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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.
A woman who ran over and killed a man in her car before reversing, driving around him and fleeing the scene has been sentenced to 18 months jail, after a Perth court heard she had attended a wedding on the same day as the hit-and-run.
By Natasha MacFarlane
A Supreme Court jury has found Samuel Liszczak (pictured) was killed by Tyronne Russell. (Supplied)
South Korea’s Supreme Court has held a construction site manager responsible for the death of a Russian worker who fell from a structure along a building’s exterior, despite prior instructions restricting access to the area.
High Point University’s Cinderella run in the NCAA Tournament is already capturing the imagination of college basketball fans, but the blossoming love affair with the small North Carolina school isn’t limited to the players on the court.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks during the Take Back Your Health Tour event at the state Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
A Melbourne lawyer could be banned from practising as a solicitor after pleading guilty to a raft of drug and driving offences including smoking a joint before crashing his car on the way to the local library.
A recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s deposition is played for the jurors on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)
MANILA, Philippines – Prosecutor General Richard Anthony Fadullon has confirmed that four tax evasion cases were filed against Pacifico "Curlee" Discaya before the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) after initial delays due to the filing of a motion for reconsideration.
MANILA, Philippines – Prosecutor General Richard Anthony Fadullon has confirmed that four tax evasion cases were filed against Pacifico "Curlee" Discaya before the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) after initial delays due to the filing of a motion for reconsideration.
The University of California, Berkeley, will pay $1 million and make changes to its policies on antisemitism after settling a lawsuit with the Brandeis Center. The $1 million penalty will act as a reimbursement to the Brandeis Center for outside attorneys’ fees.
TAMPA — Forty-seven years ago, he was born in Hempstead on Long Island, a few full-court fast breaks away from the Hofstra University campus.
SEOUL, South Korea, March 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- GI Innovation announced on 19th that it has entered into a clinical supply agreement with Johnson & Johnson to evaluate a combination therapy in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) in a phase 1b clinical trial.
SAN DIEGO — They were laughing and joyously bouncing off the walls in the hallway before they took the Viejas Arena court for their March Madness practice.
Mihael Vrhovsek in the moments before the attack on the woman. (Facebook: Mihael Vrhovsek)
A major California children’s hospital is facing a legal firestorm after pulling the plug on transgender care for minors, leaving families scrambling and triggering dueling lawsuits.Four families are suing San Diego-based Rady Children’s Health, accusing the hospital of abruptly cutting off gender-affirming treatmen…
When a federal district judge this month blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to terminate congestion pricing, MTA CEO Janno Lieber cheered: “The Manhattan tolls are here to stay,” he declared.
Three men who alleged that actor Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted them have settled their civil claims before going to trial at the High Court in London, courts document show.
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Un menor utiliza una red social en Brasilia, Brasil, el jueves 19 de marzo de 2026. Una nueva ley que regula el uso de redes sociales por parte de menores entró en vigor esta semana y exige que los usuarios de menos de 16 años vinculen sus cuentas con un tutor legal. (AP Foto/Eraldo Peres)
An upstate New York man admitted to leaving harassing and threatening voicemail messages to a family member of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as he pleaded guilty to cyberstalking in federal court Thursday.
North Carolina head coach Courtney Banghart gestures towards the court during the first half against West Virginia in the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Chapel Hill, N.C., March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown, File)
A boy uses a social media platform in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, March 19, 2026. A new law regulating children’s use of social media took effect this week, requiring users under 16 to link their accounts to a legal guardian. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
An alleged drug dealer with two prior arrests was remanded on a measly $100 bond in a Democrat-dominated Colorado city after his attempt to bolt from cops landed an officer in the hospital.
Georgia defensive back Jacorey Thomas (20), who ejected for targeting, hits Mississippi wide receiver Cayden Lee (19) causing Lee’s mouthpiece to come out as Georgia defensive back Daylen Everette (6) tackles from below during the first half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football playoff quarterfinal game, Thursday…
A group of 23 states have filed a legal petition against a decision under United States President Donald Trump to revoke a scientific finding that formed the basis for regulations meant to address climate change.
Darren K. Indyke, Jeffrey Epstein’s former lawyer, arrives for his deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A private Poughkeepsie university failed to protect students from a confessed sex-addicted classmate who allegedly placed peeping-tom cameras in campus bathrooms, a new lawsuit claims.
FBI Director Kash Patel, listens during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, March 19, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
The following is an analysis of a Supreme Court case judgment (Harankaha Arachchige Menaka Jayasankha and another v. Standard Credit Lanka Limited (S.C. (CHC) Appeal No. 72/2013)) focusing on the contractual obligations, the dispute over interest calculation, and the historical legal context regarding compound inter…
Court told of former SriLankan CEO’s testimony Rs. 60 Mn handed over in three installments Former Minister Jayaratne received Rs. 20 Million
Several Congolese citizens welcomed a Belgian court's decision to put 93-year-old former diplomat Etienne Davignon on trial over the killing of independence hero Patrice Lumumba in 1961. Africanews correspondent Chris Ocamringa reports from Kinshasa.
PHILADELPHIA — Tyler Bilodeau took a pass, rose from near the free-throw line and swished a jumper. On the other end of the court, Donovan Dent made a step-back jumper.
New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge connects for a single off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Hahn during the fifth inning of a spring training baseball game Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Dunedin, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
Federal judges read profane death threats and praised U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ comments condemning personal criticism of judges during an unusual forum on Thursday to highlight rising attacks on the judiciary.
Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
NEW YORK (AP) — Live Nation Entertainment’s longtime chief executive was the star witness at a New York antitrust trial Thursday, defending the dominant position his company has taken over the last two decades as a lawyer for nearly three dozen states tried to portray the concert giant as greedy and abusive to custo…
With the seating bowl darkened, the basketball court in the middle of Qudos Bank Arena is lit up like a stage. And as Sydney Kings players train hard in the light, ahead of the opening game of the NBL Grand Final series on that stage on Saturday, a man in black paces around it all.
Disgraced Hollywood sex offender Harvey Weinstein celebrated his 74th birthday Thursday by being wheeled into a Manhattan courthouse for a brief hearing ahead of his third New York rape trial.