Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-20 12:32 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Death cap mushroom killer Erin Patterson’s interest in picking and eating wild mushrooms was at the centre of her appeal on Thursday, after her legal team argued she was effectively forced to enter the witness box during her trial to explain why she had lied to police.
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[2026-08-20 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-20 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A D.C. Superior Court judge signed arrest warrants on August 18, 2026, for six current and former members of the Metropolitan Police Department's Fifth District, accusing them of fraudulently claiming overtime and regular-duty hours they did not work in 2024. The warrants target Peter Sheldon, Frantz Fulcher, Thomas Krmenec, Bernadette Richardson, Dorrie Smith Cleere, and Johnnie Dyer.
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[2026-08-20 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: For Legal Tales’ final column, Jose-Antonio Maurellet discusses the competition of ideas as judiciaries navigate a polarised world
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[2026-08-20 11:30 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: For Legal Tales’ final column, Jose-Antonio Maurellet discusses the competition of ideas as judiciaries navigate a polarised world
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[2026-08-20 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil to mark the 25th anniversary of Beijing’s June 4th Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement at Victoria Park in Hong Kong on June 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
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[2026-08-20 10:08 UTC+10:00] [Erin Patterson mushroom trial] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed
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[2026-08-20 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Triple murderer Erin Patterson continues her bid to have her conviction overturned in the Court of Appeal, while the Office of Public Prosecutions launches its own appeal to have a harsher sentence imposed that removes any chance of parole.
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[2026-08-20 09:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tennessee runs onto the field before an NCAA college football game against Georgia, Sept. 13, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
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[2026-08-20 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Judge John Roach has been ordered to recuse himself from further proceedings in the Karmelo Anthony murder case, as the defendant seeks a new trial.
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[2026-08-20 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Women protest for stronger laws to combat misogyny and femicide on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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[2026-08-20 09:04 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-20 08:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-20 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-20 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Protesters against a Missouri congressional redistricting plan gather outside the Missouri Capitol on May 12, 2026, in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File)
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[2026-08-20 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The boy will reappear in the Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on Friday. (ABC News: Melissa Maddison)
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[2026-08-20 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Matthieu Buge, who has worked on Russia for the magazine l’Histoire, the Russian film magazine Séance, and as a columnist for Le Courrier de Russie. He is the author of the book Le Cauchemar russe (‘The Russian Nightmare’)
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[2026-08-20 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Matthieu Buge, who has worked on Russia for the magazine l’Histoire, the Russian film magazine Séance, and as a columnist for Le Courrier de Russie. He is the author of the book Le Cauchemar russe (‘The Russian Nightmare’)
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[2026-08-20 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — If there is one thing the prosecution team agrees with Vice President Sara Duterte on, it is to have a speedy conclusion to the ongoing impeachment proceedings.
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[2026-08-20 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign in support of a proposed constitutional amendment backed by the group Respect Missouri Voters sits outside the Cole County Courthouse in Jefferson City, Mo., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
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[2026-08-20 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-20 06:55 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: New York: Moderna and Merck said a personalised mRNA cancer vaccine reduced the risk of recurrence and spread of melanoma in a late-stage trial, a major success in a new field of cancer treatment that sent Moderna’s shares surging more than 170 per cent.
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[2026-08-20 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Twana Jamal Khdir appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Wednesday afternoon
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[2026-08-20 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-20 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Moderna and Merck have announced that a personalised mRNA cancer vaccine called Intismeran reduced the risk of recurrence and spread of melanoma in a late-stage trial, a major success in a new field of cancer treatment that sent Moderna’s shares surging as much as 160 percent.
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[2026-08-20 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Liberian first lady Jewel Howard Taylor speaks to journalists at the ruling National Patriotic Party headquarters in the Liberian capital Monrovia Friday, July 11, 2003. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis,File)
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[2026-08-20 06:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lindsay Clancy listens during her murder trial Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (Amanda Sabga/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
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[2026-08-20 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Lebanon on Wednesday extradited a former Syrian military officer under ousted President Bashar Assad and he will be put on trial in Syria, the Interior Ministry said.
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[2026-08-20 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Parents hold pictures of their deceased children during a protest against social media platforms outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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[2026-08-20 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-20 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A new personalised vaccine given in combination with a drug has stopped skin cancer returning in patients during a trial, representing a potentially watershed moment in cancer treatment.
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[2026-08-20 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On Tuesday, pro-Palestine legal body Hind Rajab Foundation filed yet another criminal complaint against an IDF soldier abroad, this time in India.
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[2026-08-20 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile says he will challenge the country’s presidential election result in court, alleging voting fraud in the contest that handed President Hakainde Hichilema a second term in office.
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[2026-08-20 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The long-awaited trial of alleged Pan Am Lockerbie bomb maker Abu Agila Mohammad Masud is weeks away, but the US judge in the case issued a warning to prosecutors on Wednesday over evidence concerns.
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[2026-08-20 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-20 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Department of Justice cited a novel written by James Comey as it urged a federal judge not to dismiss criminal charges against the former FBI director for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump by posting an Instagram photo of seashells on a North Carolina beach forming the numbers "86 47."
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[2026-08-20 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: One of the many beauties of options trading is the ability to make money on a rangebound stock. Shares of Meta Platforms are presenting that opportunity right now.
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[2026-08-20 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A federal court in Washington has ruled that intentionally attacking a Jewish individual for wearing an Israeli flag constitutes direct evidence of racial discrimination under a post-Civil War statute.
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[2026-08-20 03:00 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Perth family has lost a catastrophic birth-injury lawsuit against a major maternity hospital despite a judge finding clinicians were negligent, after a court ruled their daughter’s severe brain damage was legally “inevitable.”
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[2026-08-20 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The International Criminal Court on Wednesday lashed out at the US after Washington slapped sanctions on ICC President Tomoko Akane, calling it a "flagrant attack" on the court's independence.
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[2026-08-20 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A UK court was told on Tuesday that Tony Greenstein, a prominent Jewish anti-Zionist activist and founding member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), issued a “rallying cry” inviting support for Hamas on October 7, 2023.
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[2026-08-20 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Warning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of attempted suicide
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[2026-08-20 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-20 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-20 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: I was watching a court trial when someone was “cited in contempt." What is this contempt of court? Do all courts have the authority to exercise this power?
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[2026-08-20 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-20 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-08-20 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-08-20 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign marks an entrance to a Moderna building in Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)prnto
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[2026-08-20 01:38 UTC+10:00] [Meta] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Arturo Béjar, former Meta safety engineer, tells jury tech company was aware of products’ potential harm to children
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