Convicted killer pleads not guilty to jailhouse attack on killer of California student Kristin Smart
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of a jailhouse attack on the convicted killer of California college student Kristin Smart pleaded not guilty Monday to attempted murder.
Jason Budrow, 43, entered his plea in Fresno County Superior Court to four felony charges, including using a prison-made deadly weapon and assault by an inmate serving a life sentence, .
Prosecutors say Budrow slashed Paul Flores in the neck last Aug. 23 in the yard at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga in central California.
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Biden renominates Julie Su for labor secretary after Senate declined to confirm her for ten months
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House announced Monday that President Joe Biden has renominated Julie Su to serve as labor secretary as her confirmation has languished in the Senate for more than 10 months.
The decision to renominate Su, who has served as acting labor secretary since Marty Walsh vacated the role last February, was widely expected.
Su’s nomination in April, but with no Republicans on record supporting her, the Biden administration and her backers have scrambled to lock down 50 Democratic votes needed to confirm her.
‘King of the NRA’: Civil trial scrutinizes lavish spending by gun rights group’s longtime leader
NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of operated as the “King of the NRA,” spending lavishly on himself, punishing dissent and showering allies with country club memberships and no-show contracts, a lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office told jurors Monday.
Wayne LaPierre’s methods as the NRA’s executive vice president and chief executive officer allowed him to operate the powerful gun rights organization “as Wayne’s World for decades,” Assistant Attorney General Monica Connell argued in an opening
Memphis judge maintains $1 million bond for man charged with firing shots at Jewish school
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Monday declined to reduce a $1 million bond for a man charged with shooting at a contractor at a Jewish school in Memphis, after his attorney requested a lower amount to allow him to secure his release and get proper mental health treatment outside of jail.
Shelby County Judge James Jones Jr. maintained the bond amount after new details emerged during a court hearing about the day authorities said Joel Bowman went to the school he had previously attended with a gun. Witness testimony
Arrest warrant issued for Montana man accused of killing thousands of birds, including eagles
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge issued an arrest warrant Monday for a Montana man who failed to show up for an initial court appearance on charges of , including bald and golden eagles. A second defendant pleaded not guilty.
The two men, working with others, killed about 3,600 birds on Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation and elsewhere over a six-year period beginning in 2015, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed last month. The defendants also were accused
A Mississippi university proposes dropping ‘Women’ from its name after decades of also enrolling men
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi University for Women announced a proposal Monday to rebrand as Mississippi Brightwell University, with officials saying the new name is supposed to reflect the diversity of the public institution that has been enrolling men since 1982.
Men make up about 22% of 2,230 students at MUW — a school nicknamed “The W.” President Nora Miller a university a task force to examine a name change, months after the university’s Deans Council sent her a
Chicago woman pleads guilty, to testify against own mother accused of cutting baby from teen’s womb
CHICAGO (AP) — A 29-year-old Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder after authorities said she helped her mother kill a pregnant teenager whose baby was cut from her womb.
Desiree Figueroa’s plea was made Monday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. It stipulates that she testify against her mother, Clarisa Figueroa, whose first-degree murder trial is scheduled to start later this month, the reported.
The plea deal calls for Desiree Figueroa to receive 30 years in prison.
JetBlue’s CEO is stepping down, and he’ll be replaced by the first woman to lead a big US airline
NEW YORK (AP) — JetBlue said Monday that CEO Robin Hayes will step down next month and be replaced by the airline’s president, Joanna Geraghty, who will be the first woman to lead a major U.S. carrier.
Geraghty, 51, joined JetBlue in 2005 and has taken on an increasingly prominent role at the New York-based airline in recent years, including becoming president and chief operating officer in 2018.
Geraghty said she was honored to get the new
Judge dismisses Notre Dame professor’s defamation lawsuit against student newspaper
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A judge Monday dismissed a University of Notre Dame’s professor’s against a student-run publication over news coverage of her abortion-rights advocacy.
St. Joseph County Superior Court Senior Judge Steven David found that sociology professor Tamara Kay’s assertions that The Irish Rover’s coverage of her was false and defamatory were unfounded.
“The Court concludes that Dr. Kay does not present any evidence that shows that The Irish Rover had any doubts about the truth of
LGBTQ+ advocates’ lawsuit says Louisiana transgender care ban violates the state constitution
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lawsuit to block enforcement of on transgender health care procedures for anyone under 18 was announced Monday by LGBTQ+ advocates.
The lawsuit was prepared by Lambda Legal and others on behalf of five Louisiana minors and their parents, identified in the filings by pseudonyms. Lambda Legal said in a news release the lawsuit was being filed in Louisiana district court in New Orleans.
State lawmakers approved the ban last year and overrode a veto by then-Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat. The