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For 47 years, the High Court has left recognition of First Nations sovereignty to the political arena, but new findings 'put the option back on the table'. Source: AAP
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SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court was set to rule Wednesday on former President Yoon Suk Yeol's trial on obstruction of justice and other charges stemming from his failed martial law bid, after a lower court sentenced him to five years in prison.
Rebel Wilson is facing another day of cross-examination in the Federal Court in Sydney as she fights a defamation case brought against her by one of the stars of her directorial debut.
A spool of stickers rests on a table at a polling station during Massachusetts state primary voting, Sept. 3, 2024, at the Newton Free Library, in Newton, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
A white-haired Long Island politician who allegedly socked a political rival during a closed-door government meeting stood stone-faced in court Tuesday as he dodged an order of protection against his colleague.
Sir Keir Starmer (right) appointed Peter Mandelson to the UK's most prestigious diplomatic role. (Reuters: Carl Court)
Travelers walk toward the entrance of Oakland’s international airport Nov. 13, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
The Manhattan judge overseeing the fraud case involving SantaCon’s founder is no fan of the notoriously boozy Christmas season bar crawl.
Elon Musk took the stand as the high-profile trial over the future of OpenAI kicked off on Tuesday — claiming that CEO Sam Altman took control of a group founded as a “charity” and improperly morphed it into a money-minting corporate juggernaut.
Ohio Democrat, Rep. Joyce Beatty, speaks at press conference, Tuesday, April 28, 2026 in Washington, following a federal court hearing on lawsuit she has filed in the renaming and pending closure of the Kennedy Center by the Trump Administration. Her lawyer, Norm Eisen, is right. (AP Photo/Gary Fields)
Hisham Abugharbieh, facing two counts of first-degree murder appears in court via video on Saturday, April 25, 2026 in Tampa, Fla. (WFTS-TV via AP)
The estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, who both died in the 2000s, disputed the copyright of studio recordings from the 1960s
Ex-powerhouse producer Harvey Weinstein tried to force a young actress into a torturous threesome with an Italian-born starlet before later raping her, she tearfully testified in Manhattan court Tuesday.
Trial is culmination of a years-long feud between Musk and Altman that has become increasingly vicious
The Department of Homeland Security logo during a news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
A polling judge, right, helps guide a voter’s ballot into a voting machine during the Pennsylvania primary election, at Mont Alto United Methodist Church in Alto, Pa., on May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Horizon cruise ship is shown docked at PortMiami, April 9, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, file)
Two oil executives have denied paying bribes to former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, a court has been told.
The US soldier who allegedly used classified information to score $400,000 betting on the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro looked every inch the part of a covert operative for court Tuesday.
Stefan Pildes walks outside of a courthouse in New York on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A Massachusetts acupuncturist’s two young children were ordered to be removed from her and put into the custody of a court-appointed legal guardian just one day before she allegedly strangled them to death, according to court docs.
A Brooklyn man beaten bloody by a pair of cops in a liquor story in a case of mistaken identity is planning to sue the city for $100 million, according to legal documents.
Wildfire wreckage is shown in Lahaina, Hawaii, Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
An Israeli court has approved the continued detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, without filing charges.
Foreign travel ban imposed Magistrate orders case file be kept in secure vault Expert Committee to assist CID
The government has defended its ban on Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation, two months after the High Court ruled it was unlawful.
Jessica Mann arrives for Harvey Weinstein’s trial in criminal court, in New York, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, centre, and his wife Sara, left, and Israel’s President Isaac Herzog attend a ceremony commemorating Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers, or Yom HaZikaron, at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, Tuesday April 21, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/Pool Photo vi…
Artist renderings of the new White House East Wing and Ballroom are photographed Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
A trial pitting two founders of OpenAI - Sam Altman and Elon Musk - against each other has opened in California, with the sides presenting duelling narratives about the company's history and obligations to consumers.
Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO, world’s richest man and OpenAI cofounder, took the stand on Tuesday (US time) in California in a high-stakes trial revolving around a bitter feud between himself and former friends Sam Altman and Greg Brockman that could reshape the future development of artificial intelligence.
Police have issued a clarification regarding the arrest of MP Archuna Ramanathan, outlining the legal basis for action taken following the recent land dispute in Jaffna.
It’s the messiest lawsuit Artificial Intelligence has faced yet — with the fate of billions, and potentially humanity itself, in the jury’s hands.
President Isaac Herzog's legal advisor, Michal Tzuk, reached out Tuesday evening to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attorneys and invited them to engage in talks to attempt to reach understandings and agreements.
Fed up with the state’s repeated failures to fix an education system that a court found in 2018 was failing most of New Mexico’s students, plaintiffs in the landmark Yazzie/Martinez case are asking a judge to allow them to rewrite the Public Education Department’s reform plan.
Zohran Mamdani and city Democrat leaders stand accused of “racially engineering” New York City’s elite public high schools, according to a Brooklyn mom who last week brought a federal lawsuit against the mayor and the Department of Education.
General Motors is expecting a $500 million tariff refund after the Supreme Court struck down some of President Trump’s most sweeping levies.
Multiple people injured when gunman opened fire inside a social security office and later an appeals court
OAKLAND, California — A lawyer for Elon Musk told jurors at the start of a high-stakes trial against OpenAI on Tuesday that the defendants undermined his vision that artificial intelligence be used to benefit society, because the defendants were interested in collecting riches for themselves.
This courtroom sketch depicts Justice Department prosecutor John Gibbs speaking as defense attorneys Lauren Rosen, Geremy Kamens, from center middle seated, defendant Mohammad Sharifullah, and an interpreter, listen along with Judge Anthony John Trenga during the opening day of the trial for Sharifullah in federal c…
WASHINGTON — Virginia’s supreme court Tuesday let stand a temporary lower-court block on certification of a state referendum designed to give Democrats four more congressional seats.
Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams filed a bombshell lawsuit against the NCAA, the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference this week.
The high-stakes trial over the future of OpenAI kicked off on Tuesday – but not before Elon Musk unleashed a flurry of social media posts that slapped OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman with the moniker “Scam Altman.”
A twisted father from upstate New York smiled and laughed as he pleaded guilty to murdering his 11-year-old son and girlfriend.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University is accused in lawsuits from three students who were injured in the Dec. 13 campus shooting that the Ivy League school ignored prior warnings about the shooter and did not provide adequate security that could have prevented the tragedy.
Damascus on Sunday opened the public trial of a senior security official from Syria’s former regime, in what is widely seen as the beginning of a transitional justice process after years of conflict.
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
A former teacher accused of sexually abusing and killing an adopted baby said the child was "dead meat" and that he had "murdered" him in the weeks before the infant died, a court heard.