Greece to spend $27 billion in ‘drastic’ defense overhaul
ATHENS (CNS) — Greece will spend 25 billion euros ($27 billion) through to 2036 in the “most drastic” defense overhaul in its modern history, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleMyanmar junta declares quake ceasefire as survivors plead for aid
SAGAING, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s junta announced a temporary ceasefire on Wednesday as the death toll from a devastating earthquake rose and desperate survivors pleaded for more help amid frantic...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank asset manager DWS fined $27 million for ‘greenwashing’
FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm DWS was hit Wednesday with a 25 million euro ($27 million) fine over misleading advertising for supposedly sustainable products, with...
View ArticleFrance’s Le Pen eyes 2027 vote, says swift appeal ‘good news’
PARIS (AFP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said in an interview published Wednesday that she would use all possible legal avenues to stand in 2027 elections despite a ban on her running and...
View ArticleWisconsin Supreme Court not likely to limit attorney general authority over...
MADISON, Wis. (CN) — Questions about the separation of powers — and the power of the purse — occupied the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case of whether a state law requiring legislative...
View ArticleLawmakers, experts spar as Senate weighs limits on nationwide injunctions
WASHINGTON (CN) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday heard from legal experts who urged Congress to clamp down on federal courts’ ability to issue nationally binding injunctions, which they said violate...
View ArticlePlaintiffs try again for government discovery docs, seeking to prove Texas...
(CN) — A battle over Texas’ 2021 redistricting plans was in front of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans Tuesday, as a three-judge panel heard arguments over whether plaintiffs in the...
View ArticleWisconsin Supreme Court unlikely to uphold governor’s plans for state...
MADISON, Wis. (CN) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday grilled state lawyers on why the Department of Public Instruction should be entitled to literacy spending dollars, as the state agency...
View ArticleRubio says US committed to NATO but demands allies spend more
BRUSSELS (AFP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told nervous NATO members on Thursday that Washington remained committed to the alliance, but said they must agree to massively ramp up their...
View ArticleStolen car attack
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Suisin City, California, cannot be held responsible for an incident in which a Black man at an Amtrak station was hit by a homeless man driving a stolen car. The federal court...
View ArticleGaza rescuers say children among 31 killed in Israel strike on...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AFP) — Gaza’s civil defense agency said at least 31 people, including children, were killed in an Israeli strike Thursday on a school serving as a shelter for Palestinians...
View ArticleMexican president credits ‘good relationship’ after dodging Trump’s global...
MEXICO CITY (CN) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took credit for U.S. President Donald Trump’s relatively low tariffs on Mexico on Thursday, a day after after he issued his “Liberation Day”...
View ArticleVirginia high court rules officer not liable in detainee’s attempted suicide
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Thursday that a detainee who attempted suicide with a police officer’s gun can’t move forward with negligence claims. The high court sided with...
View ArticleGross assault on an officer
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas appeals court upheld the conviction of an inmate as a habitual offender for aggravated assault on a correctional-facility employee. The man threw a cup of urine on an...
View ArticleCourthouse goosestep
ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York court officer may proceed with his suit against the state’s Office of Court Administration for firing him because he took a video of security camera footage showing public...
View ArticleAttorney owes $26M for malpractice, elder abuse
BROOKLYN — A federal court preserves a $26 million jury verdict against attorney Howard Kleinhendler, who was accused of legal malpractice, fraudulent inducement and exploitation of a vulnerable adult....
View ArticleYoung Thug fends off Fani Willis’ attempt to revoke his probation
ATLANTA (CN) — Grammy-wining hip-hop artist Young Thug on Thursday rebutted prosecutors’ attempt to revoke his probation over a social media post, five months after he pleaded guilty in a lengthy...
View ArticlePrince Andrew’s damaged reputation led to links with Chinese man accused of...
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s semi-secret immigration court on Friday released further documents suggesting that Prince Andrew became entangled with a suspected Chinese spy because he was desperate to...
View ArticleTrump slammed for ‘covertly’ withholding FEMA funds from blue states
(CN) — A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration had violated his order to halt sweeping freezes to federal funding by withholding Federal Emergency Management Agency funds to at...
View ArticleJustices urged to find Constitution, not president, governs birthright...
WASHINGTON (CN) — Democratic states and immigrant advocates told the Supreme Court on Friday that the Trump administration wouldn’t be harmed by following over a century of established law, pushing...
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