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A Brooklyn woman who claims to be a victim of deed theft allegedly kidnapped her missing dad — and is collecting his social security checks — according to his Georgia conservator who made the shocking claim in court Thursday.
Taylor Swift’s lawyers aggressively hit back at a former Last Vegas showgirl who’s suing the pop star for trademark infringement.
Ex-Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill was in court Thursday facing down a towering OnlyFans model, who is accusing him of shattering her leg during a meetup — with her lawyers claiming he aggressively shoved her during a football lesson because he felt humiliated.
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Multiple former Ohio State football players agreed to join a federal lawsuit against the school over alleged sexual abuse by a team doctor, a lawyer in the case told The Associated Press on Thursday.
A man holding a pipe stands hunched over at MacArthur Park after federal authorities made arrests on charges related to selling illicit drugs on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
An illegal migrant accused of killing a father and injuring an elderly woman during a police chase in Orange County appeared stricken while trying to hide his face in court on Thursday.
President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Lawyers for Rebel Wilson and the actor suing her for defamation have returned to the Federal Court in Sydney on Friday for final submissions in the high-stakes fight.
The US trade court ruled Thursday against President Donald Trump's 10 percent global tariffs in another legal setback to his trade policy, as his administration is already working to replace its emergency duties struck down by the Supreme Court in February.
The state program employs helicopters and small planes to shoot black and brown bears of any age in a large area of southwestern Alaska. Two conservation groups have sued to stop it.
A 26-year-old Yarrawonga man was arrested during the week-long operation. (Supplied: Victoria Police)
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Former prime minister Naftali Bennett filed a NIS 2m. defamation lawsuit Thursday against Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman (Likud), MK Ohad Tal (Religious Zionist Party), and the right-wing broadcaster Channel 14 for claims that he took psychiatric medications to function.
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The Final Four logo is seen on the court prior to the NCAA college basketball tournament national championship game between UConn and Michigan at the Final Four, April 6, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast, File)
President Donald Trump ordered 10 per cent tariffs on most imports to the US earlier this year. (AP: Matt Rourke)
Blake Lively appears at the SNL50: The Anniversary Special at Rockefeller Plaza in New York on Feb. 16, 2025, left, and Justin Baldoni appears at a special screening of “The Boys in the Boat” in New York on Dec. 13, 2023. (Photos by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
The US trade court on Thursday ruled against President Trump’s latest 10% global tariffs, finding across-the-board tariffs were not justified under a 1970s trade law.
The casket containing 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta, killed on Dec. 23, 2021, by a LAPD police officer’s stray bullet while shopping with her mother, is readied for her funeral at the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, Calif., Jan. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/David Swanson, File)
Valentina Orellana-Peralta, 14, was fatally struck by bullet as officer opened fire in a store while confronting a customer
A federal court on Thursday ruled that President Donald Trump unlawfully used Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose a 10 percent global tariff — a backup plan the president implemented after the Supreme Court struck down his more sweeping worldwide tariffs earlier this year.
The two Victorian women face charges including enslavement, while another woman will appear in court in Sydney having been charged with being a member of a terrorist organisation. Follow updates
WASHINGTON, May 7 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. trade court ruled Thursday against President Donald Trump's 10 percent global tariffs in another legal setback to his trade policy, as his administration is already working to replace its emergency duties struck down by the Supreme Court in February.
I have spent my career using courts of law to hold terrorists and their financiers accountable. I am, by training and by conviction, a believer in the legal system.
Trump also issues new deadline for EU to implement trade deal terms before raising tariffs to ‘much higher levels’
President Donald Trump adjusts his microphone while speaking during an event for military mothers in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
PK Kemsley is claiming in a new court filing that estranged wife Dorit has spent more than $1 million on designer items, even as they face potential foreclosure on their Los Angeles home.
A few short weeks ago House Democrats were riding high. They had spent tens of millions to win a Virginia referendum that promised up to four new seats. President Trump was struggling in the polls. The path to a House majority looked plausible.
An explosion damaged the headquarters of the largest party in the Dutch parliament, D66, on Thursday evening, local police said, adding there were no injuries.
Long-serving Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Vi Lyles, who faced calls to resign after urging compassion for the deranged vagrant accused of brutally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska aboard a city train last year, announced she will leave her post just six months after being re-elected.
An Egyptian illegal immigrant who killed an elderly woman and injured a dozen other people in an antisemitic firebombing in Colorado last June was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty Thursday — but he could still face the death penalty.
Cops in Tucson, Arizona, rushed to investigate human remains that a streamer discovered in a wash less than five miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home Thursday – but they appear to be at least 50 years old, possibly even “prehistoric.”
Dozens of people have been killed in attacks reportedly carried out by al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters in central Mali, the deadliest assault since armed groups launched a widespread coordinated assault late last month.
A volunteer at a beloved no-kill Brooklyn animal shelter filed a lawsuit accusing the nonprofit of shipping unadoptable dogs to their deaths down south to make way for profitable puppies.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Salvadoran investigative outlet El Faro announced Thursday that its members’ assets, including a bank account and property, were frozen, in what it denounced as an escalation of political persecution for its work exposing corruption in the government of President Nayib Bukele.
A man is tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a town hall on Jan. 27, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune via AP, File)
A man who threw petrol bombs during a pro-Israel rally last year in Boulder, Colorado, killing one person and injuring at least a dozen, pleaded guilty on Thursday to all charges he faced in state court and was sentenced to life in prison.
This document, released Thursday, May 7, 2026, by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, shows a note that Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate said he found after Epstein’s reported suicide attempt in July 2019. (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York via AP)
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Former sheriff’s deputy Jason Meade stands during closing arguments of his retrial on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, inside Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in Columbus, Ohio. (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, Pool)
Magistrate cancels bail after suspect breaches Court’s trust Paid Rs.15,000 each to two as sureties for personal bonds
Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament that 4,742 cases were filed in 2025 regarding cyber crimes against women and that special cyber crime prevention units have been established in all provinces, including the Northern and Eastern provinces, to investigate such cases.
Non-attachment and the middle way are central to Buddhist philosophy and are considered essential for achieving enlightenment. Individuals can cultivate inner peace, wisdom, patience and compassion by practicing non-attachment and following the middle way (middle-path).All the problems of human society- war, crime, …
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) re-filed indictment against former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal for violating the condition imposed by Colombo High Court over the case causing loss of over Rs. 1, 800 million to the Government by purchasing treasury bills from…
Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena yesterday (7) ordered the remand of 74 Vietnamese nationals arrested by the Kollupitiya Police on Wednesday (6) on suspicion of committing financial fraud via the internet and for violating visa conditions until May 14. The Magistrate ordered the remand of 41 Vietnamese nationals, age…
NPP Badulla District Member of Parliament Ravindra Bandara yesterday (7) lodged a complaint before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) appointed to investigate alleged coal procurement frauds, regarding an alleged fraud linked to the first coal procurement process conducted in 2009.
The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the failure to hold elections for the Sainthamaruthu Urban Council had violated the fundamental rights of residents and ordered the Election Commission to proceed with elections for both the Kalmunai Municipal Council and the Sainthamaruthu Urban Council in accordance with the …
