NEWARK, N.J. – A federal judge in New Jersey has delayed the release of names of unindicted co-conspirators in the criminal case stemming from the 2013 lane closures at the George Washington Bridge, so she can consider an attempt to keep the list private by an unidentified person whose name appears on it.
U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton had ordered the government to release the list of names by noon Friday in response to a motion filed by The Associated Press and other media organizations.
But before the deadline hour, she instead asked for written arguments on the request, filed late Thursday by a person identified as John Doe, and she pushed the deadline for release of the names to noon Tuesday.
PHILADELPHIA – Bill Cosby’s lawyers have asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for another chance to have the comedian’s criminal sex assault case thrown out.
The defense argues that the current district attorney cannot go back on the word of a predecessor who says he promised Cosby wouldn’t be charged in the case.
The lawyers say Cosby relied on that pledge when he testified in a related lawsuit about his contact with some of the women accusing him of sexual assault.
Cosby was charged last year with felony sexual assault after his deposition in the decade-old case became public.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A remote Alaska Volcano that erupted in March is again showing signs of life.
Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory on Friday morning detected seismic activity beneath Pavlof Volcano that can signal a low-level eruption. Instruments detected tremors typically related to the movement of fluids.
“In this case, lava is considered a fluid,” geophysicist Dave Schneider said.
LANSING, Mich. – A report says Flint’s costly residential water bills could double in the next five years because of a continued loss of customers, increased operating costs, pipe leakage and other problems in the impoverished city whose residents face a lead contamination crisis.
The Michigan Department of Treasury on Friday released an analysis warning that the average residential bill of nearly $54 a month may rise to $110 by the 2022 fiscal year. The typical residential bill has doubled since 2009 and is higher than in Flint’s peer cities.
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