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Authorities say a Social Security judge shot and killed himself after an hours-long standoff with police at a home southwest of Miami. Police say Timothy Maher, a disability judge at a downtown Miami Social Security Administration office, held three hostages for about 10 hours Friday inside the home. Investigators...
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– A judge ordered a convicted robber’s mouth taped shut during his sentencing in Cleveland court Tuesday. During the sentencing for 32-year-old Franklyn Williams, convicted for three armed robberies, Judge John Russo ordered him to be silent multiple times. Video shot inside the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court shows Williams apparently...
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Special counsel Robert Mueller was working within his authority when he brought charges against President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, a federal judge in Washington ruled Tuesday. The decision was a setback for Paul Manafort in his defense against charges of money-laundering conspiracy, false statements and acting as an...
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ATLANTA – Channel 2 Action News has learned that the state agency which oversees judges is investigating an Atlanta judge whose work habits and judicial conduct have been the subject of complaints. Investigative reporter Richard Belcher says one incident includes a Super Bowl pep rally. The judge in question...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – A judge set an unusually high $500,000 bond on Tuesday and imposed a host of other restrictions for the brother of the Florida school shooting suspect who was charged with trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. A prosecutor said that Zachary Cruz, 18, expressed...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A federal judge on Tuesday likened the nation’s opioid epidemic to the deadly 1918 flu pandemic while noting the drug crisis is “100 percent manmade.” Judge Dan Polster urged participants on all sides of lawsuits against drugmakers and distributors to work toward a common goal of...
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A U.S. judge who declared a mistrial last month could end the much-watched criminal prosecution of a Nevada rancher accused of leading an armed uprising against federal authorities. Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro’s decision on Monday is sure to echo among states’ rights advocates in Western states where...
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EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the murder trial of an ex-priest in the 1960 death of a Texas woman (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Prosecutors are asking a Texas jury to send a former priest convicted of murder to prison for 57 years, reflecting how long he...
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PHOENIX — A former Arizona police officer was acquitted Thursday of a murder charge in the 2016 fatal shooting of an unarmed man outside his hotel room as officers were responding to a call that someone there was pointing a gun out a window. The verdict cleared Philip Mitchell...
Authorities say a Social Security judge shot and killed himself after an hours-long standoff with police at a home southwest of Miami. Police say Timothy Maher, a disability judge at a downtown Miami Social Security Administration office, held three hostages for about 10 hours Friday inside the home. Investigators...
– A judge ordered a convicted robber’s mouth taped shut during his sentencing in Cleveland court Tuesday. During the sentencing for 32-year-old Franklyn Williams, convicted for three armed robberies, Judge John Russo ordered him to be silent multiple times. Video shot inside the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court shows Williams apparently...
Special counsel Robert Mueller was working within his authority when he brought charges against President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, a federal judge in Washington ruled Tuesday. The decision was a setback for Paul Manafort in his defense against charges of money-laundering conspiracy, false statements and acting as an...
ATLANTA – Channel 2 Action News has learned that the state agency which oversees judges is investigating an Atlanta judge whose work habits and judicial conduct have been the subject of complaints. Investigative reporter Richard Belcher says one incident includes a Super Bowl pep rally. The judge in question...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – A judge set an unusually high $500,000 bond on Tuesday and imposed a host of other restrictions for the brother of the Florida school shooting suspect who was charged with trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. A prosecutor said that Zachary Cruz, 18, expressed...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A federal judge on Tuesday likened the nation’s opioid epidemic to the deadly 1918 flu pandemic while noting the drug crisis is “100 percent manmade.” Judge Dan Polster urged participants on all sides of lawsuits against drugmakers and distributors to work toward a common goal of...
A U.S. judge who declared a mistrial last month could end the much-watched criminal prosecution of a Nevada rancher accused of leading an armed uprising against federal authorities. Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro’s decision on Monday is sure to echo among states’ rights advocates in Western states where...
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the murder trial of an ex-priest in the 1960 death of a Texas woman (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Prosecutors are asking a Texas jury to send a former priest convicted of murder to prison for 57 years, reflecting how long he...
PHOENIX — A former Arizona police officer was acquitted Thursday of a murder charge in the 2016 fatal shooting of an unarmed man outside his hotel room as officers were responding to a call that someone there was pointing a gun out a window. The verdict cleared Philip Mitchell...