People News Roundup: R. Kelly denied bail on U.S. charges of sex crimes; Meek Mill seeks new trial to end decade-long probation

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R. Kelly pleads not guilty, denied bail on U.S. charges of sex crimes

R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a raft of federal charges accusing him of running a scheme to force women and girls to provide sex for himself and others, and a judge ordered that he remain in jail without bail. A federal judge said the main reason he was denying bail was obstruction of justice charges, part of a multi-count indictment unveiled on Friday in Chicago and New York.

Rapper Meek Mill seeks new trial to end decade-long probation

Lawyers for Meek Mill on Tuesday asked a Pennsylvania appeals court to overturn 2008 drugs and gun conviction that has kept the rapper on probation for a decade and made him a celebrity advocate for U.S. criminal justice reform. Defense lawyers said the Philadelphia judge who has long overseen Meek Mill's case is no longer impartial and has become overly involved in his life, once visiting a homeless shelter to check he was doing mandated community service.