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Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid
Recent Cases 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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Probation for woman who wiped up blood after killing spouse
Recent Cases 08/07/2022A Florida woman who was acquitted of murdering her husband, a prominent official at the University of Central Florida, was sentenced Friday to a year of probation for tampering with evidence.A judge sentenced Danielle Redlick in state court in Orland...
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Not guilty plea entered in alleged drug deal slaying
Recent Cases 03/07/2022A defendant accused of fatally shooting a man because he didn’t want to pay him for a drug deal pleaded not guilty in Brown County Circuit Court Monday. Pedro Santiago-Marquez is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and being party to...
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Sonnet 54 Preserved Roses in Los Angeles
Recent Cases CaliforniaWomen’s day is coming in a few months. Everyone prepares for it in advance: girls choose outfits, and men are looking for options for a gift. We know what question immediately pops up: “What to give on such a day?” Flowers fo...
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Court denies AG's bid to halt initiative signature gathering
Recent Cases 07/24/2020Those backing a plan to put an independent commission in charge of Oregon’s redistricting process will get additional time to gather signatures and a lower threshold to qualify their initiative for the November ballot because of the pandemic, t...
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Supreme Court rules SEC can recoup money in fraud cases
Recent Cases 06/23/2020The Supreme Court on Monday preserved an important tool used by securities regulators to recoup ill-gotten gains in fraud cases.By an 8-1 vote, the justices ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission can seek to recover the money through a pro...
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Arena turned court for first felony jury trial in months
Recent Cases 06/07/2020A city-owned arena in Batesville became a courtroom this week for the first felony criminal jury trial in Mississippi since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.More than 100 prospective jurors answered their summons to appear in court at the Civic ...
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International court approves Afghanistan investigation
Recent Cases 03/10/2020International Criminal Court judges authorized a far-reaching investigation Thursday of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Afghan government forces, the Taliban, American troops and U.S. foreign intelligence operatives.The ...
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Supreme Court will decide fate of Obama health care law
Recent Cases 03/06/2020The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, but the decision is not likely until after the 2020 election.The court said it would hear an appeal by 20 mainly Democratic states of a lower-court ruli...
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Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of asylum limits
Recent Cases 09/20/2019The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States.The justices’ order late Wednesday temporarily undoes a lower-court ...
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Bulgarian court to eye revoking parole for Australian man
Recent Cases 09/20/2019Bulgaria's highest court says it will look into a petition by the chief prosecutor to revoke the parole by a lower court to an Australian man convicted of fatally stabbing a Bulgarian student during a 2007 brawl.The Supreme Court of Cassation announc...
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Court: No new offshore drilling work during federal shutdown
Recent Cases 01/21/2019A federal judge in South Carolina has turned back the Trump administration's attempt to continue preparatory work for offshore drilling during the federal government's partial shutdown, issuing a ruling in a federal lawsuit challenging the overall ex...