DECATUR, Ga. — A former Georgia police officer convicted of aggravated assault and other crimes in the fatal shooting of an unarmed, naked man was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison. Robert "Chip" Olsen was responding to a call of a naked man behaving erratically at an Atlanta-area apartment complex in...
Companies Reach $260 Million Deal to Settle Opioids Lawsuit
CLEVELAND — The nation's three biggest drug distributors and a major drugmaker reached a $260 million settlement with two Ohio counties Monday over the deadly havoc wreaked by opioids, striking a deal just hours before they were set to face a jury at the start of the first federal trial...
Evidence From Ex-Dallas Cop's Murder Trial Fuels Mistrust
DALLAS — Evidence from the trial of a former Dallas police officer convicted of killing her neighbor has fueled new questions about whether accused officers are treated differently than other suspects, including testimony that a camera in the cruiser where the officer sat after the shooting was flipped off and...
White House Fighting Impeachment by Stalling and Attacking
WASHINGTON — As House Democrats fire off more subpoenas, the White House has launched a high-stakes strategy to counter the impeachment threat to President Donald Trump: Stall. Obfuscate. Attack. Repeat. One of the administration's first moves: the State Department on Tuesday barred Gordon Sondland, the U.S. European Union ambassador, from appearing before...
Judges May Not Be Buying That 'Stairway' Needs New Trial
A group of federal judges aren't sure all that glitters is gold, and they don't seem to be buying that a new trial is necessary in the copyright fight over the Led Zeppelin song, "Stairway to Heaven." Members of an 11-judge panel at a Monday hearing before the 9th U.S....
US Presidential Envoy Sent to Sweden for A$AP Rocky's Trial
HELSINKI — American rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault as his trial in Sweden opened Tuesday, a month after a street fight that landed him in jail and became a topic of U.S.-Swedish diplomacy. Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is accused with two others of beating...
Judge Approves New Weinstein Legal Team Led by #MeToo Critic
NEW YORK — A judge gave Harvey Weinstein the green light Thursday to shake up his defense team yet again — this time a mere two months before the disgraced movie mogul whose case inspired the #MeToo movement is due to stand trial in New York on sexual assault charges....
Court Agrees to Listen to Led Zeppelin in 'Stairway' Appeal
SAN FRANCISCO — "Stairway to Heaven" will get another hearing, this time to a packed house. A panel of 11 judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Monday to hear Led Zeppelin's appeal in a copyright lawsuit alleging the group stole its 1971 rock epic from an...
Joaquin Arambula Acquitted of Child Abuse Against Daughter
Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula was acquitted of child abuse Thursday in connection with a December incident in which prosecutors say he struck his 7-year-old daughter in the face. Arambula faced one misdemeanor count of willful child cruelty. Prosecutors said the wedding ring on Arambula's left hand left a small bruise near the...
Arambula’s Daughter Testifies About Vacations and Chocolate Milk
In her second day of testimony, the 7-year old daughter of Joaquin Arambula recalled a family vacation to a Guadalajara, Mexico, ranch. The girl said Monday she was excited because she got chocolate milk, directly from the cow. “It was really good. Probably the best chocolate milk I’ve ever tasted,”...