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Angels Deny Knowledge of Organization's Reported Involvement in Skaggs' Drug Use
The Los Angeles Angels’ director of communication told federal investigators that he provided oxycodone to Tyler Skaggs and abused the drug with the pitcher, according to an ESPN report published Saturday.
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NJ Night Nurses Gave Benadryl to Patients to ‘Lighten the Workload': Lawsuit
Nurses working at Monmounth Medical Center gave Benadryl to patients to “lighten the workload,” a lawsuit alleges
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Socks Help Solve 28-Year-Old Cold Case Murder, Authorities Say
A pair of socks helped lead to an arrest in the killing of a Pennsylvania woman nearly 30 years ago, authorities said.
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Singer Says Opera's Domingo Harassed Her, Grabbed Her Breast
The glittering production was a high point of the Washington Opera’s 1999-2000 season: Jules Massenet’s “Le Cid,” about a legendary Spanish conqueror, starring a tenor legendary in his own right — Placido Domingo, then the company’s artistic director. The opera, also being filmed for broadcast on public television, was unquestionably a career break for a 28-year-old singer named Angela Turner...
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San Francisco's Oldest Cable Car Returns to Streets After 77 Years
After 77 years in storage collecting dust and rumors about its fitness, San Francisco’s oldest cable car is heading back to the streets following restoration by a band of devoted Muni workers.
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Immigrants Fired From Trump Clubs Seek White House Meeting
A group of immigrant workers fired from President Donald Trump’s golf clubs say they want to meet with him at the White House to make the case that they should not be deported. The 21 maids, groundskeepers and other workers fired earlier this year from five of Trump’s clubs asked their former employer in a letter this week to remember...
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Killer Wants Life Sentence, Not Death for Grace Packer's Rape, Murder, Dismemberment
A man sentenced to die for raping, strangling and dismembering his girlfriend’s 14-year-old daughter has asked a judge to instead give him a life term.
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‘It Felt Like Forever:' Witnesses Shaken by Virginia Beach Shooting
Witnesses were visibly shaken Friday evening after a gunman opened fire on the Virginia Beach Municipal Building, killing 11 people and injuring at least six others. 30-year-old Megan Banton called 911 after she heard gunshots and her supervisor gathered her and others into a barricaded office, according to the Virginia-Pilot. “It felt like forever,” Banton told the local newspaper. Sheila...
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SF Becomes 1st US City to Ban Face Recognition Technology
San Francisco supervisors this week passed legislation that would ban the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies and other city departments. Mark Matthews reports.
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San Francisco Becomes 1st US City to Ban Facial Recognition Technology
San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to ban the use of facial recognition software by police and other city departments, becoming the first U.S. city to outlaw a rapidly developing technology that has alarmed privacy and civil liberties advocates.
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‘Evils Attracts Evil': Sara Packer Sentenced to Life Plus 52-102 Years in Adopted Daughter's Rape and Murder
The adoptive mother of a teenage girl who was raped and killed as part of a sick fantasy in one of Pennsylvania’s most gruesome murders in recent history was sentenced to life in prison plus as much as another century in prison.
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‘You Have No Soul:' Jacob Sullivan Gets Death Penalty for Dismembering, Murdering 14-Year-Old Grace Packer
“The butchery in this case is beyond my ability to describe,” Common Pleas Judge Diane E. Gibbons said in court.
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Death Penalty For Murderer of 14-Year-Old Girl
The judge called Jacob Sullivan a “coward” Thursday for requesting police protection in prison as she handed down the death penalty for the murder, rape and dismemberment of 14-year-old Grace Packer. “You have no soul. I have never said that to another human being,” said Judge Diane Gibbons. Sullivan’s girlfriend and Grace’s adoptive mother Sara Packer will be sentenced...
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Pennsylvania Jury Deliberates Life in Prison, Death Penalty for Grace Packer's Murder
Jacob Sullivan, 46, pleaded guilty to the July 2016 rape, murder and dismemberment of his girlfriend’s daughter. Grace’s adoptive mother, Sara Packer, pleaded guilty in exchange for a life sentence.
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Life or Death? Jacob Sullivan to Be Sentenced
At any moment we could learn if Jacob Sullivan will be sentenced to death or life in prison after being convicted of raping and killing a foster child. The jury is deliberating.
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‘It Sickens Me:' Dismembered Bucks County Teen's Family Speaks Out About Impact of Grace Packer's Murder
Jacob Sullivan, 46, pleaded guilty to the July 2016 rape, murder and dismemberment of his girlfriend’s daughter. Grace’s adoptive mother, Sara Packer, pleaded guilty in exchange for a life sentence.
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Grace Packer's Mom Testifies at Killer's Sentencing
Sara Packer testified in court Wednesday about how she helped plan the killing of her own adopted daughter. She told a jury that she did most of the work cleaning up the crime scene.
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Texas Fires Former QB Vince Young From Part-Time Job
Texas fires former star quarterback Vince Young from his part-time role as development officer for poor performance and often being absent from work or not in touch with his supervisors.
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‘Whistleblower' Seeks Protection After Sounding Alarm Over White House Security Clearances
A White House security specialist is seeking official whistleblower protection from the federal government after raising concerns about “unwarranted security clearances” for administration officials, including Jared Kushner, NBC News reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter. The specialist, Tricia Newbold, filed the whistleblower complaint less than two weeks after she was suspended without pay for defying her supervisor, Carl...