THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A lawyer for Gen. Ratko Mladic said Monday it is not certain the former Bosnian Serb military commander will show up in a United Nations courtroom when judges deliver their verdicts in his long-running trial for allegedly masterminding atrocities during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. Mladic’s attorneys have filed a flurry of … Continue reading
PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the start of a Phoenix trial for two NBA players accused of assaulting a man (all times local): 4:40 p.m. Jury selection is underway in the assault trial of NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris. Attorneys have narrowed down the initial jury pool of 110 people to 49 individuals. … Continue reading
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A jury this week will begin weighing the mental competence of a girl accused in the stabbing of a classmate to please a fictional horror character known as Slender Man. Jury selection begins Monday in Waukesha in the trial to determine 15-year-old Anissa Weier’s competency. It could take up to two … Continue reading
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An alternate juror in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case said Monday he “probably” would have voted to convict and was “ridiculously sick” when he found out the main jury couldn’t reach a verdict. A mistrial was declared Saturday after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked. Prosecutors plan to retry the 79-year-old … Continue reading
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby’s trial on sexual assault charges ended in a mistrial Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that nevertheless helped destroy the 79-year-old comedian’s image as “America’s Dad.” Prosecutors vowed to try again, declaring the woman who accuses Cosby of drugging and molesting her at … Continue reading
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby (all times local): 10:10 p.m. The jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial will resume deliberations Tuesday with a review of excerpts from the entertainer’s testimony in a decade-old civil lawsuit by his accuser. Jurors asked that the judge read them … Continue reading
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial deliberated without reaching a verdict Monday over whether he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago in a case that already has helped demolish the 79-year-old comedian’s good-guy image. A conviction could send Cosby to prison for the rest of … Continue reading
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Bill Cosby’s defense lawyer says the comedian and his primary accuser were lovers. Cosby is on trial on charges he sexually assaulted a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in January 2004. His lawyers said in … Continue reading
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Accompanied into the courthouse by a member of the TV family who cemented his nice-guy image as America’s Dad, Bill Cosby went on trial Monday on sexual assault charges, his legacy and his freedom on the line. Cosby, 79, is accused of drugging and violating an employee of Temple University’s basketball … Continue reading
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — To the Kurdish peshmerga forces patrolling northern Iraq in March 2016, Mohamad Khweis looked for all the world like an Islamic State suicide bomber. They certainly didn’t peg him as a bus driver from the wealthy suburbs of Washington, D.C. As they saw him approach from the stretch of no-man’s land … Continue reading
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby says he doesn’t expect to testify at his Pennsylvania sexual assault trial. The comedian spoke to SiriusXM radio host Michael Smerconish in an interview being broadcast Tuesday. Smerconish says he agreed to air an uncut, 82-minute conversation between Cosby and his daughters in exchange for the interview. Cosby says his … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A clerical error has postponed a civil trial for a Virginia police officer accused of recklessly shooting a mentally ill man. The Virginian-Pilot reports (http://bit.ly/2mRtXT1) that there was a mixup over potential juror lists. No new date has been set. In 2014, Norfolk police officer Carl Seger shot Lawrence Faine, a … Continue reading
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The author of a now-retracted Rolling Stone article about a brutal gang rape at the University of Virginia on Thursday acknowledged Thursday that she made mistakes while reporting the story of the woman identified only as “Jackie.” Sabrina Rubin Erdely took the stand in the defamation trial against the magazine over … Continue reading
BEDFORD, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged in the disappearance of two sisters more than 40 years ago says his client should not get the death penalty. Media outlets report Lloyd Lee “Michael” Welch Jr. is scheduled to stand trial in April on two counts of first-degree felony murder in the deaths of … Continue reading
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The reporter of a Rolling Stone story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia that was later retracted is expected to take the stand in the defamation trial against the magazine. Sabrina Rubin Erdely is expected to testify Wednesday after attorneys finish questioning university administrator Nicole Eramo, who sued … Continue reading
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