The next battle in the criminal case against Bill Cosby will be whether prosecutors can use his lurid deposition testimony about giving pills and alcohol to a string of women before sex — material that may be disallowed at his trial since the judge ruled most of the women themselves can’t testify. Judge Steven O’Neill must resolve the seeming conflict between two key pretrial rulings he made in recent months: One lets the deposition in, while the other excludes most of the accusers Cosby discusses.
Category: Pennsylvania
AP sources: White House to propose boosting defense spending
The American Academy of Pediatrics is highlighting marijuana’s potential harms for teens amid increasingly lax laws and attitudes on pot use. Actor Bill Cosby is set to return to a Pennsylvania courtroom Monday to ask a judge to bring in outside jurors in his criminal sex assault case.
Celebrate Presidents Day with trips to historical sites
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Sonoma actor declares independence
FOUNDING FATHERS Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Island , John Hancock, President of Congress , Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress , John Adams of Massachusetts , James Wilson of Pennsylvania , Andrew McNair, Custodian of Congress , and Benjamin Franklin THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION: Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress stands at attention as John Adams signs the document, as James Wilson contemplates the future and Stephen Hopkins When? Friday through Sunday, until February 26. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m., with one Thursday on February 23 at 7:30 p.m. “I have some of the funniest lines in the show, and I appreciate that,” notes Sonoma actor Jeremy Berrick, talking about the lavish musical “1776,” now running at Rohnert Park’s Spreckels Performing Arts Center.
Being a White House kid comes with pluses and minuses
Thi… . FILE – In this Jan. 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump waves as he walks with first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron during the inauguration parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington.
Ballet dancer says she’s losing job because she’s too tall
A 5-foot-11 dancer who performed as the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Pennsylvania Ballet’s Nutcracker this season says she’s being dropped from the company because she’s too tall.
Donald Trump, A Uniquely American Populist
Two days after the U.S. presidential election, Marine Le Pen the leader of the right wing French National Front tweeted out congratulations to Donald Trump. During a controversial BBC interview that aired a few days later, Le Pen summed up how she believes the American election will affect her own electoral chances.
Pennsylvania presidential electors to receive police protection before vote Monday, report says
They’re getting thousands of letters, emails and phone calls each day. Some even say they received death threats.