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Why is Beijing interested in a mid-level government aide in New York State?
BANGKOK (AP) — The decision by New York prosecutors to charge a former aide to the New York governor this week with acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government has raised concerns about...
View ArticleUganda Olympic runner’s horrific death is the latest in violence against...
(AP) — Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei’s horrific death after being doused with petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend has again brought to the fore Kenya’s harrowing history of domestic violence...
View ArticleGoogle’s Android Auto likely breached competition rules, EU court adviser says
(CN) — Google may have breached competition rules by not allowing an electric vehicle app made by Enel, a major Italian power company, access to its Android Auto platform, an adviser to Europe’s top...
View ArticleBad lawyering, but no relief
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A criminal defendant did not need to be advised that he would face mandatory deportation and a permanent ban from the country if he entered an Alford plea to criminal sexual conduct...
View ArticleMedical licensing exams
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. — A medical student might well be right that the National Board of Medical Examiners’ method of scoring exams is discriminatory against those with disabilities, ruled a Pennsylvania...
View ArticleTrump’s election subversion case plods along in wake of SCOTUS immunity decision
WASHINGTON (CN) — The circumstances in Donald Trump’s election subversion case in Washington have drastically changed since the parties last met before a federal judge just blocks away from the U.S....
View ArticleAmphetamine trouble
BOSTON — The maker of Vyvanse successfully sought dismissal of a putative consumer protection class action, which was brought by a patient who says she was given medicine with less of the active...
View ArticleWith Musk’s X banned in Brazil, its users carve out new digital homes
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As billionaire Elon Musk’s clash with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice came to a head last week, there were legal twists, insults, ultimatums, defiance and then, finally,...
View ArticleDodging the judgement
EL PASO — An appeals court in Texas says the trial court shouldn’t have awarded $1 million to a man who, after winning a 1998 judgment against a couple in another matter, argued the pair had schemed to...
View ArticleCrypto platform must let customers access their money
California hit Robinhood Crypto with a $3.9 million penalty for preventing its customers from withdrawing their cryptocurrency from their wallets between 2018 and 2022 as part of a settlement agreement...
View ArticleParole and disabilities
WASHINGTON — A federal court in the District of Columbia sided with two parolees who say they, and other disabled parolees, suffer systematic discrimination from the U.S. Parole Commission and the...
View ArticleCool jobs report sets stage for interest rate cut
MANHATTAN (CN) — The U.S. labor market is cooling at a significant rate, with the federal jobs report coming in lower than forecast for the second straight month. The 142,000 jobs gained in August,...
View ArticleRFK suit against Idaho continues
BOISE, Idaho — A federal court in Idaho did not totally dismiss Robert F. Kennedy’s allegations that the state’s election rules, which require independent presidential candidates to name a VP before...
View ArticleDutch Supreme Court hears arguments over exporting fighter jet parts to Israel
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — A group of human rights organizations were back in court on Friday, telling judges at the Dutch Supreme Court that allowing the country to send F-35 parts to Israel...
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France braces for right-wing government in spite of election results
MARSEILLE, France (CN) — On Friday, the new prime minister of France met with members of the right-wing Les Républicains group to begin forming the country’s next government — a move that left many...
View ArticleOregon relay takes runners 200 miles through mountains, forests
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — On Friday, Aug. 23, the 43rd annual Hood to Coast Relay kicked off at the Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood in Oregon. The relay takes runners through 200 miles of picturesque...
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In small Montenegro lies the future of Europe
MOUNT LOVĆEN, Montenegro (CN) — On a cloudy ridge atop this silent mountain lie the remains of Petar II Petrović. Better known as Njegoš, Petrović was a revered 19th century poet, Serbian nationalist...
View ArticleGeorgia school shooting suspect and father make first court appearance
ATLANTA (CN) — The 14-year-old accused of fatally shooting four people at a Georgia high school and his father made their first appearances in court Friday. Colt Gray and his father Colin Gray, 54,...
View ArticleDonald Trump hush money sentencing delayed to Nov. 26
MANHATTAN (CN) — A New York Judge on Friday agreed to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing until after the November presidential election, ruling that such a delay would be necessary to “avoid any...
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Trump asks federal appeals court to overturn verdict in ‘he said, she said’...
MANHATTAN (CN) — Former President Donald Trump didn’t attend a single day of the 2023 trial where jurors found him liable for sexually assaulting columnist and writer E. Jean Carroll in a department...
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