Judge bars parade of Cosby accusers at sentencing hearing
A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday denied a request by prosecutors to allow additional women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct to tell their stories at his sentencing hearing on a sexual assault conviction.
Man charged with trying to steal jet plane at Orlando airport
A 22-year-old man was charged on Thursday with trying to steal a passenger jet at an Orlando airport, where he jumped a fence, boarded the aircraft and tried to make it into the cockpit before he was detained, officials said.
Nine killed, including seven suspected illegal immigrants, in Arizona car crash
A sport utility vehicle carrying seven suspected illegal immigrants was hit head-on by another car on an Arizona highway, killing nine people and seriously injuring two others, state police said on Thursday.
Maryland woman kills three people and herself in warehouse gun rampage
A woman armed with a handgun opened fire on Thursday on co-workers at a Maryland distribution center for the Rite Aid drugstore chain, killing three people and wounding three others before taking her own life, the Harford County sheriff said.
Accuser of Trump’s high court nominee willing to testify: email
A lawyer for the woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, of sexual assault told a Senate panel the professor would be willing to testify next week if it provides “terms that are fair and which ensure her saf…
Ex-prosecutor to examine New York archdiocese sex abuse policies
New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan named a former federal judge and prosecutor on Thursday to independently review how the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York has handled allegations of sexual abuse, after what Dolan said was the “Summer of Hell.”
Accuser of Trump’s high court nominee willing to testify: reports
A lawyer for the woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, of sexual assault told a Senate panel the professor would be willing to testify next week if it provides “terms that are fair and which ensure her saf…
Trump releases first two names of U.S. war dead handed over by North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump released the names on Thursday of two Army soldiers killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War whose remains were handed over by North Korea this year in a goodwill gesture.
New York lawsuit targets student loan debt relief fraud
New York’s attorney general on Thursday sued 10 companies and two executives over their alleged roles in a scam to induce thousands of struggling borrowers into buying student loan debt relief services that they could have received for free.
Three people reported killed in Maryland shooting, suspect arrested
A woman armed with a handgun opened fire on Thursday at a Maryland distribution center for the Rite Aid drug store chain, killing three people and wounding others before the suspect was arrested after apparently trying to kill herself, according to aut…
