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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced to 16½ years in prison a Wisconsin man who forged threats against President Donald Trump as part of a scheme to get the victim in a robbery case against him deported.
Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing, Dec. 18, 2025, in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Christopher Gabehart, crew chief for Denny Hamlin, watches practice for a NASCAR Cup Series auto race on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday posed a question about the possibility of a "rehearing" or "readjudication" of a legal case involving his sweeping emergency tariffs, after the Supreme Court struck them down last week.
Mapping the GPS coordinates of sharks spotted by surveillance drones has reinforced what experts already knew: nets and drum lines don't create shark-free beaches.
Israel's High Court has temporarily halted a ban on international aid groups from working in the occupied Palestinian territories unless they meet strict new rules.
The Rev. Dr. Mandy Todd, left, pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in Lindsborg, Kan., and Rabbi Moti Rieber, right, executive director of Kansas Interfaith Action, protest a new Kansas law that will invalidate hundreds of driver’s licenses and birth certificates for transgender people that reflect their gender identi…
The Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered that Commando Salintha, who is alleged to have linked underworld activities be remanded until March 12.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer FKA twigs filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that Shia LaBeouf was physically and emotionally abusive during their relationship from 2018 to 2019, saying her experience was part of a pattern of terrorizing women for the 34-year-old actor.
The US Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) on 20 February 2026, creating uncertainty about future US tariff policies. The US has used IEEPA to impose reciprocal tariffs on trade partners and additional fentanyl-related trade measuresfor Canada, Chin…
Darren Connor denies possession of offensive weapon in a public place without lawful authority or reasonable excuse
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Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that dozens of international aid agencies can continue to operate in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian territories, freezing an earlier government decision that barred aid groups that failed to comply with new rules.
The two AI-powered Aeon robots – touted as being smart enough to make their own decisions – will work alongside human staff
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Israel's Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked the government from shuttering the Gaza operations of dozens of aid organizations, which petitioned the court in a dispute over new Israeli rules requiring them to name Palestinian staff.
Jason Riley, center, Laken Riley’s father, listens during the Jose Ibarra trial at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Athens, Ga. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool, File)
A legal challenge by a group of private schools over the government's decision to remove the VAT exemption on the fees they charge has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
Containers sit at the Balboa terminal, run by CK Hutchison’s Panama Ports Co., after Panama’s government ordered the occupation of the port following a Supreme Court ruling that the concession was unconstitutional, in Panama City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A Federal High Court in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Friday adjourned the trial of former Attorney General Abubakar Malami and his son, Abdulaziz to 4 May.
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ruling party has approved plans to beef up the East Asian country’s intelligence capability, a party official said on Friday, as the premier pushes ahead with a defense overhaul.
Senegal's parliament on Friday referred a former minister to a special court for allegedly embezzling millions in taxpayers' cash, in the latest case targeting a member of ex-president Macky Sall's government.
UNAVOIDABLY, random thoughts on Mindanao cross my mind at this hour when the International Criminal Court (ICC) is conducting confirmation of charges hearings on the crimes against humanity case against former president Rodrigo Duterte.
THE confirmation-of-charges proceedings against former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague rest on a foundational assumption: that the court’s investigation was impartial, independent, and insulated from political influence and interference by political actors in the Phil…
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
The supreme court has deferred to executive power for decades. Its decision on tariffs is a long-overdue warning
The mayor of Cape Town on Friday announced he would be running for leadership of the Democratic Alliance (DA), the second-largest party in South Africa's ruling coalition, after current leader John Steenhuisen said he would not be running for a third term.
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Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, looks down as his attorney gives his opening statement in the courtroom at the Barrow County courthouse, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, in Winder, Ga. (Jason Getz/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court on Friday joined the law community in mourning the death of Ateneo Law School (ALS) Dean Jose Maria “Joey” Hofileña.
If the supermarket is found to have deliberately misled with the jingle that ‘sticks in one’s ears’, there will be sector-wide implications
In this photo provided by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, Dr. Mariame Camara holds an acoziborole pill at the Dubreka Clinical Trial site, in Dubreka, Guinea, in 2024. (Brent Stirton/DNDi)
Nanaa Abu Jari cooks outside her tent after it was flooded by rainwater in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
The ruling does not affect Insta360’s current offerings as the ban on camera design infringement only affects legacy models
Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., listens to testimony as the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight holds a field hearing on violent crime in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)
Sanctioned Chinese company takes on Swiss firm in ‘landmark’ action against foreign ‘bullying’ and ‘long-arm jurisdiction’
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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has lost a High Court bid to challenge the acquittal of a man who burned a Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London.
The National Assembly, led by the ruling Democratic Party (DP), passed a bill Friday allowing the Constitutional Court to review lower court rulings, including those finalized by the Supreme Court.
A court in Nigeria has added terrorism charges to the allegations facing former justice minister Abubakar Malami.
Youngsters hold a photograph of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the militant Kurdish group, or PKK, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu, File)
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The Gampaha High Court has served indictments against a group of individuals, including former Ministers Mervyn Silva and Prasanna Ranaweera, over the alleged sale of government-owned land using forged deeds.
A revision of the Constitutional Court Act passed the National Assembly on Friday, after liberal parties ended the opposition's filibuster against the contentious bill that has been criticized for potentially upending the current three-tier court system.
The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered that alleged underworld figure “Commando Salintha”, currently in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), be remanded until March 12.
The Sri Lankan security landscape saw a major breakthrough this morning as Janith Madhusanka, the notorious drug trafficker and multi-count murder suspect widely known as ‘Podi Lassie,’ was successfully extradited from India and brought back to the island.