Bill Cosby
Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
(Charleston) Post and Courier. May 31, 2021. Editorial: SC school district consolidations finally starting to add up. We need more still ...

PA—Pennsylvania News Digest

May. 28, 2021 01:56 PM EDT
Here’s a look at AP’s general news coverage today in Pennsylvania. For questions about the state report, contact the Philadelphia bureau at 215-561-1133. ...

James "Lap" Baker, a 1970 Jackson State College graduate, speaks on May 13, 2021, in Jackson, Miss., about the May 15, 1970, incident where white local police and Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers marched onto campus of the historically Black school and opened fire on students, claiming they had seen a sniper. Baker is among about 70 graduates being honored as the school, now called Jackson State University, is holding a graduation ceremony 51 years after it canceled the 1970 commencement after the violence. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
A university honors its grads 51 years after police shooting

By Emily Wagster Pettus May. 14, 2021 01:23 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 26, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Monday, April 26, the 116th day of 2021. There are 249 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE — In this Dec. 10, 2020 file photo, registered nurse Laura Moore, left, swabs a patient during testing for COVID-19 organized by Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers at Mifflin Square Park, in south Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Pennsylvania 2020: Pandemic, protests and the presidency

By Michael Rubinkam Dec. 24, 2020 09:54 AM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, accuser Andrea Constand returns to the courtroom during a lunch break at the sentencing hearing for Bill Cosby at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Cosby, 83, has spent more than two years in prison since he was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand, a Temple University employee he had taken under his wing, in 2004. Now the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear his appeal of the conviction on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. The arguments will focus on the trial judge's decision to let five other accusers testify for the prosecution. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
Cosby's sex assault conviction goes before high-level court

By Maryclaire Dale Dec. 01, 2020 12:15 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2018 file photo, attorney, Gloria Allred, center, along with her clients, Chelan Lasha, left, and Lise-Lotte Lublin, right, both of whom have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, talk to the media during a press conference at the Le Meridien Hotel in Philadelphia, Pa. Cosby has spent more than two years in prison since he was convicted of sexual assault in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. Now the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear his appeal of the conviction on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. The arguments will focus on the trial judge's decision to let five other accusers testify for the prosecution. (Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)
Key question in Cosby appeal: Does defendant's past matter?

By Maryclaire Dale Nov. 29, 2020 09:48 AM EST

Judge Miguel Espinoza speaks during actor Danny Masterson's arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Masterson, from "That '70s Show", was arraigned on three rape charges. (Lucy Nicholson/Pool Photo via AP)
Actor Masterson's lawyer denies and denounces rape charges

By Andrew Dalton Sep. 18, 2020 04:32 PM EDT