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An alleged fraudster within the Los Angeles Unified School District appeared in a downtown court on Friday charged with taking part in a huge money laundering scam.
A federal judge ruled that Border Patrol agents continued making illegal stops and arrests after she ordered them to quit.
Michelle* didn’t expect to be spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees fighting over property with her ex-husband in court – and she doesn’t want to do it again.
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was treated for dehydration at a hospital after a previously undisclosed March 20 incident in Philadelphia, sources told Fox News.
Blake Lively could become Hollywood’s persona non grata after the latest blow in her sexual harassment case against “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni.
The Trump administration reversed decades of immigration policy last summer when it determined that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must lock up everyone facing deportation, even if they’ve lived in the country for decades and have no criminal record.
Brian Cox is letting people hear him roar once again, and among his remarks is a take on Emerald Fennell‘s Wuthering Heights—despite not having seen the film.
The Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife was forced to admit to a jury embarrassing details about their relationship after her “emotional affair” with a coworker, including that they’d stopped sleeping together and he called her a “lying b–h and a w—e.”
Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg acknowledges the fans as he leaves the court after a game against Vanderbilt in the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
The Democratic Party's premier fundraising machine is in serious legal jeopardy, and the new man running the Justice Department just made clear he intends to do something about it.
Special Education Lead Teacher Anne Anderson helps student Jason Washington, 6, count the days of the month at Samuel J. Green Charter School in Uptown New Orleans on Jan. 29, 2026. (Christiana Botic/Verite News and Catchlight Local/Report for America via AP)
OKLAHOMA CITY — Lawyers for the family of an Oklahoma junior college basketball player who died after suffering a head injury during a game said Thursday the student had been struck by another player’s elbow and accused the team of not providing proper medical care before putting him back on the court.
(UPDATE) THE Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Thursday that it will issue its judgment on April 22 on former president Rodrigo Duterte’s appeal challenging the court’s jurisdiction.
The Islamist charged with murdering 15 people in the Dec. 14 shooting spree at a Chanukah party at Sydney’s Bondi Beach has lost a bid to protect the identities of family members, local media reported on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday after months of strained relations and named his former personal lawyer to serve as acting chief of the Department of Justice.
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Paramount Skydance President Jeff Shell is reportedly negotiating his exit after being accused in a bombshell lawsuit by a high-stakes gambler and self-described fixer of leaking confidential corporate information.
The US killing team that allegedly went after a Yemeni politician on behalf of the United Arab Emirates had a secret 23-man hit list, court documents claim.
Over 100 US-based legal experts and practitioners have signed a letter declaring the war launched by President Donald Trump, jointly with Israel, on Iran a violation of international law, with the strikes potentially constituting war crimes.
Judge threw out 10 of Lively’s 13 claims against her It Ends With Us director and co-star on Thursday as trial nears
Over 100 US-based legal experts and practitioners have signed a letter declaring the war launched by President Donald Trump, jointly with Israel, on Iran a violation of international law, with the strikes potentially constituting war crimes.
BRUSSELS — Technology companies in Europe face a cliff edge on Saturday, as a law allowing them to scan online messages for child abuse material expires.
In court documents, Cate Sayers claims the AFL took only two weeks to clear her husband of making the social media post and any wrongdoing
NEW YORK — Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni over the movie “It Ends With Us” were dismissed Thursday by a federal judge who left intact three claims, including retaliation, that will let a jury hear many of the allegations anyway.
Over half of US federal judges (60%) are using at least one AI tool in their judicial work, a recent Northwestern University study suggests. The research is based on responses from 112 federal judges, drawn from a random sample of 502 federal bankruptcy, magistrate, district court, and appellate court officials.
A federal judge’s message in the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal war on Thursday was clear: settle.
Supreme Court dismisses Young Poong's final appeal, with all three court levels confirming the legality of Korea Zinc's voting rights restrictions
A former US special forces commando made millions of dollars carrying out assassinations for the United Arab Emirates in Yemen, according to court documents.
Decisions on the White House ballroom, public media and journalists’ access to the Pentagon are heartening. But restoring our institutions is up to us
A former US special forces commando made millions of dollars carrying out assassinations for the United Arab Emirates in Yemen, according to court documents.
WASHINGTON — Then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was in the middle of recording a podcast episode with a conservative legal group when President Trump announced he had been elevated to the highest law enforcement post in the country.
Decision came after hearing in which Subramanyam Vedam, 64, said he didn’t kill Thomas Kinser when he was 19
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A Seoul court on Friday dismissed an injunction request filed by Rep. Joo Ho-young against the main opposition People Power Party after he was excluded from the PPP's nomination for Daegu mayor in the June 3 local elections.
Scientific freedom won big at the US Supreme Court this week.
More than 100 United States-based international law experts have signed an open letter condemning US and Israeli military strikes on Iran as a violation of the United Nations Charter and potentially amounting to “war crimes”.
SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Friday dismissed an injunction request filed by Rep. Joo Ho-young against the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) after he was excluded from the PPP's nomination for Daegu mayor in the June 3 local elections.
President Trump told Attorney General Pam Bondi her time in his administration was up while the two rode from the White House to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, according to a report.
Labor groups on Friday welcomed the first ruling by a regional labor relations commission recognizing contractors’ obligation to negotiate with subcontracted workers, saying the decision could accelerate similar demands across industries.
Spain's health minister slammed US "interference" on Thursday after an official urged an investigation into the euthanasia of a paraplegic woman whose long legal battle with her father captured attention.
The army general, who led the country since a 2021 coup against the elected government of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ms Suu Kyi, consolidated his power as head of a civilian regime.
Vengeful resident blares ‘ghostly mountain sounds’ through dividing wall, tries to evade penalties by keeping decibel level within legal limits
A Florida fire rescue lieutenant and his wife – who are “devout Christians” – allegedly forced their adopted daughter to soil herself in her own bedroom for years and then clean up her own mess, police said.
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The lawsuit filed in the US alleged that the airline failed to provide oxygen to Porscha Tynisha Brown who died in 2024
An Ohio savage who spent more than two years behind bars on a murder conviction had all but one of the charges dropped this week since the jury saw him shackled during trial, an appeals court ruled.
SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Friday picked former Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum as its sole candidate for Daegu mayor, a traditional conservative stronghold, in the upcoming June 3 local elections.
SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's ambassador to China has briefed the Chinese ruling party on the results of Pyongyang's recent ruling party congress, a Chinese party department's website showed Friday.