WASHINGTON — After more than a decade in which the Supreme Court moved gradually toward more leniency for minors convicted of murder, the justices on Thursday moved the other way. The high court ruled 6-3 along liberal-conservative lines against a Mississippi inmate sentenced to life in prison without the possibility...
Grizzlies And Its Possible New League Could Be Demoted in New Baseball
[aggregation-styles] Ballpark Digest It’s crunch time in the takeover of MiLB by MLB, with sweeping changes to Class A leagues, unresolved transitions for the Pioneer and NY-Penn Leagues, and plenty of new affiliations—but still no final list of the 120 teams comprising the future of Minor League Baseball. It’s never...
It’s 1, 2, COVID-19 and You’re Out. No Grizzlies Baseball This Year.
The skies will be clear at Chukchansi Park for the Fourth of July on Saturday night. There will be no fireworks show at the Fresno Grizzlies baseball game. There will be no games at all this season. In a decision not totally unexpected, Major League Baseball informed the minors on Tuesday...
R. Kelly's Girlfriend Charged After Fight at Singer's Condo
CHICAGO — A fight between two of R. Kelly's girlfriends inside the embattled singer’s Trump Tower condominium led to a domestic battery charge against one of them and sent the other to the hospital, Chicago police said Thursday. Joycelyn Savage, 24, was taken into custody after allegedly punching a 22-year-old woman in...
A Loophole Could Keep Young Terror Suspects out of US Courts
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's ability to charge minors for supporting terrorist groups has been hampered by a 2018 Supreme Court decision, forcing prosecutors to hand off at least one such case to local authorities in a state without anti-terrorism laws. The court's decision in a case unrelated to terrorism...
Nearly 6,000 Abuse Complaints at Migrant Children Shelters
WASHINGTON — Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years, including scores directed against adult staff members, according to federal data released Tuesday. The cases include allegations of inappropriate touching, staff members allegedly watching minors while they...
Misleading Tweets by Liberal Activists Fuel Trump
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday seized on an error by liberal activists who tweeted photos of young-looking immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in steel cages and blamed the current administration for separating immigrant children from their parents. The photos were taken by The Associated Press in 2014, when...