CLEVELAND (AP) — From a spartan, 16th floor office they've rented just blocks from this week's preliminary meetings of the Republican National Convention, some of the GOP rebels trying to head off Donald Trump are laying the groundwork for a revolt.
Dumping the party's presumptive presidential nominee is a longshot. They're up against an alliance between the Trump campaign and leaders of the Republican National Committee, which this week includes two dozen campaign operatives combing hotel lobbies and convention corridors counting votes and pressing delegates to oppose the dissidents.
BOSTON — A veteran criminal defense attorney says the state's case against a teen criminally accused of goading her boyfriend into making good on his suicidal threats will be a difficult one for prosecutors, noting that there's been "nothing else like it."
"I'm quite confident that prosecutors, at least in Massachusetts, have never encountered a case quite like this," said Kerri Quintal, a Massachusetts attorney who has practiced law for 19 years.
