Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mamdani said that from the videos he has seen, “it was a snowball fight that got out hand and it should be treated accordingly.”
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[2026-02-26 07:05 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-02-26 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operates out of King County International Airport-Boeing Field, Aug. 23, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
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[2026-02-26 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cleveland Cavaliers guard James Harden smiles as he heads off the court after being interviewed following the Cavaliers’ victory over the Denver Nuggets in an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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[2026-02-26 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Court of Appeal has permitted the importation of specified consignments of BYD vehicles, reaffirming that such imports may proceed on the same basis as earlier directed by Court, subject to the submission of a corporate guarantee covering any duty difference.
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[2026-02-26 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The logo for ExxonMobil appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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[2026-02-26 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed two writ petitions filed by Avant Garde Maritime Services (Pvt) Ltd challenging directives issued by the Defence Secretary to remove the company’s armouries from Sri Lanka Navy premises.
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[2026-02-26 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Colombo High Court, ordered yesterday (25) the acquittal of Daisy Forrest, the grandaunt of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, who was charged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
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[2026-02-26 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The second shooter involved in the incident in which a lawyer and his wife were shot dead by two gunmen inside a car in a supermarket parking lot in the Akuregoda area in Thalangama has been arrested on Tuesday night (24) along with another two suspects linked to the incident in the Hulandawa area of Moneragala.
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[2026-02-26 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a press conference, May 6, 2025, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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[2026-02-26 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo taken from video provided by WCHS-TV, Julie Miller is shown at her sentencing Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Madison, W.Va. (WCHS-TV via AP)
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[2026-02-26 06:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Achraf Hakimi del Paris Saint-Germain durante el partido contra Metz en la liga francesa, el sábado 21 de febrero de 2026, en París. (AP Foto/Emma Da Silva)
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[2026-02-26 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton arrives before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-02-26 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: South African men who were allegedly tricked into fighting for Russia in the war in Ukraine arrive at King Shaka International Airport in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Str)
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[2026-02-26 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Spitting, assault and online abuse are rising signs of a dangerous political culture, which has Australia's security services on alert.
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[2026-02-26 05:28 UTC+10:00] [Crime] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Enzo Conticello admits theft as judge says ‘I expect we’re going to find out’ what he did with egg and luxury watch
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[2026-02-26 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A street collapsed in Omaha, Nebraska, on Tuesday, swallowing two vehicles waiting at a red light. Police say the drivers climbed out and weren’t injured.
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[2026-02-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Last week, for the first time in her nine years of life, Aisiya left the prison camp she’s grown up in. She thought she was on her way to Australia.
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[2026-02-26 04:35 UTC+10:00] [Prison] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Four House Democrats demanded the top Federal Bureau of Prisons official explain how he plans to address the agency’s “persistent, unsafe conditions” and “pervasive shortage of critical staff,” driven in part by corrections officers fleeing the bureau for more lucrative jobs at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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[2026-02-26 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested a 64-year-old woman who went viral on social media after singing the national anthem to the high-tempo local rhythm called dembow during a karaoke session at a restaurant.
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[2026-02-26 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In any private business, if you doubled the budget and got a decrease in output, the CEO would be fired. In the Israel Police and justice system, it’s exactly the opposite: failure is the engine for requesting more budgets.
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[2026-02-26 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The police commissioner’s recent admission is a deeply unsettling moment of truth – yet one that surprises no one who lives the reality on the ground. When he calls for “legal courage” and laments the lack of technological tools for intelligence-gathering, he is effectively raising a white flag over the existing working methods of the Israel Police.
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[2026-02-26 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Opposition parties boycotted the majority of the special plenum session on Wednesday that hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi because Supreme Court Chief Justice Isaac Amit was not invited.
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[2026-02-26 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: State prosecutors on Wednesday filed an indictment at Jerusalem District Court against Israel Harpaz, 19, of Ma’alot-Tarshiha, accusing him of taking part in an organized, racially motivated riot that included assaults, arson, and widespread property damage in the Palestinian village of Jaba, allegedly carried out in retaliation after the evacuation of an illegal outpost last November.
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[2026-02-26 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A husband who is accused of driving his wife to suicide says she lied about being abused by him, a court has heard.
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[2026-02-26 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GEOPOLITICAL analyst and former diplomat Adolfo Paglinawan has accused retired Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio of attempting to salvage his reputation by defending his ruling, which upheld the constitutionality of Republic Act 9522 or the Archipelagic Baselines Law.
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[2026-02-26 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DENPASAR, Indonesia — An American convicted of killing the mother of his then-pregnant teenage girlfriend at an Indonesian luxury hotel was deported on Tuesday after his early release from prison, immigration authorities said.
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[2026-02-26 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — The United States Supreme Court did the right thing by ruling that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 “does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.” Half of the court’s conservative majority has, at long last, stood up to US President Donald Trump’s brazen overreach of executive power.
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[2026-02-26 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s security forces killed 34 militants in multiple raids across the country, the military said on Wednesday, as a separate ambush blamed on the Pakistani Taliban killed four police officers near the Afghan border.
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[2026-02-26 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A sinkhole opened up at a busy Omaha intersection on 24 February, swallowing two vehicles, CCTV footage shared by the Omaha police department showed.
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[2026-02-26 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A prominent Cambodian opposition politician who was convicted of inciting social disorder was granted early release from prison on Wednesday after receiving a royal pardon.
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[2026-02-26 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Supreme Court is photographed, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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[2026-02-26 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The town of Libby, Mont., is seen Feb. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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[2026-02-26 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — The Speaker of the UK's House of Commons said Wednesday he tipped off police that Peter Mandelson, the former ambassador to the US who is facing accusations of leaking information to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was a possible flight risk.
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[2026-02-26 02:08 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With Republicans facing grim poll figures, Trump promised action to influence the vote citing debunked fraud claims
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[2026-02-26 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This image taken from video made available by Sky News shows Peter Mandelson, center, escorted from a house to a car, in London, Monday Feb. 23, 2026. (Sky News via AP)
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[2026-02-26 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Wednesday that a new U.S. global tariff will rise to 15 percent or higher from 10 percent for some countries, as President Donald Trump's administration is taking steps to replace its sweeping emergency tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court.
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[2026-02-26 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has ordered military units and additional police to guard energy infrastructure sites in his country’s east, citing the threat of potential Ukrainian attacks.
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[2026-02-26 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Judge Alexandre de Moraes attends the first day of trial of those accused of ordering the murder of councilwoman Marielle Franco at the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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[2026-02-26 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israeli justice minister holds exceptional power compared with counterparts in most democracies. The office controls court administration, judicial appointments, and the legal infrastructure that governs relations among Israel’s branches of government. In a country without a written constitution, a second legislative chamber, or federal checks, political norms bear the weight of maintaining the rule of law.
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[2026-02-26 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The restrictive conditions imposed on Prime Minister’s Office chief of staff Tzachi Braverman were set to expire at noon on Wednesday, but have now been extended by one day, with the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court scheduled to hold a broader hearing on Thursday to determine whether they should remain in place.
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[2026-02-26 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US Supreme Court’s February 20 ruling has significantly limited President Donald Trump’s ability to use tariffs as a negotiation tool. However, friends and foes have not yet breathed a sigh of relief; restricting the President may increase his use of potentially much more damaging instruments.
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[2026-02-26 00:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The jury in the Natalie McNally murder trial has been shown a purported YouTube live stream conducted by the accused, which prosecutors say was pre-recorded.
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[2026-02-26 00:46 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jamieson Greer warns tariffs may climb from 10% after Trump imposed global levy amid US supreme court setback
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[2026-02-26 00:36 UTC+10:00] [Facial recognition] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Alvi Choudhury claiming damages against Thames Valley police after biased technology confused him with man looking ‘10 years younger’
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[2026-02-26 00:31 UTC+10:00] [Music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The sounds of Afghan history are being erased to prevent music’s ‘moral corruption’ of the Afghan people. We can help keep Afghanistan’s music alive. Plus, Eliane Radigue’s deep listening, and the brilliance of Sinners’s score
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[2026-02-26 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: County judge says the family’s key claims are strong enough for the case to continue
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[2026-02-25 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three Pro-Palestine protesters have pleaded not guilty to charges that they called for an "intifada" during a hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-25 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The heads of district courts nationwide on Wednesday expressed "grave concern" over controversial judicial reform bills pushed by the ruling Democratic Party, including a proposal to introduce a new crime of "legal distortion" and to allow constitutional appeals in court cases.
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[2026-02-25 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A man has been jailed for life for murdering his girlfriend's five-month-old baby in a "rage-filled" attack while she was out at work.
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