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Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino and his team faced a frustrated federal judge in court on Tuesday after his company reached a shocking settlement with the Justice Department over claims that it illegally dominates the live event industry.
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)
HOUSTON — Aaron Judge and Roman Anthony drove in home runs while pitcher Paul Skenes delivered a gem as the United States punched their ticket to the quarter-finals of the World Baseball Classic on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) with a 5-3 victory over Mexico in Houston.
THE relationship between international law and the Philippine Constitution is a complex question which cannot be explained by a simple social media post. It has both theoretical and practical aspects with profound ramifications. Retired Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio’s recent simplistic truism…
When the legal tampering period began Monday, Malik Willis chose the Dolphins almost immediately.
Jose Ibarra enters court during a hearing on a motion for a new trial for Ibarra in a Athens-Clark County courtroom, Jan. 30, 2026, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, Pool, File)
The woman accused of shooting at Rihanna’s Los Angeles house also targeted Billie Eilish weeks before the attack, court documents show.
Nearly 100 of New York’s Finest packed into a Queens courthouse Tuesday as the murder trial of the career criminal accused of gunning down NYPD hero Jonathan Diller got underway.
LONDON (AP) — A former Syrian air force colonel faced a novel set of charges in a British court Tuesday: three counts of murder as a crime against humanity for civilian attacks in a Damascus suburb in 2011.
It’s the “Real Housewives of The Southern District!”
The High Court in London refused on Tuesday to grant permission to initiate legal proceedings against the British Foreign Office over the agreement concluded between the United Kingdom and Mauritius regarding the Chagos Archipelago.
Salem Al-Salem faces landmark trial over alleged role in crackdown on protests in Damascus in 2011
Would he or wouldn’t he? That was the question!
Federal judge said prosecutors picked to replace Alina Habba repeated error of bypassing congressional approval
Multimillionaire begins case against FCA ban over handling of investigation into sexual misconduct claims
ChatGPT owner OpenAI had knowledge that a transgender user in Canada was planning a mass shooting attack but failed to notify law enforcement, the parents of a young girl critically injured in the incident alleged in a civil lawsuit on Monday.
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Sixth Division on Tuesday denied the bail petitions of nine people charged along with former lawmaker Elizaldy Co.
Anthony Russell, 43, will appear in court via video link on Wednesday accused of attack at HMP Frankland
Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by one of the former owners of Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport challenging the nationalization of the airport.
BookTok may have criticised her for a lack of representation and problematic themes in her works, but the Jewish writer has sold 75 million copies of her books
A former PM, a landmark corruption case – and the prosecution’s opening evidence is a pair of TikTok videos the defence says cannot stand
This photo provided by an Iranian lawyer who did not want to be identified, shows the backyard of her farmhouse on March 5, 2026, in Iran’s Khuzestan province, where the family is seeking refuge from the U.S-Israeli strikes that fell too close to their city home. (Courtesy photo)
MANILA, Philippines — Veteran guard Jayson Castro is back for his 17th season with TNT, while big man Isaac Go will add size to Barangay Ginebra’s front court in time for the opening of the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup this Wednesday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
The last registered resident of Dokdo, South Korea’s easternmost islets, has died, leaving the outpost without a legal resident for the first time since the 1960s.
Proceedings in the case where Swiftair, a Spanish company accused of manslaughter in an Air Algerie crash twelve years ago kicked in Paris on Monday.
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The 48-year-old claimed he believed the tenancy deal was a non-binding memorandum, which the court rejected as ‘incredible’
President Lee Jae Myung on Monday warned that prosecution reform should be carried out with precision, cautioning against attempts that “burn down the house to get rid of bedbugs,” in remarks widely seen as directed at hard-line lawmakers within the ruling Democratic Party of Korea.
Barry Cable arrives at court in Perth on Tuesday to face trial on charges of sexually assaulting a young girl decades ago. (ABC News: Rhiannon Shine)
The consumer watchdog’s trial of 42 toilet roll varieties finds high ply counts do not always indicate quality, while poor disintegration performance wipes Kleenex’s overall score
Former champion footballer Barry Cable allegedly exploited his close connections to access young girls, a court has been told.
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William Herbert Swale outside the Ballarat Magistrates' Court in 2024. (ABC News: Eden Hynninen)
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The diabetic driver who killed five people when he crashed his car into diners enjoying a sunny long weekend outside a Daylesford pub in 2023 during a medical episode has broken his silence and given evidence in court.
Former defence minister Linda Reynolds has welcomed a court order sending her lawsuit against the Commonwealth to mediation, as her lawyer indicated she has not ruled out further legal action over a recent documentary on sexual assaults featuring ex-staffer Brittany Higgins.
Aaron Judge, de Estados Unidos, celebra después de batear un cuadrangular de dos carreras durante la tercera entrada del juego de béisbol del Clásico Mundial ante México, el lunes 9 de marzo de 2026, en Houston. (AP Foto/Ashley Landis)
A sinkhole opened up at a two-storey commercial building at West Botany Street in Rockdale in 2024. (Supplied: Fire and Rescue NSW)
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer and Roman Anthony added a three-run blast in a big third inning to lead the United States to a 5-3 win over Mexico in the World Baseball Classic at Houston’s Daikin Park on Monday night.
A court has thrown out former MP Annabel Digance's $2.3 million lawsuit against South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas and the state. (ABC News)
Police said Ms White had been grocery shopping and was near her car when the random attack took place. (Facebook: Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding)
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has not changed his position on keeping the Philippines out of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Malacañang said Tuesday.
The country’s arbitration bodies are not plugged into the international system, a former justice official says
The OpenAI logo is displayed on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen with output from ChatGPT, March 21, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents standoff against demonstrators as tear gas fills the air outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs building during a protest in Portland, Ore., June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
An Arizona inmate is suing Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos and his department, the investigators handling the Nancy Guthrie investigation, for over $1 million — alleging the top cop and his deputies put his life at risk by not adhering to COVID-19 protocols, according to court documents.
Artificial intelligence developer Anthropic has filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, challenging the Trump administration’s decision to designate the company a national security risk and blacklist its technology across the federal government.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — A federal jury on Monday awarded $667,000 in damages to a group of Muslim men incarcerated in Missouri who were pepper-sprayed by state correctional officers while praying.
The corporate watchdog’s departing chairman Joe Longo says corporate boards are now on notice despite the regulator’s defeat in the Federal Court, which found Star Entertainment directors were not liable for the governance disaster that has taken the casino operator to the brink of collapse.