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Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) lies on the court during the first half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Los Angeles Angels’ Zach Neto, left, and Oswald Peraza, right, react after a ball dropped between them allowing a single for New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. during the ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
In a spilling of the court’s divisions in public, Sotomayor had criticized Kavanaugh over a dissenting ruling on ICE raids
Arizona’s largest utility has agreed not to cut off electrical service to customers for nonpayment while forecasted high temperatures are 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) or above as part of a $7 million settlement of a lawsuit prompted in part by the 2024 death of an 82-year-old woman whose power was disc…
Hong Kong is a signatory to a law that enables children to be returned to their habitual residence, and the local court to make a determination
Hong Kong is a signatory to a law that enables children to be returned to their habitual residence, and the local court to make a determination
A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) called on House Republicans Tuesday to impeach District Judge James Boasberg after a federal appeals court ordered the jurist to end his criminal contempt probe against Trump administration officials.
John Eastman, a California law professor, speaks to reporters after a Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
A judge has ruled against NSW's strict protest laws introduced in the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre. Source: AAP / Flavio Brancaleone
More than 60,000 nurses and midwives in NSW will receive pay increases of up to 26 per cent after the industrial court acknowledged the majority-female workforce had been historically undervalued, ending a two-year battle with the state’s Labor government.
More than 60,000 nurses and midwives in NSW will receive pay increases of up to 28 per cent after the industrial court acknowledged the majority-female workforce had been historically undervalued, ending a two-year battle with the state’s Labor government.
A Carnival Cruise Line sign is displayed Jan. 29, 2021, at PortMiami in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Father and son Mark Anthony and Marcus Clem McDermott have been fined $15,000 for illegally scuttling a vessel in an Australia-first ruling.
One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards runs the court before an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Monday, March 30, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
Rebel Wilson's directorial debut The Deb has faced legal challenges on its way to Australian cinemas. (Supplied: John Platt)
Nine universities have begun legal action against the government in a row over students being asked to repay loans as soon as possible.
New York: A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of US states and the District of Columbia.
A senior manager at Bloomberg LP bombarded a male employee with crude sexual messages — asking about lubricant and sex acts during a work chat — while the media giant looked the other way, according to a bombshell lawsuit obtained by The Post.
A trailers outside a proposed ICE detention center in a small community in western Maryland known as a destination for weekend bicyclists and Civil War history buffs in Williamsport, Md., Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered a probe into whether right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro issued defamatory statements about his election rival, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The mother of Athena Strand stared daggers at her daughter’s killer at his sentencing hearing Wednesday – describing how she had to hide the bruises he left on her neck, as she vowed to keep her memory alive.
The legal battle over Hope Downs royalties is likely to continue long after the ruling. (ABC News: Mark Evans)
The gun-toting thug charged with killing a 7-month-old Brooklyn girl in a stray-bullet horror hobbled into court on crutches Wednesday to face murder charges in the senseless slaying.
The US attorney’s office in Washington has requested that a federal appeals judge overturn convictions for members of far-right groups Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, who had been found guilty of seditious conspiracy over January 2021 Capitol Hill riots.
Marese McDonagh and Cathy Mueck left their jobs more than three years ago and are still fighting for their long service leave to be paid to them. (ABC News: Stuart Carnegie/Luke Stephenson)
Argentina forward Lionel Messi, center top, watches from a box with family and friends at the start of an international friendly soccer match between Venezuela and Argentina, Oct. 10, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Ticketmaster owner Live Nation has maintained an illegal monopoly over the live event and ticketing markets, according to a bombshell verdict announced in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday.
Verdict in states’ case says concert giant stifled competition in ticketing industry, raising pressure for changes
San Francisco will pay $750,000 to settle a bizarre lawsuit brought by a former employee at the city medical examiner’s office who claimed she was fired for raising concerns that her boss may have tossed out a human skull.
Michael Rapino, chief executive officer and president of Live Nation Entertainment Inc., arrives at Manhattan Federal court, Thursday, March 19, 2026 in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Camp Mystic night watchman Glenn Juenke testifies during a hearing on a suit against Camp Mystic in the 459th State District Court in Austin, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
A Brooklyn family was allegedly part of a ring of car insurance fraudsters that staged bogus crashes to bilk Uber and Liberty Mutual out of more than $300 million, a stunning new lawsuit claims.
WASHINGTON — The law firm that once defended Hunter Biden against federal gun and tax indictments wants to see the pardoned former first son’s correspondence with friends or Democratic Party donors as part of a breach of contract case meant to recoup unpaid legal debts.
The firefighter accused of killing his wife with an ax after allegedly learning she was cheating pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday as family and friends of the slain woman showed up in force.
‘Palestine’s Mandela’ suffers three recent attacks including assault where prison guards set a dog on him, lawyer says
April 15 – As people increasingly turn to artificial intelligence for advice, some US lawyers are telling their clients not to treat AI chatbots like trusted confidants when their freedom or legal liability is on the line.
Amazon is facing a bombshell class action lawsuit accusing the tech giant of purposely letting the software in Fire TV Stick devices peter out so customers would feel compelled to buy newer versions.
A man armed with two knives and carrying a "martyrdom note" tried to carry out a terrorist attack at Israel's British embassy because he wanted to send a message about "the killing of children," prosecutors told a London court on Wednesday.
State prosecutors on Wednesday filed an indictment with the Nazareth District Court charging Shomou Abu Abed, 32, of Nazareth, with maintaining contact with an Iranian foreign agent, carrying out intelligence-gathering and filming assignments for him, and passing along sensitive information she obtained through her …
NEARLY seven out of 10 Filipinos said they support an impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte, a survey conducted by OCTA Research showed.
A man arrested as he climbed a fence to get into the Israeli embassy in London carrying two knives had twice arrived on a small boat from France, a jury has heard.
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The Haifa Magistrate's Court on Tuesday extended the detention of an Israel Police officer, who is suspected of being involved in the theft of gold bars worth hundreds of thousands of shekels.
Eric Swalwell’s hotshot attorney has come out swinging after a bombshell new rape claim was leveled at the former congressman.
Thousands of ski and snowboard instructors are taking on one of the biggest names in the resort business, accusing the major company of shortchanging workers through a controversial pay setup.
A 15-year court battle costing millions of dollars ended in a partial defeat for the tycoon. Will she now bury the hatchet or double down and keep fighting her children and rivals?
American YouTuber Johnny Somali outside the Seoul Western District Court. (Choi Jae-koo/Yonhap via AP)