Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-03 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Mississippi State Rep. Edward Blackmon Jr. and his son, State Sen. Bradford Blackmon, reflect on their generational fight for voting rights after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakened the Voting Rights Act. (AP Video: Sophie Bates)
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[2026-05-03 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: In a widely expected, but nevertheless bombshell decision, the US Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down racial gerrymandering — Congressional redistricting plans designed to ensure black and Hispanic candidates win seats by requiring most voters in the district are of the same race. The Court overturned a lower court decision holding that such “majority-minority” congressional seats were required by the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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[2026-05-02 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Nicolas Torre III said a court ruling convicting a member of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) over a blockade during the arrest operations against Apollo Quiboloy underscores that the law applies to all.
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[2026-05-02 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong woman, 25, describes how her job search led her to sign documents helping ‘lawyer’ for a ‘big shot’ and take out string of loans
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[2026-05-02 23:37 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong woman, 25, describes how her job search led her to sign documents helping ‘lawyer’ for a ‘big shot’ and take out string of loans
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[2026-05-02 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Melissa Brown joined the ABC in 1997 in Queensland, working in the Toowoomba, Rockhampton and Cairns newsrooms before moving to Melbourne in 2002. She was the radio court reporter at the height of the Melbourne gangland war. She has spent time on the road for radio and TV news, and has been a producer for Insiders.
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[2026-05-02 21:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mifepristone tablets sit on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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[2026-05-02 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Comedy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As the Onion waits for a court to approve its takeover, creative director Heidecker previews his ambitious plan to parody the site – already sending Jones into a fury
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[2026-05-02 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News,
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[2026-05-02 20:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The case is being closely watched as governments across the US pursue similar claims seeking to force big tech platforms to change to protect young users
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[2026-05-02 20:31 UTC+10:00] [New Mexico] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The case is being closely watched as governments across the US pursue similar claims seeking to force big tech platforms to change to protect young users
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[2026-05-02 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A 66-year-old man has appeared before a court charged with a number of offences relating to the explosion at Dunmurry Police Station, on the outskirts of Belfast, last Saturday.
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[2026-05-02 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A 17-year-old facing terror charges and allegations he cooked up explosives and created a homemade gun has appeared in court and denied 16 charges.
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[2026-05-02 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US immigration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: El Gamal family was released from detention and then re-arrested as US officials appeared to overstep judge’s order
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[2026-05-02 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A masked suspect accused of gunning down two bank employees inside a Kentucky branch is now facing federal charges after a wild, high-speed chase that ended in a crash, according to court documents.
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[2026-05-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Courts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: For many months, conservative lawmakers and political operatives have been targeting the scientists and lawyers behind the Climate Judiciary Project, a program meant to educate the courts about climate science, alleging that their effort constitutes a conspiracy to influence federal judges and persuade them to rule against the oil industry.
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[2026-05-02 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 39 found a leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) guilty for resisting authorities and was given four months in jail sentence.
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[2026-05-02 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has voided the dismissal of former Overall Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang, ruling that then president Rodrigo Duterte exceeded his authority in ordering the penalty.
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[2026-05-02 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Court case involving defender Dean James, who was part of Indonesia’s World Cup qualifying campaign, could lead to 133 matches being replayed
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[2026-05-02 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Eredivisie] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Court case involving defender Dean James, who was part of Indonesia’s World Cup qualifying campaign, could lead to 133 matches being replayed
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[2026-05-02 16:20 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump notified lawmakers Friday that the Iran war has “terminated” — an effort to quelch the fight over the need for Congress to approve the conflict.
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[2026-05-02 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One, Friday, April 17, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-05-02 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival to the White House, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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[2026-05-02 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New rules are part of measures imposed or proposed after November inferno at Wang Fuk Court exposed a raft of fire safety and building management problems
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[2026-05-02 14:00 UTC+10:00] [fire alarms] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New rules are part of measures imposed or proposed after November inferno at Wang Fuk Court exposed a raft of fire safety and building management problems
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[2026-05-02 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CANDON, Ilocos Sur — The 2026 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Star event was not only limited to professional players— as linesmen, ball boys, and volunteers also had the opportunity to play along with the league stars.
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[2026-05-02 13:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Aaron Judge, de los Yankees de Nueva York, batea un sencillo frente a los Orioles de Baltimore, durante la segunda entrada del juego de béisbol de Grandes Ligas, el viernes 1 de mayo de 2026, en Nueva York. (AP Foto/Frank Franklin II)
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[2026-05-02 13:08 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-05-02 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks with reporters on the steps at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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[2026-05-02 12:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail.
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[2026-05-02 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — A US appeals court on Friday temporarily halted mail delivery of mifepristone, the medication used in the majority of abortions in the United States.
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[2026-05-02 11:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladić enters court at The Hague during an appeal in 2021. (Reuters: Jerry Lampen)
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[2026-05-02 11:12 UTC+10:00] [Abortion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Abortion rights supporters say ruling most sweeping threat to access since supreme court overturned Roe in 2022
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[2026-05-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Residents returning to Wang Fuk Court after last November’s fire make tough choices on what to pack and what to leave behind
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[2026-05-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Residents returning to Wang Fuk Court after last November’s fire make tough choices on what to pack and what to leave behind
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[2026-05-02 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MIAMI, Florida — An ex-US lawmaker was convicted of corruption charges Friday in what prosecutors described as a secret lobbying campaign for Venezuela, with the trial featuring testimony by a former close friend, Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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[2026-05-02 10:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Hadera Magistrate’s Court sentenced Mahmoud Sheikh Khalil, a 20-year-old man from Arara, to 10 months in prison for religious insult offenses after he urinated near a sacred station, among other offenses. Additionally, he was sentenced to a suspended prison term and a fine of 10,000 shekels.
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[2026-05-02 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The small group of Islamist regime loyalists now ruling Iran by committee may be able to fool the world with AI-generated propaganda videos, paper statements attributed to an invisible ayatollah and ChatGPT-scripted posts on X, but they can’t escape the reality of an American naval blockade pushing their economy off the cliff.
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[2026-05-02 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian media] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The former presenter says she took strength from other women’s achievements as she researched her new book during federal court case
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[2026-05-02 09:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: HOUSTON — As Austin Reaves was ramping up to make his eventual return to the court from a strained left oblique, Lakers coach JJ Redick was asked: How would the team manage Reaves’ role after Luke Kennard’s emergence in the playoffs?
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[2026-05-02 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Podcast host Joe Rogan dismissed as “fake” a sensational sexual-harassment lawsuit against a JPMorgan Chase executive that lit up the internet this week, joking that the lurid claims read like the work of “the horniest guy ever.”
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[2026-05-02 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ah, the fuzzy picture, the 4:3 aspect ratio, the gratuitous toplessness of pay-cable content – if anything recalls Homer Simpson’s 20th-centuryism of “the warm glow of TV’s warm glow,” it’s a ridiculous, punny, irony-drenched old episode of Tales from the Crypt. Ongoing legal-rights issues kept the beloved cult anthology series – which originally aired on HBO from 1989-1996 – in streaming dormancy until now, when Shudder at long last rolls out all seven seasons, one season per week, so you
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[2026-05-02 08:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Liberal: Court’s Right To End Racialized Voting
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[2026-05-02 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The grief-stricken father of cheerleader Anna Kepner, who was allegedly killed by her stepbrother, will not attend the June murder trial – revealing he can’t possibly “relive” the tragic moment he discovered his slain daughter on a family vacation.
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[2026-05-02 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mifepristone tablets sit on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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[2026-05-02 07:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Rebel Wilson gave evidence across three days. (AAP: Dan Himbrechts)
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[2026-05-02 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Spectators crowd center court at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex during the UCLA and North Carolina women’s doubles match in the NCAA Division I tennis championships, May 20, 2014, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/David Tulis, File)
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[2026-05-02 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rebel Wilson was branded “abusive” and accused of leaking a nude photo of Charlotte MacInnes in her explosive defamation court battle with the “Deb” actress.
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[2026-05-02 06:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Calvin Duncan has been elected as New Orleans’ new clerk of criminal court, but now Republican lawmakers in Baton Rouge are racing to eliminate the position. (AP Video: Stephen Smith)
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[2026-05-02 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump’s administration from stripping temporary deportation protections for nearly 3,000 Yemeni nationals living in the US, in the latest legal setback for the president’s immigration crackdown.
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