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The High Court has for the second time struck down Labor’s ankle bracelet and curfew regime for former criminals released from immigration detention, continuing a years-long legal fallout over how the government deals with people it can’t deport.
Epstein died in a federal jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. (AP: New York State Sex Offender Registry)
Blake Seers, 37, has been charged with two counts of murder (domestic violence) over the deaths of a woman and child. (ABC News: Lucas Hill)
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Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, had a reputation for being able to bridge the country’s hard-line military elements and more moderate political factions. His killing in an Israeli airstrike could open the way for Iran’s military to tighten its grip over the ruling system, analysts say.
The man accused of killing his 11-month-old girl and his partner has a schizoaffective disorder, his lawyer has told a Brisbane court.
Helen Murray says the yard attached to her Silverton home was a mess when she first moved there 27 years ago. (ABC Broken Hill: Coquohalla Connor)
Zhang Kequn and Charles Mwangi, who were arrested after authorities found them with 1,948 ants, appeared in court in Nairobi on Tuesday
Closing arguments concluded Tuesday in a trial pitting Elon Musk against Twitter shareholders who say the world’s richest man engaged in a pattern of deceptive behavior that misled investors as he attempted to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform in 2022.
The High Court has ruled on the legality of a law requiring those released from immigration detention to adhere to a curfew and wear ankle monitoring devices. (Supplied: QPS)
Alina Habba speaks after being sworn in as interim US Attorney General for New Jersey, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on March 28, 2025. (Pool File via AP, file)
A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol on June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
An alleged drunk driver charged with killing four people in a fiery, chain-reaction crash involving a California Highway Patrol officer broke down Tuesday during a court appearance on murder charges.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears before a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, March 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.,File)
A Houston woman sued Tesla last month after she says her Cybertruck, allegedly operating in self-driving mode, was captured on camera nearly sending her and her infant off a bridge before ultimately crashing into an overpass barrier.
Musician, AKA Michael Tyler, faces up to 20 years after entering plea in state court outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Ticketmaster logo is seen along the sideline of the field before an NFL football game, Sept. 15, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
Close ally of president was set to testify at antitrust trial of Ticketmaster parent company later this month
Kari Lake speaks to supporters at a campaign event, Sept. 4, 2024, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
CAIRO (AP) — Morocco was stunningly awarded the Africa Cup of Nations title on Tuesday by appeals judges that overturned Senegal’s victory in a chaotic final in January.
This image made from bodycamera video released by the Childersburg (Ala.) Police Department and provided by attorney Harry Daniels shows Michael Jennings, left, watering flowers in Childersburg, Ala., May 22, 2022. (Childersburg Police Department via AP, File)
Kouri Richins, the Utah children’s book author is facing life in prison after she was convicted of murdering her husband — but that’s not the end of her legal woes.
Defendant Kouri Richins, left, accused of poisoning her husband in March 2022, listens to closing arguments in Third District Court, Monday, March 16, 2026, in Park City, Utah. (David Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Texas to extend the application deadline for private school vouchers until March 31 due to the state’s exclusion of Islamic schools from the program.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers are seen during a media tour of subway tunnels built in the 1970s that will be part of the Second Ave Subway expansion project, Nov. 23, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
ROME — The Vatican appeals tribunal declared a mistrial Tuesday in the Holy See’s big “trial of the century,” a stunning blow to both Pope Francis’ legacy and Vatican prosecutors who had put a cardinal and several other people on trial over alleged financial crimes.
Attorney General Pam Bondi listens as she testifies before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner, file)
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) said that they filed legal action against individuals and unlicensed job agencies who engaged in fraudulent foreign job activities during the past five months from October of last year up to February of this year, 2026 and recovered Rs.194.5 million on behalf of the…
John Roberts, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, speaks during lecture to the Georgetown Law School graduating class of 2025, in Washington, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Mike Ludwick, center, sings during a protest before a school board meeting, Oct. 7, 2025, in front of the Duval Schools headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla. (Megan Mallicoat/Jacksonville Today via AP)
Karen Goodwin holds a photograph of her son, Austin Hunter Turner, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in Bristol, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
Plaintiffs Hisui Tatsuta, Kazane Kajiya, Reino Sato and "Chifumi" each had different reasons for wanting to undergo sterilisation procedures. (Supplied: Maki Amemori)
Former politician tells court he was never a member of the IRA in case brought by survivors of republican bombings
VIQ Solutions were responsible for court transcripts around the country, including the Federal Circuit and Family Court. (ABC News: Millie Roberts, Patrick Thomas)
Defense attorney Carole Rendon, for former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones, delivers her closing arguments in Jones’ trial in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross’s courtroom in Akron on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. enters the House Chamber before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Portrait of independence leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba during a press conference in Leopoldville (today Kinshasa), Congo, on June 16, 1960. (AP Photo, File)
The United States military has confirmed that at least 157 people have been killed in lethal strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats off Latin America, described as a campaign of extrajudicial killings by legal experts.
The ex-Sinn Fein leader is being sued in a civil case at London’s High Court by 3 people injured in UK bombings during the 1970s and 1990s
The Long Island architect accused of killing seven sex workers in the Gilgo Beach murders is hobbling around in crutches behind bars with mysterious “health issues,” his lawyer said Tuesday.
It didn’t take long for Aaron Judge’s WBC comments to reverberate through the Bronx.
A Chinese national and his Kenyan co-accused have been charged before a Nairobi court over the alleged illegal trade in live ants.
A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat has been ordered by a Brussels court to stand trial over the assassination of Congo’s first prime minister and anti-colonial icon, Patrice Lumumba, in 1961.
This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
The University of Florida campus group says the suspension over an off-campus post violated free speech
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A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba, in a decision hailed as a major step towards confronting the country's colonial past.
Kenyan wildlife officers sort live queen garden ants being exhibited in court as Zhang Kequn, a Chinese national and Charles Mwangi, a Kenyan citizen, face charges for smuggling them through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)