An aide to the top candidate in European elections for the far-right Alternative for Germany is accused of being a Chinese spy. EU leaders warn Russia and China are seeking to undermine democracy in Europe.
Prosecutors argued that Trump violated the order with a series of inflammatory social media posts aimed at witnesses and jurors, while Trump's lawyers said he had the right to respond to political attacks.
A witness in Trump's Mar-a-Lago classified documents case told FBI agents he gave everyone in Trump's orbit the same advice: “Be honest and don’t be cute.”
Individual lake sturgeons can live up to 100 years old, weigh up to 300 pounds and grow over eight feet long. Its population, however, has declined by nearly 99%.
The upper chamber is slated for a final vote on the $95 billion measure Tuesday evening.
Nearly two years after Europe's human rights court first blocked Britain from sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, the deportation plan is back after the British Parliament passed a revised law.
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Carie Hallford and her husband Jon each face a dozen federal charges including fraud, along with more than 200 state charges, for improperly stored bodies discovered at a Colorado funeral home last year.
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Armenia and its South Caucasus neighbor have each brought suits before the International Court of Justice over racial discrimination in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The high court seemed unconvinced that marriage rights outweigh national security interests.
Kevin de Leon pushed activist Jason Reedy against a table in a hallway in 2022.
Reports of sexual misconduct by Lawrence Nassar date back to the 1990s.
Felons cannot be prosecuted for mistakenly voting while on post-release supervision, a federal judge ruled, striking down a century-old North Carolina law.
The civil rights group wants records from the city detailing police canine use-of-force issues.
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The regulation raises the threshold at which salaried employees must be paid for extra work.
The rally targeted three bills to put a loitering law back on the books that detractors say targets people of color and the LGBTQ community.
Until she was unexpectedly banned earlier this year, 72-year-old Vicki Ray says she had only missed seven Denver Nuggets games in the last three decades.
The appointments return the court to a female majority.
Last November, when a crowd of protesters blocked traffic on the San Francisco Bay Bridge, a typically 30-minute drive to cross the bay turned into a four-hour crawl.
Jimmy Gettings claims a Shasta County sheriff's deputy broke his wrist with tight handcuffs after he was falsely arrested for selling baby chicks.
Prosecutors claim Jeremy White and Brian Lightfoot were involved in a "antifa" conspiracy to stop right-wing protesters from rallying by attacking them.
Rulings
A federal court in Illinois partially granted a former high school student’s motion to certify a class of all students who participated in Chicago Public Schools’ “Quiet Time program” between 2015 and 2019. The student has sufficiently alleged that the program was presented as being secular, but featured “hidden” Hindu religious elements, such as chanting Sanskrit mantras that honored Hindu deities and were not “meaningless,” as the student was told.
A federal court in West Virginia denied a class of former foster care children’s motion for sanctions against the West Virginia Department of Health Services because it did not timely produce case files in the class’s civil rights suit over “systemic deficiencies” in the state’s foster care system. The department “made mistakes in preserving and producing information,” but this was not done in bad faith or out of disrespect for any court order.
A state court in California denied a petition filed by Protect Kids California, which sought to change the title and summary of a proposed ballot measure that would change various regulatory provisions that govern trans children in educational and medical contexts.
A federal court in New York partially seals personal information disclosed in prior motions to quash and for protective orders, which included the defendants’ social security numbers and corporate bank account information. Some filings are sealed entirely, while others can be refiled with redactions; still more others will remain public because the defendants waived their privacy rights by including the information on motions that remained on the docket for months without taking appropriate action.
A federal court in Illinois denied an excavation company’s motion to dismiss a union’s complaint, which aims to enforce two arbitration awards stemming from the company’s hiring of strikebreakers in violation of a collective bargaining agreement. The union has sufficiently alleged its claims, so they survive dismissal.
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Hunter Biden filed an interlocutory appeal with the Ninth Circuit on Friday, arguing a federal judge improperly rejected his bid to dismiss tax evasion charges because a plea agreement barred the special counsel from charging him.
Airline passengers and former travel agents seek to stop Alaska Airlines from acquiring Hawaiian Airlines Inc., saying the deal creates a monopoly, shrinks competition in multiple passenger airline markets and threatens Hawaii's economy.
Popular Lunchables meal kits contain lead, cadmium and phthalates, two mothers say in a class action that accuses Kraft Heinz of deceiving customers. A recent report showed that Lunchables — often consumed by children — contained over 60% of the maximum allowed levels of the toxic chemicals that can cause brain damage and other health issues.
Mike Tyson punched out a fellow JetBlue passenger after he denied the former heavyweight boxing champ's offer of magic mushrooms on the flight, the passenger says in a lawsuit that looks to also hold the airline accountable for Tyson's behavior.
Those who are arrested in Travis County aren't provided a counsel for initial bail hearings, one such arrestee says in a class action that accuses the county of creating a "two-tier" system that favors those who can afford to hire an attorney.
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