration in 2017
  California has filed a double-digit number of lawsuits against the Trump administration since January. The latest came last week, when state Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a Democrat and longtime congressman … Click to Continue »
• Fugitive Kentucky lawyer Eric C. Conn captured in Honduras
  Disgraced lawyer Eric Conn has been caught six months after fleeing Kentucky to avoid prison in the largest Social Security disability fraud in the nation’s history, according to a story … Click to Continue »
• Web of secret money hides one mega-donor funding conservative court
  When a small nonprofit called the Judicial Crisis Network poured millions into a campaign to stop the Senate from confirming Barack Obama’s Supreme Court pick last year, and then spent … Click to Continue »
• Buzzfeed sues Kris Kobach over open records
  BuzzFeed is suing Kris Kobach. The website filed a lawsuit in Shawnee County District Court last Friday over an open records request the media organization made regarding the Kansas secretary … Click to Continue »
• Guantánamo’s USS Cole death-penalty case in limbo after key defense lawyer quits
  In a stunning setback to the trial of the alleged mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing, the case’s entire civilian legal team including its capital defense attorney has quit … Click to Continue »