Tag: Law and order
GOP-led states lose bid to challenge immigration rule
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court in California refused Thursday to permit 14 states led by Republican governors to challenge the overturning of...
9 Texans sue state AG Paxton for blocking users on Twitter
AUSTIN, Texas — Nine Texans have sued state Attorney General Ken Paxton, claiming he blocked them on Twitter for criticizing him or his policies...
Florida man sentenced in crash that killed Ohio mom, child
<p>TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida judge sentenced a 21-year-old man to 24 years in prison for killing an Ohio mother and her young daughter...
Lawsuit: Virginia police officers threatened man during stop
<p>NORFOLK, Va. — A second lieutenant in the U.S. Army is suing two Virginia police officers over a traffic stop during which the officers...
Woman who coughed on cancer patient gets 30 days in jail
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Florida woman whose image went viral when she coughed on a customer at a Pier 1 store last year in...
Inmate charged in Iowa prison deaths had threatened before
IOWA CITY, Iowa — An inmate charged with beating two Iowa prison employees to death with a hammer had threatened to assault staff at...
Judge orders one accuser of Texans QB Watson to be ID’d
<p>HOUSTON — A judge on Friday ordered that the name of one of the 22 women who have filed lawsuits accusing Houston Texans quarterback...
Feds charge 3 more in massive California unemployment fraud
<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Federal prosecutors said Friday that they have charged three Southern California women with using prison inmates' names to bilk a state...
Spanish police investigating migrant boat deaths detain five
BARCELONA, Spain — Spanish police say they have detained five men for allegedly navigating two migrant boats to the Canary Islands and being responsible...
Judge sets bail for some in sex abuse case at youth center
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Five men charged in a sex abuse case at a New Hampshire youth detention center made court appearances Friday.
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