Ex-Ohio State band director files defamation suit
By JULIE CARR SMYTH The marching band director at Ohio State University claims in a new lawsuit filed Friday that the university has damaged his reputation so much that he…
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Mother gets 20 years to life for fatal salt-poisoning of son
By JIM FITZGERALD A woman convicted of fatally poisoning her 5-year-old son with salt in his hospital feeding tube got a break on her murder sentence Wednesday because she suffers…
South Carolina police officer charged with murder is fired
By BRUCE SMITH and JEFFREY COLLINS A white South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed an unarmed black man in self-defense has been fired, the city’s mayor announced Wednesday,…
Jury hears closing arguments in ‘Blurred Lines’ case
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams lied about how they crafted the 2013 hit “Blurred Lines” and should be financially punished for using music…
Tsarnaev’s lawyer admits he carried out Boston bombing
By DENISE LAVOIE Dzhokhar Tsarnaev went on trial for his life Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing with his own lawyer bluntly telling the jury he committed the crime. But…
High court case threatens independent electoral map drawers
By MARK SHERMAN In a reversal of the usual worries about political influence on electoral map-making, the Supreme Court is being asked to let raw politics play an even bigger…
6 women accuse hot yoga founder of sex assaults, groping
By BRIAN MELLEY A yoga guru who founded a rigorous routine of exercises practiced in steamy rooms around the world is facing lawsuits by six women who claim he sexually…
States predict inmates’ future crimes with secretive surveys
By EILEEN SULLIVAN and RONNIE GREENE On a hot Friday last July, a parolee was mowing a lawn in a small cul-de-sac on the west side of the city when…