Recent Updates
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Justices to weigh Trump census plan to exclude noncitizens
Political and Legal 10/18/2020The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up President Donald Trump’s policy, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people living in the U.S. illegally from the census count that will be used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives. Neve...
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Cuban-American judge from Florida on Trump high court list
Political and Legal 09/21/2020A daughter of Cuban exiles who has had a swift rise as a lawyer and judge is on President Donald Trump’s short list to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court.The president said Monday that he does not personally know Barbara Lago...
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero charged with terrorism in Rwanda court
Political and Legal 09/17/2020A Rwandan court on Monday charged Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda,” with terrorism, complicity in murder, and forming an armed rebel group.Rusesabagina declined to respond to all 13 charges, saying some did ...
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Huawei, ZTE lose patent appeal cases at UK Supreme Court
Political and Legal 08/26/2020Britain’s Supreme Court has dismissed two appeals by Chinese telecoms firms Huawei and ZTE over mobile data patent disputes.The disputes center on the licensing of patented technology considered essential to mobile telecoms. The patents are mea...
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Dutch court approves euthanasia in advanced dementia cases
Political and Legal 04/21/2020The Netherlands' highest court ruled Tuesday that doctors can carry out euthanasia in patients with advanced dementia if the patient has earlier made a written directive.The Supreme Court ruling solidifies in law a practice that already was being car...
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Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl
Political and Legal 04/01/2020A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the 2002 kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.Instead, the court found Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh guilty of the less...
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Afghanistan probe appeal begins at Hague international court
Political and Legal 12/03/2019The International Criminal Court opened a three-day hearing Wednesday at which prosecutors and victims aim to overturn a decision scrapping a proposed investigation into alleged crimes in Afghanistan’s brutal conflict.Fergal Gaynor, a lawyer re...
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Supreme Court lets Sandy Hook shooting lawsuit go forward
Political and Legal 11/11/2019The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a survivor and relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting can pursue their lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 26 people.The justices rejected an appeal from Remington Arms, w...
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Blackbeard's ship case about images returns to trial court
Political and Legal 11/04/2019A treasure hunter who accuses the state of North Carolina of misusing his images from Blackbeard's flagship says he'll ask for 10 times the damages he originally sought, now that a court ruling has come down in his favor.John Masters of Florida-based...
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Ohio counties tell court: Don’t let state stop opioid trial
Political and Legal 10/03/2019Two Ohio counties are telling a court to deny their state attorney general’s request to delay a major trial over the toll of opioids.Attorney General Dave Yost asked a federal appeals court in August not to let a district judge move ahead with ...
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Dutch court needs more time to rule on Crimean treasures
Political and Legal 07/15/2019An appeals court in Amsterdam said Tuesday it needs more time to rule on the ownership of a valuable trove of historical artefacts loaned to a Dutch museum by four museums in Crimea shortly before the region’s annexation by Russia in 2014.The A...
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High court avoids new case over same-sex wedding case
Political and Legal 06/17/2019The Supreme Court is throwing out an Oregon court ruling against bakers who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.The justices' action Monday keeps the high-profile case off the court's election-year calendar and orders state judges to...