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ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court ruled on Friday that the state’s largest county doesn’t have to appoint two Republican nominees to the county election board, a decision that could tamp down GOP challenges to how elections are administered in predominantly Democratic areas.
A moment of silence is observed for Miller Gardner, son of former New York Yankees player Brett Gardner, before the start of an opening-day baseball game between the Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers at Yankee Stadium, March 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
A jury in California found that Elon Musk defrauded Twitter shareholders during the runup to his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company, according to a verdict issued on Friday.
Members of Elon Musk’s legal team, including attorney Michael Lifrak, left, exit the Phillip Burton Federal Building, in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Dan Hernandez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Emotions ran high in Suffolk County court Friday as the family of a slain Long Island college student had to be reprimanded for their outbursts aimed at their relative’s accused killer.
A person holds a sign opposing the new U.S. House districts passed by the Missouri General Assembly during a protest outside the state Capitol, in Jefferson City, Mo., Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Taylor Frankie Paul could be required to return her compensation for Season 22 of “The Bachelorette” after ABC pulled the show in response to a newly surfaced video that appears to show alleged domestic violence.
Judge rules that Trump’s health secretary did not go through proper procedures when issuing declaration
Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback has been dumped by his own lawyers, who accused him of racking up more than $150,000 in unpaid bills from his long-running legal spat with hedge fund titan David Einhorn, The Post has learned.
UConn center Jana El Alfy, center, fights to maintain control of the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against St. John’s, Sunday, March 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
True Crime YouTube star Jonathan Lee Riches, aka JLR Investigates, is accused of brutally beating, strangling and threatening to kill a former girlfriend, she claims in court documents.
Aaron Judge de los Yankees de Nueva York batea un sencillo ante los Azulejos de Toronto en un juego de pretemporada, el martes 24 de febrero de 2026, en Dunedin, Florida. (AP Foto/Chris O’Meara)
Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting celebrates after defeating Poland’s Julia Szeremeta in their women’s 57 kg final boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former professional wrestler accused of misspending millions of welfare dollars in part of Mississippi’s largest public corruption scandal was found not guilty by a jury on Friday.
The Quakertown Police Department is seen, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Quakertown, Pa. (PJ Schaefer via AP, File)
Three years ago, Jury Duty on Prime came out of nowhere to garner great reviews and Emmy nods despite its out-of-left-field conceit that one person thinks he’s on a real jury in a real trial despite the fact that everyone around him is an actor. In the second season of the show, Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat, …
The battlefield determines who prevails. Yet long before that verdict is rendered, another contest unfolds: over how the war itself is to be understood. From a plurality of competing explanations, a single narrative, or at least a dominant theme, gradually crystallizes and comes to define the conflict.
The battlefield determines who prevails. Yet long before that verdict is rendered, another contest unfolds: over how the war itself is to be understood. From a plurality of competing explanations, a single narrative, or at least a dominant theme, gradually crystallizes and comes to define the conflict.
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, seeking billions of dollars in restitution for allegedly neglecting the civil rights of Jewish and Israeli students.
People listen as South Burlington Police Chief William Breault, right, speaks before a joint meeting of the House and Senate judiciary committees, Thursday, March 19, 2026, at the Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt., to discuss the role of local law enforcement in an ICE raid in South Burlington last week. (Glenn Russell/…
Cleveland Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase leaves Brooklyn federal court, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Lawsuit alleges university violated civil rights of Jewish and Israeli people in aftermath of war in Gaza
The case was discontinued on the last day of a two-week trial, after what the claimants’ lawyers called an ‘extraordinary series of events’
Tuskegee head coach Benjy Taylor gestures to his players during the first half of the HBCU Classic NCAA college basketball game against Morehouse at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP, File)
Switzerland has moved to suspend new approvals for arms exports to the United States amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, citing its long-standing policy of neutrality and legal restrictions under domestic export controls.
I know for a fact that a certain neighbor of mine is only a law student. I also know that he has yet to pass the bar examinations, and a simple search in the Lawyer’s List of the Supreme Court would prove it. However, in our barangay, he always refers to himself as an “Attorney.” Can I file a case for usurpation of …
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department filed a new lawsuit Friday against Harvard University, saying its leadership failed to address antisemitism on campus, creating grounds for the government to freeze existing grants and seek repayment for grants already paid.
Ties among companies bidding for work at Wang Fuk Court also suggest possible under-the-table relationships, independent committee hears
President Donald Trump listens as Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The Supreme Court is photographed, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
Spanish authorities have found that foul play was likely not a factor in University of Alabama student James Gracey’s shocking death in Barcelona.
Legal problems continue to follow ex-NHLer Billy Tibbetts.
BUSAN -- A local court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for a former co-pilot accused of killing an airline captain in Busan earlier this week.
Former ACIP members make contradictory statements following judge essentially invalidating panel and recent decisions
Three people were suing ex-Sinn Féin leader for liability over IRA bombings in UK which left them injured
The right to protest is ‘fundamentally American’, says Bajun Mavalwalla who awaits trial and faces six years in prison
From the court room to the corporate retreat.
Nigeria and the United Kingdom have signed a new agreement aimed at accelerating the return of Nigerians without legal status in Britain, including failed asylum seekers, visa overstayers and convicted offenders.
A Tunisian court on Thursday sentenced anti-racism activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison on financial misconduct charges, a ruling her lawyer condemned as "shocking" and politically motivated, marking the latest crackdown on civil society in the North African country.
Senior figures said to have been skeptical over Keir Starmer’s appointment of ‘arrogant’ veteran politician, later sacked over connections to Jeffrey Epstein
French industrialist Vincent Bolloré will stand trial in December before the Paris criminal court in the so‑called “African ports” case.
Election workers Heidi McGettigan, left, Margaret Wohlford, center, and David Jensen, unload a bag of ballots brought in a from a polling precinct to the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters office in Sacramento, Calif., June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Tributes are pouring in from across the world for South African anti-apartheid activist, human rights campaigner, and constitutional lawyer, Nicholas “Fink” Haysom, who died on Wednesday at the age of 73 following a short illness.
The Wattala Magistrate’s Court has ordered the further remand of five suspects, including former minister Johnston Fernando and his two sons, until April 2.
It’s difficult to put yourself in the place of Cherise Doyley, a pregnant mother of three who found herself facing a judge while in labor at the University of Florida Health hospital in downtown Jacksonville.
The federal court has urgently frozen the sprawling property portfolio of disgraced Australian private security boss Micky Ahuja, after a judge was told of comments Ahuja made during a recent shambolic press conference.
Health and environment advocacy groups in the United States are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw a key 2009 climate change ruling known as the “endangerment finding”.
The National Assembly on Friday passed a prosecution reform bill led by the ruling Democratic Party, aimed at stripping the prosecution of investigative authority and laying the legal groundwork for a new indictment agency.
The Australian Turf Club has claimed Racing NSW owes it nearly $10 million in withheld payments as the high-stakes court battle between the two took a fresh twist on Friday.