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Drunken Driver Sentenced to 22 Years for Crash That Killed 3 Children
Thomas Hawks drove a pickup truck into the back of a family’s car, killing three young children. Chris Gordon reports on his sentencing.
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Montana Judge Blocks Actions by Trump's Former Land Boss
A Montana judge blocked three land-use plans that would have opened most U.S.-owned lands in the state to energy development
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NY Judge: Postal Service Must Process Election Mail in a Timely Manner
The U.S. Postal Service must live up to its responsibilities to timely process election mail by treating it as a priority, a New York judge ordered on Monday, adding that the agency’s workers should be permitted to make extra deliveries and work overtime near the November presidential election.
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Ex-Hubby of ‘Real Housewives of NJ' Star Hired Mobster to Assault Her Boyfriend, Feds Allege
“Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dina Manzo’s ex-husband and an alleged member of an organized crime family were charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with conspiring to assault Manzo’s then-boyfriend in an incident in 2015. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey said Thomas Manzo and John Perna faces multiple charges over the assault on her now-husband, David Cantin...
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Trailblazing Judge Hangs Up His Robe
People in Alexandria turned out Friday to celebrate the retirement of the circuit court’s first Black judge. News4’s Northern Virginia bureau chief Julie Carey reports.
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Judge: US Must Free Migrant Children From Family Detention
A federal judge has ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic
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Judge Sets June 4 Hearing for Suspects in Arbery Slaying
A Georgia judge has scheduled a court hearing next week for three men charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery
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Judge Orders Inspection of DC Jail
Inspectors will soon check the conditions inside the D.C. jail after concern about the spread of the coronavirus among inmates. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports.
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Judge Rules Head of Immigration Agency Was Unlawfully Named
A federal judge has ruled that Ken Cuccinelli was unlawfully appointed to lead the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency and, as a result, lacks authority to give asylum seekers less time to prepare for initial screening interviews
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‘A Way to Help': In Connecticut, Abused Animals Get a Legal Voice in Court
Many states have victim’s advocates or child advocates, people in the judicial system who represent those affected by crime or abuse. Now, one state has created legal advocates for abused animals, an experiment being watched nationwide for signs of success. There are eight approved volunteer advocates across Connecticut — seven lawyers and a University of Connecticut law professor, working with...
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Charges Dropped, Again, Against Amtrak Engineer in Deadly Philadelphia Crash
Involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges have once again been dropped against the Amtrak engineer at the controls during a deadly 2015 derailment in Philadelphia.
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Documents to Be Released Could Reveal Whether Brett Kavanaugh Misled Congress in 2006
New documents set to be released could reveal whether Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh misled Congress during his confirmation hearing for his job as a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, something two Democratic senators accused him of in 2007, according to NBC News. While under oath in 2006, Kavanaugh said he wasn’t involved in creating a terrorism...
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Willie Veasy Celebrates Thanksgiving at Home After 27 Years Behind Bars
Willie Veasy celebrated this Thanksgiving at home with his family. Until last month Veasy spent decades in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. The NBC10 Investigators have been following his story and we’ve checked in with Veasy to see how he’s doing.
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Maryland Police Officer Accused of Raping Woman in Custody Held Without Bond
An attorney for a former police officer accused of raping a woman he had in custody says his client is innocent and asked for his release. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports a judge denied the request.
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Man Gets 9 Years in Prison in ‘Ghost Guns' Case
A judge sentenced a man to 40 years in prison with all but nine years suspended in an illegal firearms case.
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Maryland Man Sentenced in ‘Ghost Gun' Operation
A Silver Spring man will spend almost a decade in prison in a case of mass production of illegal guns. Investigators call the fire arms ghost guns because they can’t be traced. News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports those weapons landed in the hands of some of the most dangerous criminals in the community.
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Librarians Need Restraining Orders Against Threatening, Violent Patrons
Libraries are built for reading and research, and librarians are trained to help patrons find what they need. But staffers at San Diego city libraries are also coping with threats to their safety and occasional violence, according to court records and interviews. At least 16 city library department employees have asked judges for protection from unruly patrons, according to documents...
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Brazil's President Criticizes Leonardo DiCaprio Over Amazon Fires
Without offering proof, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday said actor Leonardo DiCaprio had funded nonprofit groups that he claimed are partly responsible for fires in the Amazon this year. Bolsonaro’s remarks about the American actor were part of a wider government campaign against environmental nonprofit groups operating in Brazil. DiCaprio’s environmental organization Earth Alliance has pledged $5 million to...
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3 Hurt at Texas Chemical Plant Hit by 2 Massive Explosions
Two massive explosions 13 hours apart tore through a Texas chemical plant Wednesday, and one left three workers injured. The blasts blew out windows and doors of nearby homes and prompted a mandatory evacuation of a 4-mile radius from the plant in Port Neches in Southeast Texas, about 80 miles east of Houston. Officials say they have no estimate for...
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Fired Navy Leader Highly Critical of Trump in SEAL Case
Richard Spencer, who was fired at Navy secretary for his handling of a SEAL war crimes case championed by President Donald Trump, wrote Wednesday that the commander in chief “has very little understanding” of how the American military works. The extraordinary accusation came in an opinion piece published on The Washington Post’s website Wednesday evening, three days after he was...