Mar 08 Actor Jussie Smollet indicted by grand jury for making false report By Associated Press A grand jury in Chicago has indicted "Empire" actor Smollett on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men in Chicago who shouted racial and homophobic slurs. Continue reading
Mar 08 Amazon lobbied Washington state to exempt many employees from labor protections By Tom James, Associated Press Many of Amazon's Seattle-area employees would be exempt from new labor protections in a bill passed by the state Senate after lobbyists for the tech giant pushed to change a key threshold in the rules. Continue reading
Mar 08 Court denies new murder trial for 'Serial' podcast's Adnan Syed By Brian Witte, Associated Press In a 4-3 opinion, the Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court that Adnan Syed's legal counsel was deficient in failing to investigate an alibi witness, but it disagreed that the deficiency prejudiced the case. Continue reading
Mar 08 Local Alabama leaders were planning shelter when killer tornado hit By Jay Reeves, Associated Press Now that the worst has happened, Fire Chief Mike Holden said, perhaps everyone will agree on a final plan and find the funding to remedy a situation that much of Alabama addressed about eight years ago after twisters killed more… Continue reading
Mar 08 Little Rock releases video of police officer-involved shooting By Hannah Grabenstein, Associated Press After responding to a call confirming the car 30 year-old Bradley Blackshire was driving was stolen, the officer fired 15 shots into the windshield. Continue reading
Mar 08 Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify about Wikileaks By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press A U.S. district judge ordered Manning to be jailed for contempt of court on Friday. Continue reading
Mar 08 Women's national soccer team players sue for equal pay By Anne M. Peterson, Associated Press The players allege they have been subject to ongoing "institutionalized gender discrimination," including unequal pay, despite having the same job responsibilities as players on the men's national team. Continue reading
Mar 08 Trump tours tornado damage in Alabama By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump toured rural Lee County in eastern Alabama, where 23 people died Sunday in an E4 tornado that carved a path of destruction nearly a mile wide. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch 3:54 Spike in horse fatalities at Santa Anita Park casts shadow over racing industry Santa Anita Park is one of the country’s most famous and storied horse racing venues, and this weekend it was due to host a major prep contest for May’s Kentucky Derby. But a spike in deaths among horses training there… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 3:38 Why changing juvenile corrections is critical to American criminal justice By Steve Goldbloom Prison reform is a major topic within the national political conversation. For many incarcerated people, the path to jail begins in the teen years; at any given time, roughly 50,000 young people are held in juvenile prisons. Johnnie McDaniels, former… Continue watching