Arkansas governor sets execution dates after 10-year gap
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson says the state will resume executions after a 10-year gap starting next month with a double execution. The Republican announced execution dates on Wednesday for eight death-row inmates. Arkansas hasn't executed an inmate since 2005, largely because of court challenges to its lethal injection law and…
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Judge Rules Against NFL In ‘Deflategate’
NEW YORK (AP) - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady can suit up for his team's season opener after a judge erased his four-game suspension for "Deflategate." The surprise ruling by U.S. District Judge Richard Berman came Thursday after more than one month of failed settlement talks between the NFL and its players' union. Many…
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New motion on evidence used to convict “Serial” killer
BALTIMORE (AP) - An attorney for a convicted killer at the center of the popular podcast "Serial" has filed a motion arguing that cell tower data placing the man near the murder scene was inaccurate and should not have been introduced at trial. Justin Brown, an attorney for Adnan Syed, who was convicted in 2000…
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Brown: Court should stop lawmakers from redrawing district
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is trying to stop Florida lawmakers from redrawing her congressional district, saying their efforts will deny African-Americans political representation. Brown and other black leaders in central Florida on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to intervene in the Florida Supreme Court decision that is causing lawmakers to…
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Bobby Brown feels ‘completely numb’ after death of daughter
ATLANTA (AP) - Bobby Brown says in a statement that he feels "completely numb" after the death of his daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown. Bobby Brown said in the statement Monday that 22-year-old Bobbi Kristina was an angel. Bobbi Kristina died Sunday at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, Ga., about six months after she was found,…
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