Recent Updates
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Kavanaugh's support for surveilling Americans raises concern
Class Action 08/28/2018Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has frequently supported giving the U.S. government wide latitude in the name of national security, including the secret collection of personal data from Americans.It's a subject Democrats plan to grill Kavanaugh...
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Israeli court allows entry to Hamas kin for medical care
International 08/26/2018Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that five critically ill women from Gaza may enter Israel for urgent medical treatment despite a government decision preventing relatives of Hamas members from doing so.The five women appealed to the court last month ...
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Iran goes to UN's highest court over re-imposed US sanctions
International 08/24/2018Iran went to the United Nations' highest court Monday in a bid to have U.S. sanctions lifted following President Donald Trump's decision earlier this year to re-impose them, calling the move "naked economic aggression."Iran filed the case with the In...
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Appeals court won't block ruling on candidate party label
Court Watch 08/24/2018North Carolina Republicans have been dealt another setback in their efforts to remove a state Supreme Court candidate's party affiliation from the ballot.The state Court of Appeals declined Monday to hear the request of GOP legislative leaders to blo...
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German court rules in broadcaster Nazi camp spat with Poland
Breaking Legal News 08/21/2018A German court has ruled that public broadcaster ZDF can’t be forced to post a specifically worded apology demanded by a Polish court for erroneously calling two World War II Nazi camps “Polish death camps.”ZDF used that wording in ...
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Driver in British Parliament crash appears in court
Political and Legal 08/20/2018A driver whose car collided with several people before crashing outside Britain's Parliament has appeared in court on charges of attempted murder.The Metropolitan Police force says 29-year-old Salih Khater faces two charges — attempting to kill...
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Man admits slaying wife, blames her for daughters' deaths
Court Watch 08/20/2018The father of two young girls found submerged in oil tanks after being missing for days told authorities his pregnant wife killed the children after learning he wanted a separation, and that he erupted in rage after witnessing the killings and strang...
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Court: Dismissal of cop's Black Lives Matter lawsuit is just
Business Law 08/16/2018A federal appeals court says a Louisiana court rightly dismissed a deputy's lawsuit accusing Black Lives Matter and several leaders of inciting violence that led to a deadly 2016 attack on law enforcement officers.The Advocate reports a three-judge p...
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Court tosses challenge to Virginia's 'habitual drunkard' law
Political and Legal 08/08/2018A federal appeals court has thrown out a lawsuit challenging a Virginia law that allows police to arrest and jail people designated by courts as "habitual drunkards" if they are caught with alcohol.The unanimous ruling Thursday by a three-judge panel...
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Iowa woman promoted to nation's lone all-male Supreme Court
Personal Injury 07/31/2018Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday promoted a female district judge to the Supreme Court in Iowa, the only state where all of its current justices are men.Susan Christensen will be the first woman on Iowa's high court in roughly eight years. T...
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Donald Trump Jr., wife due in court for divorce hearing
Family Law 07/27/2018Donald Trump Jr. and his estranged wife Vanessa are expected to appear before a judge in New York City for a hearing in their divorce case.They're due in state Supreme Court in Manhattan on Thursday. Vanessa Trump filed for divorce in March. Afterwar...
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Court: Starbucks, others must pay workers for off clock work
Court Watch 07/27/2018Starbucks and other employers in California must pay workers for minutes they routinely spend off the clock on tasks such as locking up or setting the store alarm, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.The unanimous ruling was a big victory for hour...