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Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid
International 04/08/2024The Mexican president has quickly moved to break off diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former vice president who had sought political asylum there after being indicted on corruption charges.In an ext...
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Trump campaign expects to raise $43 million at Florida fundraiser
Legal Business 04/06/2024Donald Trump’s campaign is expecting to raise more than $40 million on Saturday when major donors gather for his biggest fundraiser yet.The event at the Palm Beach, Florida, home of billionaire investor John Paulson is expected to bring in $43 ...
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Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has memoir coming
Legal Business 04/04/2024Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has a two-volume memoir coming out this fall, tracking his life from growing up in California to his 30 years on the court, when he cast key votes on landmark cases ranging from abortion to gay marriag...
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The Man Charged in an Illinois Attack That Left 4 Dead Is Due Back in Court
Criminal Law 04/02/2024A northern Illinois man charged with killing four people and injuring seven others by stabbing, beating and driving over them is expected back in court on Tuesday. A judge in the city of Rockford is expected to consider prosecutors' request that Chri...
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Texas’ migrant arrest law will remain on hold under new court ruling
Breaking Legal News 03/28/2024Texas’ plans to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold under a federal appeals court order that likely prevents enforcement of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s new immigration law until a broader decisio...
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U.K. Court Delays Decision on Julian Assange's Extradition to U.S.
Breaking Legal News 03/24/2024A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty, giving the WikiLeaks founder a partial victory in his long l...
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Supreme Court: Officials can be sued over social media blocks
Court Watch 03/14/2024A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Friday that public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking their critics on social media, an issue that first arose for the high court in a case involving then-President Donald Trump. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, wr...
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Sen. Bob Menendez enters not guilty plea to latest criminal indictment
Court Watch 03/10/2024U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife pleaded not guilty on Monday to new obstruction of justice charges recently added to a broad corruption indictment threatening the Democrat’s re-election chances.“Once again, not guilty your honor,&rdqu...
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Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers
International 03/09/2024Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the United State...
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Prosecutors Drop Charges During ‘Hotel California’ Lyrics Trial
Business Law 03/05/2024New York prosecutors abruptly dropped their criminal case midtrial Wednesday against three men who had been accused of conspiring to possess a cache of hand-drafted lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits.Assistant Manhattan Di...
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Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants
Court Watch 03/04/2024Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally and order them to leave the country is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration.An order issued Monday by Justice...
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Sam Bankman-Fried Seeks Lenient Sentence and to Appeal Conviction
Business Law 03/02/2024Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer said Tuesday that a suggested 100-year prison sentence for the FTX founder by an arm of the court is “grotesque” and “barbaric” and at most a term of a few years behind bars is appropriate for ...