‘Affluenza’ teen’s case moved to adult system
The Friday ruling means the 18-year-old could face 120 days in jail, then finish his 10-year probation
Harper Lee, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author, has died at 89
(AP) – Harper Lee, the elusive author whose “To Kill a Mockingbird” became an enduring best-seller and classic film with its child’s-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, has died. She was 89. HarperCollins spokeswoman Tina Andreadis confirmed the author’s death to The Associated Press on Friday. For most of her life, Lee…
Cosby demands money back from accuser in sex assault case
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Bill Cosby is demanding that the accuser in his Pennsylvania criminal case repay a confidential sex-abuse settlement because she cooperated with police who reopened the case last year. The actor’s breach-of-contract lawsuit says the 2006 settlement bars Andrea Constand from “voluntarily” discussing the case with law enforcement. The lawsuit says she had…
Obama says Cuba visit will boost efforts to restore US ties
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says his upcoming visit to Cuba will advance U.S. efforts to restore ties with the communist nation and improve the lives of Cubans. Obama will be making the first trip to Cuba by a sitting president in more than half a century. He says on Twitter there’s already been…
Pope: Trump wants to build wall? ‘Not Christian’
WASHINGTON (AP) – Asked about Donald Trump’s views on immigration, Pope Francis says anyone who wants to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border isn’t Christian. Trump has promised to build a wall along the Mexican border from Texas to California and expel 11 million people who are in the country illegally if elected president.…
South Dakota may regulate transgender students’ bathroom use
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota’s governor could make the state the first in the U.S. to approve a law that would require transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their sex at birth. The state Senate approved the bill Tuesday. It now goes to Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard, who has…
Feds find explosives, trenches, guns at Oregon preserve
Investigators also found significant amounts of human feces and spoiled food
Senate GOP to Obama: Don’t bother nominating to Court
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Republicans are uniting behind Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in insisting that President Barack Obama’s successor fill the Supreme Court vacancy after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Democrats looking to reclaim the Senate majority immediately accused them of putting politics ahead of their constitutional responsibility. Vulnerable GOP incumbents in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,…