5 Things To Know – March 7

Abortion Law Pushes Texas Clinics to Close Doors

From The New York Times:

Shortly before a candlelight vigil on the sidewalk outside, employees of the last abortion clinic in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas shut the doors early Thursday evening, making legal abortion unavailable in the poorest part of the state in the wake of tough new restrictions passed last year by the Texas Legislature.

Teen suing parents had wild boozy ragers at lawyer’s home

From The New York Post:

The man bankrolling a bratty New Jersey teen’s lawsuit against her parents allowed her to get boozed up and throw wild ragers in his home, according to a new ­report.

Former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez charged with assault and battery in alleged beatdown of fellow inmate

From The New York Daily News:

The charges keep on coming for former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez. Bristol County sheriff Tom Hodgson has charged Hernandez with assault and battery after a fight in jail last week involving the former New England Patriots tight end. Hernandez has been held without bail since June 26, when he was arrested and arraigned on first-degree murder allegations for the shooting death of Odin Lloyd, a Hernandez acquaintance.

FBI urged charges in probe of ‘Sheriff Joe,’ others

From USA Today:

Federal investigators concluded there was sufficient evidence to bring charges against public officials during their years-long abuse-of-power investigation targeting Maricopa County law-enforcement agencies, according to heavily redacted records obtained by The Arizona Republic.

Pistorius’ former girlfriend says he cheated on her with woman he killed

From Fox News:

A former girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius testified Friday at the double-amputee runner’s murder trial that he always carried a firearm and that their relationship ended when he cheated on her with Reeva Steenkamp, the woman he fatally shot last year.