Athletes in Sexual Assault Case Can Play. Just Not at Home. |
-69 |
2016-10-26 00:00:00 |
“The circumstances are novel,” Douglas E. Fierberg, a lawyer who specializes in issues on college campuses, including sexual assault and hazing, said of the restraining order.
A restraining order against one of the players, Tamarion Johnson, accused him of taunting her on the street after she said the assault occurred.
Advertisement Continue reading the main storyA restraining order against a sixth player was dropped Monday night.
Hardin, Buford, Johnson and Johnson each served a three-game suspension from the team while the Hennepin County district attorney’s office investigated.
The decision to issue the order represents an unusual step from an accuser in the national debate over sexual assault accusations on campus and how they are handled. |
JNJ |
{"Joe Drape","Pat Borzi"} |
884 |
NFL’s celebration penalties aren’t about sportsmanship. They’re about control. |
-21 |
2016-10-18 00:00:00 |
Because, see, marijuana leads to heroin, and football players are children who don’t know when to stop.
“I don’t think excessive celebration should cost more than guys hitting other guys in the helmet,” Brown told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
In the NBA you see a lot more turnover in ownership, but in the NFL, everything passes down generationally.
But the NFL leadership goes further than any of its competitors in its paternalistic, authoritarian us-vs.-them attitude toward players.
The league’s flagging of “excessive celebration” with 15-yard penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct is straight out of the turn of the century and yet another exercise in imperial power. |
JNJ |
{"Sally Jenkins Is A Sports Columnist For The Washington Post"} |
500 |
PGA Tour players express outrage at USGA for handling of Dustin Johnson penalty |
-18 |
2016-06-19 00:00:00 |
https://twitter.com/PGA_JohnDaly/status/744671415509516288Update: Johnson was indeed given a one-stroke penalty by USGA officials after completing his round.
Dustin Johnson chats with a rules official on the fifth green during the final round of the U.S. Open.
— Rickie Fowler (@RickieFowler) June 19, 2016Many PGA Tour players felt that there was a simple explanation for why the ball moved: gravity.
— Hudson Swafford (@Hud_swafford) June 19, 2016Hey @USGA, it's impossible for DJ to cause the ball to move backwards!!!!!!!
The fact that the @usga thinks that DJ caused the ball to move is completely ridiculous! |
JNJ |
{"Des Writes For The Early Lead The D C Sports Bog Scouring The Web To Bring Readers Items Of Interest Both Serious Amusing He Also Covers Fantasy Football As Well As Fitness Topics For The Misfits"} |
574 |
Kendrick Johnson probe: Attorney exits mark shift |
-8 |
2016-01-21 00:00:00 |
The probe was transferred to Dettelbach's office in November after Michael Moore, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced his resignation.
The federal criminal investigation will continue to be led out of the Northern District of Ohio, spokesman Michael Tobin said.
Moore launched the federal investigation in October 2013 and now works for an Atlanta law firm.
Steven Dettelbach, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, will leave his post on February 5 and return to private practice, according to the statement.
A departure from Johnson family's legal teamRead More |
JNJ |
{"Victor Blackwell"} |
645 |
FBI to seize school hard drives in Kendrick Johnson probe, source says |
-16 |
2013-12-19 00:00:00 |
"Jacquelyn Johnson, Kendrick Johnson's mother, said of the case, "We're going to fight until it's all over, until we get the truth.
U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia Michael Moore issued a grand jury subpoena to seize the hard drives, the source said.
Fredericks told CNN he found that "highly suspicious," especially considering how the material was acquired by police.
The Johnsons' attorneys were not shy in stating their suspicion that someone could have tampered with the videos.
Fredericks is a U.S. Justice Department consultant and contract instructor for the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. |
JNJ |
{"Victor Blackwell"} |
646 |
Bikes, buses and bridges: Boris Johnson’s biggest design blunders |
-31 |
2016-07-27 00:00:00 |
The sauna on wheelsFacebook Twitter Pinterest Mobile sweatbox … Boris Johnson launching London’s Routemaster bus in 2011.
London bridge is falling downIt was the Kevlar-coated vanity project that could survive missiles of common sense fired from every direction.
Branded bikingFacebook Twitter Pinterest Weeeee … Boris Johnson as mayor of London in 2012.
With capital spending coming under increasing scrutiny since the EU referendum, murmurs from Whitehall suggest that former mayor of London Boris Johnson is now the “lone voice” in the cabinet in support of the project.
In reality, Transport for London (TfL) footed the £11m development bill, while the finished bus cost twice as much as a regular double-decker. |
JNJ |
{"Ian Jack","Oliver Wainwright"} |
1004 |
Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson placed atop UFC 206 in Toronto as Georges St-Pierre waits |
-7 |
2016-10-06 00:00:00 |
Instead of “The Return,” it’s “The Rematch.”The UFC announced that light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier’s second fight with hard-punching challenger Anthony Johnson will take place at UFC 206 on Dec. 10 in Toronto.
St-Pierre hasn’t fought in the UFC in three years, after surviving a rugged test against challenger Johny Hendricks.
Cormier, of San Jose, had his July date with former champion Jon Jones scrapped when Jones failed a test for a banned substance.
The card at Air Canada Centre, home of the NHL’S Toronto Maple Leafs and NBA’s Toronto Raptors, was seen as a natural return spot for former long-reigning welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre of Canada.
For Cormier (18-1), the rematch with Johnson (22-5) revisits their May 23, 2015, bout in which Johnson dropped Cormier with a punch before ultimately being forced to submit by the former Olympic wrestler. |
JNJ |
{"Lance Pugmire","Los Angeles Times"} |
707 |
Adam Johnson guilty of child sex charge |
-40 |
None |
Reaction to Adam Johnson's convictionMedia caption Adam Johnson's victim said in her written statement that she had "lost all her confidence"In a statement, Johnson's victim said she had been through the "hardest year" of her life.
The jury at Bradford Crown Court found Johnson guilty of a charge of sexual touching, but not guilty on a charge relating to another sexual act.
A spokesperson said: "Adam Johnson cynically used his celebrity status as a professional footballer to groom and sexually abuse an impressionable schoolgirl.
She said: "In our football-obsessed region, Adam Johnson had a responsibility as a professional footballer to be a role model, a role he did not fulfil.
"The judge told Johnson he would be released on bail so he could get his "affairs in order". |
JNJ |
{} |
807 |
Adam Johnson jailed for six years for sexual activity with schoolgirl |
-51 |
2016-03-24 00:00:00 |
Police are understood to have have told Johnson he will face no further action over the video, which is said to have been “jokey” in nature.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dave and Sonia Johnson, the parents of Adam Johnson, leave Bradford crown court.
The former England footballer Adam Johnson has been jailed for six years for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old schoolgirl in a “calculated, considered and carefully orchestrated” abuse of his celebrity status.
The medics described Johnson as having a very high libido and a tendency to engage in sexual activity to a compulsive degree with a number of women.
“We should all be clear that there is only one victim in this case: the 15-year-old girl he sexually assaulted. |
JNJ |
{"Josh Halliday"} |
808 |
Boris Johnson: 'strong' evidence Russia carried out strike on UN convoy in Syria |
-19 |
2016-09-21 00:00:00 |
Boris Johnson has said there is “strong” evidence that Russian warplanes carried out the airstrike on Monday that destroyed a UN aid convoy in Syria.
Syria aid convoy attack: what evidence is there that Russia is to blame?
Syria aid convoy attack: ‘the bombardment was continuous’ Read moreUS defence officials have said there was strong evidence that the airstrikes on the convoy were carried out by Russian planes, but Johnson is the first official to level the allegation publicly.
Speaking earlier at the security council meeting, Lavrov said Russia would welcome an investigation into the convoy bombing, as long as it was “impartial and thorough.
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said he was “looking at options for vigorously investigating” the convoy bombing, which UN officials have described as a war crime, if carried out deliberately. |
JNJ |
{"Julian Borger"} |
825 |
Washington, California Sue Johnson & Johnson Over Vaginal Mesh Implants |
-31 |
None |
Washington and California sued Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday over vaginal mesh implants it sold to repair pelvic collapse.
Chiu/Associated PressSEATTLE—Washington state and California sued Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday, saying that for years the company misrepresented the risks of vaginal mesh implants it sold to repair pelvic collapse.
In a news release, Ms. Harris noted that Johnson & Johnson sold nearly 790,000 of the devices nationwide from 2008 to 2014, including more than 42,000 in California.
In an emailed statement, Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc., which marketed the mesh, called the lawsuits unjustified.
The agency had already concluded that women getting vaginal mesh have more complications than women who undergo traditional surgery with stitches. |
JNJ |
{"Associated Press"} |
832 |
Drug Giant Is Fined $1.2 Billion in Risperdal Case |
-34 |
2012-04-12 00:00:00 |
“They were trumpeting it as a miracle, breakthrough drug,” said Thomas Melsheimer, a lawyer who represented the whistle-blower in the Texas Risperdal case.
“Investors at this point have become inured to these large settlements,” said Les Funtleyder, a portfolio manager at Miller Tabak & Company, which owns Johnson & Johnson stock.
In November, the British drug company GlaxoSmithKline announced that it had agreed to pay $3 billion to settle federal investigations into its sales practices for several drugs, including the diabetes drug Avandia.
The fine, which experts said ranked among the largest on record for a state fraud case involving a drug company, is the most recent in a string of legal losses for Johnson & Johnson related to its marketing of the drug, Risperdal.
Prosecutors have accused Johnson & Johnson and Janssen of hiding the risks associated with Risperdal, which is approved to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and behavior problems in teenagers and children with autism. |
JNJ |
{"Katie Thomas"} |
848 |
Bob Woodward and Gordon M. Goldstein -- Lessons on War From McNamara and Bundy |
-31 |
2009-10-15 00:00:00 |
"In their final interviews, McNamara and Bundy dissected America's failures in managing the Vietnam War.
he and I together could have prevented what happened in Vietnam," McNamara said in August 2007, less than two years before his death.
who governs South Vietnam -- he's deeply concerned with what the average American voter is going to think about how he did in the ballgame of the Cold War," Bundy said.
In haunting, mournful tones, they blamed not only Johnson and senior military leaders for a dysfunctional decision-making process, but also themselves.
"As McNamara looked back at the pivotal decisions to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam, he recalled Johnson's resistance to confronting his advisers. |
JNJ |
{"Gordon M","Bob Woodward"} |
924 |
Daily Telegraph fined £80,000 over Adam Johnson photograph |
-27 |
2016-10-10 00:00:00 |
The publisher of the Daily Telegraph has been fined £80,000 for unlawfully identifying the teenage victim of former England footballer Adam Johnson.
Telegraph Media Group apologised unreservedly for using the pixelated image, which was taken from the 15-year-old’s Facebook page.
The teenage victim told Johnson’s trial that she had suffered a huge backlash after she was identified online as the complainant.
The maximum fine the Sun could have faced was £5,000, but the Telegraph Media Group faced a court which had power to fine it an unlimited amount.
It is a criminal offence under the Sexual Offences Act to identify any alleged victim of a sexual offence unless that person has waived their right to lifelong anonymity. |
JNJ |
{"Guardian Staff"} |
499 |
Obama reaches out to battered nation after rage of ‘demented’ Dallas gunman |
-44 |
2016-07-09 00:00:00 |
[Dallas shooter ‘was a good kid’, says neighbor.
In the traumatic hours after a deadly ambush of Dallas police, and outpouring of grief and sympathy flooded the Dallas police station.
A journal “filled with combat-type tactics” was recovered from the suspect’s home, said Judge Clay Jenkins, Dallas County’s chief executive.
Flowers, balloons and ribbons covered a Dallas police cruiser and a Dallas Area Rapid Transit car.
A mile south at the Dallas Police Headquarters, a memorial to the five fallen officers had continued to grow. |
JNJ |
{"Mark Berman Covers National News For The Washington Post Anchors Post Nation A Destination For Breaking News Stories Around The Country","William Wan Is The Post's Roving National Correspondent Based In Washington D C He Previously Served As The Paper S Religion Reporter Diplomatic Correspondent For Three Years As The Post S China Correspondent In Beijing","Brady Dennis Is A National Reporter For The Washington Post Focusing On The Environment Public Health Issues"} |
644 |
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is friendly and seems moderate. But then there’s this. |
-26 |
2016-09-22 00:00:00 |
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson (Rick Bowmer/AP)Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is a friendly guy, seems pretty moderate.
Washington Post political reporter David Weigel spoke with Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, a former governor of New Mexico, in Cleveland Thursday during the Republican National Convention.
He told me that Johnson is more worried about what will happen to the economy if we don't cut spending than if we do.
Except that instead of calling for us to give everyone Medicare or paid family leave, Johnson wants us to cut our budget and cut back on monetary stimulus like they did.
He wants to cut spending by 20 percent next year to get the government back in the black, and then veto any legislation that would make the red ink return. |
JNJ |
{"Matt O'brien Is A Reporter For Wonkblog Covering Economic Affairs He Was Previously A Senior Associate Editor At The Atlantic"} |
759 |
Adam Johnson guilty of sexual activity with a child |
-46 |
2016-03-02 00:00:00 |
The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for nine hours and 42 minutes after which they found Johnson guilty of one count of sexual activity with a child.
The footballer Adam Johnson is facing the prospect of five years in jail after being found guilty of sexual activity with a 15-year-old schoolgirl.
The jurors convicted the 28-year-old just half an hour after acquitting him on another count of sexual activity with a child.
The judge told Johnson he must observe a 7pm to 7am curfew and also said to him that “you would be well advised to stay well away from social media”.
The judge Jonathan Rose told Johnson a substantial custodial sentence was “an almost inevitable outcome” when he is sentenced later this month at Bradford crown court. |
JNJ |
{"Josh Halliday","Daniel Taylor","Marina Hyde"} |
806 |
Mitchell Johnson: a bowler who at his peak was capable of remarkable feats |
-16 |
2015-11-17 00:00:00 |
Mitchell Johnson destroyed us.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mitchell Johnson will be remembered fondly in Australia for his performance during the 2013-14 Ashes series.
Mitchell Johnson’s recordTestsCaps: 73Wickets: 313Average 28.40Strike rate: 51.1Five-wicket hauls: 12Ten-wicket matches: 3Best figures: 8-61 Centuries: 1ODIsCaps: 153Wickets: 239Average: 25.26Five-wicket hauls: 3Best figures: 6-31T20Caps: 30Wickets: 38Average: 20.97Economy: 7.28Best figures: 3-15
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson retires from international cricket Read moreBut fast bowlers are not remembered for the point at which they slowed down and started to fade, they are frozen in time at their peak, when tailenders backed fearfully towards square leg and greats of the game were putty in their hands.
They wondered whether he really was a changed bowler and did not have to wait long for the fears to be confirmed.
But a champion Mitchell Johnson was, as well as a cricketer whose awesome displays of hairy, wild, throwback fast bowling made the sheer sight of Test cricket as great as it has ever been. |
JNJ |
{"Russell Jackson"} |
815 |
Johnson & Johnson to pay $55M in second talc-powder cancer lawsuit |
-15 |
2016-05-03 00:00:00 |
Like the earlier case, Ristesund, used Johnson & Johnson baby powder and other products for feminine hygiene.
In Febru WochitA container of Johnson's Baby powder, by multinational Johnson & Johnson, is pictured in Brisbane, Australia.
(Photo: Dan Peled, EPA)A jury ordered Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) to pay $55 million to a woman who claims talc in the company’s baby powder caused her ovarian cancer.
Skip in Skip x Embed x Share A St. Louis jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $55 million over claims that its talcum powder causes cancer.
She was later diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which is now in remission, Reuters reported. |
JNJ |
{"Mary Bowerman","P M","Edt May"} |
1126 |
Another legal loss for Johnson & Johnson as Missouri court orders talc powder maker to pay $55 million to ovarian cancer patient |
-9 |
2016-05-03 01:17:23+00 |
Reuters/Jessica RinaldiIt was second straight court loss for multinational Johnson & Johnson when a Missouri court ordered the talc powder maker on Monday to pay $55 million (AUD$71.6 million) to another ovarian cancer patient.
The award is broken down into $5 million (AUD$6.5 million) compensatory damages and $50 million (AUD$65 million) punitive damages.
As expected, Johnson & Johnson said it would appeal the court’s decision and insisted the decision contradicts three decades of research that say cosmetic talc is safe, says Carol Goodrich, spokeswoman of Johnson & Johnson.
She was eventually diagnosed with ovarian cancer and went through a hysterectomy and other surgeries, although her cancer is in remission, Reuters reports.
In February, Johnson & Johnson suffered its first, in about 1,200 lawsuits, court loss when a jury ordered the company to pay the family of Alabama resident Jacqueline Fox $72 million (AUD$100 million). |
JNJ |
{} |
1127 |
Market Manipulation Probe Entangles Chicago Trading Firm |
-72 |
2014-11-19 00:00:00 |
Can we get tougher?”Choose SidesJohnson, who owned 10 percent of 3Red, sued Koch and his law firm after he was allegedly pushed out of the trading firm in 2013.
Chicago proprietary trading firm 3Red Trading LLC and co-founders Igor Oystacher and Edwin Johnson were subpoenaed in a market manipulation probe by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as U.S. regulators intensify investigations of the practice of “spoofing.”Spoofing occurs when traders place and immediately cancel orders as a way to illegally move prices in their favor.
The filings, and the probe, came to light as part of a lawsuit Johnson filed in June against 3Red’s law firm alleging a conflict of interest.
Johnson, 3Red, Koch and Oystacher haven’t been sued by the CFTC or charged with a crime.
“In discussions, the owners of Hard Eight had regulatory related questions regarding Oystacher’s trading activities,” according to Johnson’s complaint. |
JNJ |
{"Matthew Leising"} |
603 |
Dispute Between Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific Moving to Trial |
-29 |
2014-07-27 00:00:00 |
At issue is whether a company that Boston Scientific acquired violated an earlier merger agreement with Johnson & Johnson, allowing it to fetch a higher price from Boston Scientific.
Making its case, Johnson & Johnson points to what it says was an incriminating conference call between Boston Scientific executives and analysts.
Johnson & Johnson declined to comment on the matter.
That means the case, in which Johnson & Johnson is suing Guidant, the company now owned by Boston Scientific, appears headed for a trial.
“The ruling does not limit Boston Scientific’s ability to defend this case at trial, which we intend to do,” Boston Scientific said in a statement. |
JNJ |
{"Http Topics Nytimes Com Top Reference Timestopics People G David_gelles Index Html","David Gelles"} |
602 |
Republican looks to overhaul Social Security |
-10 |
2016-12-13 00:00:00 |
The trustees who oversee Social Security say it has enough money to pay full benefits until 2034, and then Social Security will collect only enough taxes to pay 79 percent of benefits.
Rep. Sam Johnson of Texas, the chairman of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Social Security, a key Republican lawmaker, wants to overhaul the nation’s Social Security program, proposing to gradually increase the retirement age for Social Security and slow the growth of benefits for higher-income workers.
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, the Social Security Administration’s main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md.
About 168 million people work and pay taxes toward the inevitable monthly Social Security benefits, and about 42 million of the beneficiaries are retirees and their families.
A March poll by the Pew Research Center found 7 in 10 Americans said Social Security benefits should not be reduced in any way. |
JNJ |
{} |
1169 |