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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.

by Cain Burdeau

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.

by Erik Uebelacker

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.”

by Steve Garrison

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%.

by Alanna Mayham

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.

by Amanda Pampuro

Six months ago, the justices ruled in an emergency order the Biden administration could enforce the 2022 rule for the time being.

by Ryan Knappenberger

Closing Arguments

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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.

by Alan Riquelmy

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.

by Cain Burdeau

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Courts & the Law
Three ethnic Armenians, a women and two boys, sit on bags of items.

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.

by Molly Quell

The high court seemed unconvinced that marriage rights outweigh national security interests.

by Kelsey Reichmann

Three Iraqis who were abused at the prison brought the civil case against CACI International Inc.

by Nolan Stout

Reports of sexual misconduct by Lawrence Nassar date back to the 1990s.

by Dave Byrnes

Felons cannot be prosecuted for mistakenly voting while on post-release supervision, a federal judge ruled, striking down a century-old North Carolina law.

by Sydney Haulenbeek

The civil rights group wants records from the city detailing police canine use-of-force issues.

by Alan Riquelmy

Around the Nation

A federal judge wasn't persuaded that a prosecution witness misled the jury when he testified that he quit working on the dive boat a few months before the deadly fire because of safety concerns.

by Edvard Pettersson

The appointments return the court to a female majority.

by Andy Monserud

Isreal Easterday was 19 at the time of the riot, as a federal judge acknowledged when he ordered a sentence five times below prosecutors' recommendation.

by Ryan Knappenberger

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.

by Amanda Pampuro

Prosecutors claim Jeremy White and Brian Lightfoot were involved in a "antifa" conspiracy to stop right-wing protesters from rallying by attacking them.

by Sam Ribakoff

New York Attorney General Letitia James has pledged to seize Trump’s signature real estate properties and other assets if he doesn’t comply with the $454 million civil judgment in time.

by Josh Russell

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Rulings

by Daniel Conrad

A federal court in Mississippi denied a sheriff deputy’s request for immunity in this lawsuit arising from his videotaped killing of a man who was repeatedly begging officers to shoot him. He says he feared for his life when he shot the shirtless suspect, who wielded a pointed fence post. The video shows the man was “clearly” having a mental or emotional crisis, but he never verbally threatened the officers and the court says the fence post was not brandished threateningly.

The Ninth Circuit denied a pilot’s petition for review of an order affirming the revocation of his pilot certificate. The pilot transported marijuana, which is legal in Alaska but a controlled substance under federal law, by aircraft within the state, which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to revoke his pilot certificate. The FAA does not lack jurisdiction, as he says, on the theory that Congress cannot authorize an administrative agency to regulate intrastate commerce such as marijuana delivery within Alaska.

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 Texas appeals court upheld the trial court’s decision to grant attorney Sidney Powell’s no-evidence motion for summary judgment in a disciplinary proceeding, in which the Commission for Lawyer Discipline claimed Powell had violated rules of conduct by allegedly filing two exhibits without their dates in a Georgia election lawsuit. The commission’s arguments are meritless, the appellate panel ruled.

The Seventh Circuit ruled that the Illinois Department of Corrections may not outright ban parents convicted of sex offenses from speaking on the phone to their children while they are on supervised release. The government may implement call monitoring to minimize the risk of abuse as an alternative to the ban.

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Hot Cases

by Courthouse News editors

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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