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What to know: South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ
National News 01/15/2024Israel is defending itself in the United Nations’ highest court Thursday against allegations that it is committing genocide with its military campaign in Gaza.South Africa asked the International Court of Justice to order Israel to immediately ...
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What to know about arguments over Donald Trump's immunity claims
National News 01/11/2024Appeals court judges signaled Tuesday that they will likely reject Donald Trump’s claims that he is immune from prosecution in his election interference case. The outcome seemed clear during arguments that touched on a range of political and le...
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NRA chief Wayne LaPierre announces resignation ahead of trial
Courts and the Judiciary 01/08/2024The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said Friday he is resigning, just days before the start of a civil trial over allegations he treated himself to millions of dollars in private jet flights, yacht trips, African safaris and other ext...
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Taiwan’s presidential candidates emphasize peace in relations with Beijing
National News 01/01/2024Taiwan’s presidential candidates expressed desire for peaceful relations with Beijing, which has described Jan. 13 elections on the self-ruled island as a choice between war and peace and stepped up harassment of the territory that China claims...
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Michigan Supreme Court will keep Trump on the state's primary election ballot
Courts and the Judiciary 12/27/2023Michigan’s Supreme Court is keeping former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary election ballot.The court said Wednesday it will not hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling from groups seeking to keep Trump from appearing ...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case
Judiciary News 12/24/2023The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps on Friday and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged in a redistricting case they hope will weaken GOP majorities.The ruling...
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Paramedics convicted in Elijah McClain's death after administering ketamine
United States Courts 12/21/2023Two Denver-area paramedics were convicted Friday for giving a fatal overdose of the sedative ketamine to Elijah McClain in 2019 — a jury verdict that experts said could have a chilling effect on first responders around the country.The case invo...
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Nigeria’s Court reinstates terrorism charges against separatist leader
Courts and the Judiciary 12/15/2023Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling dismissing terrorism charges against a popular separatist leader whose trial has been blamed for an outbreak of violence in the country’s southeast region.The Court said Nn...
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Texas Supreme Court blocks Kate Cox's emergency abortion approval
Courts and the Judiciary 12/10/2023The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S...
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Peru court orders imprisoned ex-President Fujimori's 'immediate' release
National News 12/06/2023Peru’s constitutional court ordered an immediate humanitarian release Tuesday for imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, 85, who was serving a 25-year sentence in connection with the death squad slayings of 25 Peruvians in the 1990s.The ...
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Retired Justice O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died
Courts and the Judiciary 12/02/2023Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. She was 93.O’Connor died in Phoenix, of complications related t...
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New Mexico Supreme Court upholds Democratic-drawn congressional map
Supreme Court News 11/28/2023The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld a Democratic-drawn congressional map that divvied up a conservative, oil-producing region and reshaped a swing district along the U.S. border with Mexico, in an order published Monday.All five justices signed a sho...