PITTSBURGH -- A juror in Bill Cosby's sex assault trial said Thursday that he did not believe the testimony of accuser Andrea Constand because she willingly went alone to the entertainer's home and brought him gifts on more than one occasion.

"She was well-coached," he said of Constand's two days on the witness stand. "Let's face it: She went ...Read more

Now anyone can have that college dorm experience for just $120 a night.

The University of Missouri will rent out empty rooms this fall for home football weekends and other events at the Columbia campus. The move was announced Thursday at the university Board of Curators meeting.

The rooms are "walking distance from Memorial Stadium," promises ...Read more

ST. LOUIS -- A Cole County circuit court judge ruled Thursday that the language of a ballot initiative seeking to overturn Missouri's "right-to-work" law is unfair and insufficient.

The controversial new law bans union dues as a condition of employment, a long-sought change by Missouri Republicans who argue it will create jobs and lure ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A Virginia man arrested Thursday for passing top secret defense information to Chinese intelligence agents in Shanghai faces a possible sentence of life in prison, the Justice Department said.

Kevin Patrick Mallory, 60, turned over the material during trips to Shanghai in March and April, when he met with two Chinese agents, the ...Read more

Teen accidentally killed by LA deputies while trying to stop pit bull attack on them

LOS ANGELES -- A teenager fatally shot by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in Palmdale early Thursday was accidentally killed as he tried to stop his aggressive dog from attacking the officers, according to an internal sheriff's department memo.

The 17-...Read more

DETROIT -- A federal judge ruled Thursday that the 114 Iraqi immigrants arrested this month by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement can stay in the U.S. for at least two more weeks as he sorts out whether the court has jurisdiction.

U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith said in a written opinion released this afternoon: "The stay shall expire 14 ...Read more

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LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles police officer was arrested Thursday over allegations the officer had sex with an underage member of the cadet program, which has been under scrutiny since the arrest of three teenage cadets suspected of stealing several police cruisers, several law enforcement sources said.

The LAPD offered no additional details.

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SEATTLE -- Surveillance video from the hallway outside the apartment of Charleena Lyles shows she never left the apartment, nor was her home burglarized, in the hours before she was shot by officers, according to a Seattle police spokesman.

Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said a review of 24 hours of surveillance video shows that no one entered the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Here's a huge reason Nancy Pelosi maintains her iron grip on House Democrats, even after another bruising -- and in many party circles embarrassing -- election loss: her ability to raise lots and lots of money.

The House Democratic leader has few current peers when it comes to pumping money into colleagues' campaigns. No other ...Read more

BRUSSELS -- Almost all 3 million European Union citizens currently in the U.K. will be able to continue living there after Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May promised, saying she wanted to offer them as much certainty as possible about their futures.

May set out the principles with which she plans to approach the question of European citizens ...Read more