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Ex-Oklahoma cop's rape conviction symbol of national problem

Courier Newsroom - December 11, 2015

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A "serial rapist with a badge" who now faces many years in prison for raping Black women on his beat...

National News

AP: Hundreds of officers lose licenses over sex misconduct

Courier Newsroom - November 1, 2015

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Flashing lights pierced the black of night, and the big white letters made clear it was the police. The woman...

Sports

Feds end prosecution of Barry Bonds without conviction

Courier Newsroom - July 21, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After a nearly decade-long prosecution, the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday formally dropped what was left of its criminal...

Sports

Bonds’ obstruction conviction thrown out by appeals court

Courier Newsroom - April 23, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — Barry Bonds has been cleared legally after 11 1/2 years in court. His reputation remains tainted in the mind of...

Pittsburgh News/Metro

Suspect to stand trial on charges he set fire that killed 6

Courier Newsroom - March 13, 2015

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A man accused of starting a house fire that killed six people, including four children, but not the intended target waived...

National News

Black Madam: Amber Rose hired me for buttocks injections

Courier Newsroom - February 27, 2015

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Gothic hip-hop artist charged with killing a London break dancer with an illegal buttocks injection name-dropped her way through testimony...

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High-profile Silicon Valley sex discrimination trial opens

Courier Newsroom - February 24, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —A jury was picked Monday to determine whether a venerable Silicon Valley venture capital firm is liable in a sexual discrimination...

National News

Sisters divided in murder trial of ex-NFLer Aaron Hernandez

Courier Newsroom - February 8, 2015

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — They are sisters, born just two years apart. Now they are divided by the aisle of a courtroom. Shayanna Jenkins...

International

On trial for murder, Pistorius gets into nightclub argument

Courier Newsroom - July 15, 2014

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius was in an altercation at an upmarket nightclub over the weekend, his family said Tuesday. Pistorius went with a cousin...

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