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MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. filed separate cyberlibel cases against former lawmaker Zaldy Co and the "18 ex-Marines" and their counsel Levi Baligod at the Makati City Prosecutor's Office on Thursday morning.
The man accused of killing high-profile Labor strategist Tim Picton in a coward-punch attack has avoided being sent back to prison to await trial after police prosecutors abandoned a move to revoke his bail.
Gia Lam should have been offered interpreter by medical team at Fairfield hospital, coroner’s court finds
The ruling Democratic Party and the government agreed Thursday on the need to provide support for small and medium-sized enterprises and micro business owners to cushion them from rising oil prices due to an intensifying war in the Middle East.
Elizabeth Meg Krainz previously pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. (ABC News: Eva Blandis)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A U.S. Appeals court temporarily paused efforts by investors to identify Argentina’s assets in the United States in order to collect on a $16 billion judgment in a case about the 2012 nationalization of the South American country’s largest energy company.
The legislature and judiciary have a constitutional duty to rally behind the executive while exercising their powers independently
Judge-led committee hears first evidence in probe into failures and accountability over Wang Fuk Court blaze that killed at least 168
Lawyers for accused sex offender Alan Jones have asked a court to hand over the email address of one of the young men who accused the former broadcaster of indecency during an Opera House performance.
This photo provided by the United States Geological Survey shows Fish Creek through the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, on Alaska’s North Slope on July 8, 2004. (David W. Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey via AP, File)
The Cesar Chavez scandal could “snowball” into the new #MeToo movement, with dozens of new lawsuits targeting the late union leader flooding the legal system.
The rapper Mystikal, who received multiple Grammy nominations in the early 2000s, pleaded guilty Tuesday to raping a woman at his Louisiana home nearly four years ago, according to court records.
The ruling Democratic Party on Thursday was poised to push for the passage of key prosecution reform bills aimed at separating investigative and indictment powers, despite protest from the main opposition party.
The verdict was the icing on the cake.
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel makes his concession speech to a crowd at his election night party, April 1, 2025, in Pewaukee, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)
The New York City Council vowed Wednesday to fight an immigration judge’s “outrageous” decision to deport a Venezuela-born city data analyst because of a missing signature on his asylum application.
A lead detective who helped put serial child molester David Allen Funston behind bars says he never expected to see him get out of prison — and the potential for more child predators getting released on to California’s streets is mind-blowing.
A Homeland Security vehicle is parked outside the Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse during a trial for nine people connected to a 2025 shooting outside an ICE detention facility, in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Topic:Law, Crime and Justice
City workers snatched a breastfeeding 11-month-old out of the arms of her “amazing” mother without a court order — despite the agency’s own staff finding “no safety concerns” in the home, a lawsuit claims.
A premier ski resort in South Lake Tahoe is being sued after an employee’s “malicious” conduct led a five-year-old girl to suffer nasty burns from a served hot chocolate.
More than half of the Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons at the end of last year were being held without charge or trial, a Palestinian rights group has said, as concerns mount over reported abuses in Israeli detention facilities.
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"Squalleyball" or "volley squash" — depending where you hail from — is a fast-paced indoor game that combines volleyball and squash.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that the quantitative increase in arrests of drugs and drug-related individuals is a positive development, and emphasised that ensuring public confidence, as well as that of operational teams, in the destruction of seized drug stocks is a priority. He instructed the relevant…
They’ve got no right to sing the blues!
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred talks to United States right fielder Aaron Judge (99) during the awards ceremony following the championship game of the World Baseball Classic against Venezuela, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Now, a battle over payouts is likely to ensue between the former Kyle and Jackie O Show co-hosts and ARN Media. (ABC News)
The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Department of Labour, will conduct a comprehensive one-day workshop titled ‘HR Legal Compliance & Labour Law Essentials for Employers’ on March 24, from 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. at the National Chamber Board Room, Colombo 10. (Both in Sinhala and…
Legal action will be taken against fuel station owners who act outside the prescribed instructions regarding the dispensing of fuel. The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has established special telephone numbers to provide information in this regard, and the public is kindly requested to provide relevant information to …
Former Sinn Féin leader, who is being sued for symbolic damages, also denies any prior knowledge of the attack
The UK’s domestic intelligence agency, MI5, has agreed to compensate a woman abused by a neo-Nazi informant, admitting “mistakes” that prolonged her legal battle.
Amanda Villavicencio, the daughter of murdered presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, protests with other members of her family outside the court where suspects in her father’s murder are being tried, in Quito, Ecuador, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)
The sole survivor of a catastrophic Tesla Cybertruck crash that killed three college students is alleging the car amounts to a “death trap,” a new lawsuit says.
Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Dec. 8, 2025. (Stephen Yang/New York Post via AP, Pool, File
An antisemitic thug charged with randomly slugging a rabbi in a Queens subway station is now a wanted man after skipping out on his arraignment.
Five years on and little progress made, says judge
Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos allegedly will not speak to Meghan Markle on the phone without a lawyer present.
A 16-month-old girl was smothered to death at her day care in North Carolina — when a worker there tried to force her to nap by lying on top of her while “scrolling on her phone,” a new lawsuit alleges.
A Polish court on Wednesday ruled in favor of extraditing a Russian archaeologist who is wanted in Ukraine for conducting excavations on occupied territory.
I was stabbed in a fight. I am worried since I cannot present, as a witness, the physician who examined me since he has been reassigned elsewhere. The investigating officers told me not to worry because the medical certificate is enough to prove that my wound was fatal and that it would support the filing of a grave…
Louisville guard Mikel Brown Jr. walks off the court after his team lost to North Carolina in an NCAA college basketball game Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
Rwanda told a panel of international arbitrators Wednesday that Britain still owes it 100 million pounds ($115 million) under a controversial refugee resettlement deal that Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped immediately after taking office in 2024.
A married teacher has admitted having sex with a 16-year-old student — including sick trysts in a classroom closet and even in school bushes, according to court documents.
A defiant Afroman is still trolling an Ohio cop who sobbed on the stand during his defamation trial by blasting out mocking music videos ridiculing her and the others currently suing him.
Commonwealth ombudsman also finds Victoria and Queensland police not keeping adequate records
On Saturday night, as the war on Iran entered its third week, a small group of Israelis assembled in central Jerusalem.
Ilya Remeslo sends Telegram post titled ‘Five reasons why I stopped supporting Vladimir Putin’ to his 90,000 followers
Jeffrey Evely, who documented hike on YouTube, says ban in Nova Scotia last summer to help prevent wildfires was unconstitutional
‘I’m struggling to see this as an ‘alteration’,’ judge said amid lawsuit seeking to halt construction until president has won congressional approval