Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The NSW prison population has hit record highs with more than 14,000 people in custody, fuelled by a surge in those charged with domestic violence awaiting trial or sentencing.
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[2026-05-14 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A mom was arrested after she got so plastered and belligerent on an international flight that she punched and bit a flight attendant, a court in the UK has heard.
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[2026-05-14 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Philippine Senate was locked down with military personnel seen entering the building where a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) had sought refuge.
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[2026-05-14 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to block library staffers from participating in next month’s Fresno Rainbow Pride event and placed the legal restrictions it could on Pride-related displays at county library branches.
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[2026-05-14 04:19 UTC+10:00] [Matthew Perry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Erik Fleming was sentenced in Los Angeles court after previously pleading guilty over the Friends actor’s 2023 death
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[2026-05-14 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A disgraced former Brooklyn Supreme Court justice and a shady real estate developer scammed investors in a $6.5 million scheme and pocketed nearly all the cash, federal prosecutors claim.
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[2026-05-14 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Florida Highway Patrol car guards the entrance to the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center Monday, May 11, 2026, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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[2026-05-14 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: At least a dozen gunshots rang out inside the Philippine Senate building in Manila earlier on Wednesday as police and marines moved to arrest Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged crimes against humanity linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs, a campaign that left more than 6,000 suspected drug dealers dead in operations.
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[2026-05-14 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Utah children’s book author Kouri Richins pulled incredulous faces as her relatives – including her young sons – begged a judge at her sentencing to keep her locked up for the rest of her life for fatally poisoning husband Eric Richins.
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[2026-05-14 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The state Supreme Court in South Carolina has overturned the murder conviction against lawyer Alex Murdaugh, whose case has become a source of public fascination in the United States.
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[2026-05-14 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-14 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: French prosecutors have requested a seven‑year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his appeal trial over allegations that his 2007 presidential campaign received illegal funding from Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya — a case that has become one of the most explosive political‑financial scandals of France’s Fifth Republic.
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[2026-05-14 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 14, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-05-14 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE- Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the appeals courthouse in Paris, France, Monday, March 16, 2026, for his trial over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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[2026-05-14 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Rwanda's former first lady Agathe Habyarimana will appeal last week's court ruling that overturned a 2025 decision to dismiss an investigation into her role in the 1994 genocide.
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[2026-05-14 02:45 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-05-14 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Patriots rookie Quintayvious Hutchins was arraigned Wednesday morning in Newton District Court (Mass.) on charges of assault and battery on a family/household member, per court documents cited by masslive.com.
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[2026-05-14 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Members from the National Guard working as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force conduct a community safety patrol at Tom Lee Park, Oct. 12, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
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[2026-05-14 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions were sensationally overturned by the South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday — but he will not be released from prison any time soon.
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[2026-05-14 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, right, is seen during a court hearing in a city court room in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
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[2026-05-14 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday again pressed for negotiations toward an agreed resolution in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial, saying that Israel’s deepest internal crises should, where possible, be handled through dialogue rather than further rupture.
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[2026-05-14 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The families and lawyers of five pro-Palestine activist defendants facing trial in a German court have denounced the proceedings as a “sham trial” and called for the recusal of the presiding judge.
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[2026-05-14 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in New York. (Steven Hirsch /New York Post via AP, Pool)
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[2026-05-14 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Gunshots rang out at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday as security forces entered the building where a politician wanted by the International Criminal Court was taking refuge.
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[2026-05-14 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: He is in an appeal trial on charges that he sought Libyan financing for his 2007 election
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[2026-05-14 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: He is in an appeal trial on charges that he sought Libyan financing for his 2007 election
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[2026-05-14 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A burst of gunfire rang out Wednesday night in the Philippine Senate, where authorities have tried to arrest a senator who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for a charge of crime against humanity, an Associated Press journalist and other witnesses said.
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[2026-05-14 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rihanna had to shove her husband A$AP Rocky to the floor after shots were fired at her home in March, bombshell new court documents reveal.
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[2026-05-14 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Beersheba District Court sentenced 31-year-old Beersheba resident Eliran Tzur to five years in prison after he admitted and was convicted, as part of a plea agreement, of a series of sexual offenses against 16 minors whom he contacted through WhatsApp groups.
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[2026-05-14 01:02 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Columbia: The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the murder convictions and life sentence of disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son.
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[2026-05-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [South Carolina] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Justices said decision was due to ‘improper external influences on the jury’ by a court clerk during the trial
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[2026-05-14 00:58 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Case attracts widespread attention as example of China balancing enthusiastic adoption of AI with job security
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[2026-05-14 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A South Carolina court has overturned the 2023 murder convictions of Alex Murdaugh, a disgraced lawyer who was convicted of killing his wife and son.
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[2026-05-14 00:48 UTC+10:00] [Elections] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Wes Streeting looks poised to challenge Keir Starmer’s leadership of Britain’s ruling Labour Party. Now the health secretary’s critics are racing to get an opponent in the game.
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[2026-05-14 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Alex Murdaugh — the disgraced legal scion who was found guilty of killing his wife and son — had his murder convictions overturned Wednesday by the South Carolina Supreme Court, which claimed county clerk Becky Hill “placed her fingers on the scales of justice.”
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[2026-05-14 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh arrives in court in Beaufort, S.C., Sept. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/James Pollard, File)
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[2026-05-14 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Residents call for extraordinary general meeting to be held ahead of deadline on decision about whether to sell flats
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[2026-05-14 00:38 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Residents call for extraordinary general meeting to be held ahead of deadline on decision about whether to sell flats
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[2026-05-14 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nadiem Anwar Makarim, the co-founder of Indonesia’s payments platform and ride hailing company Gojek and former education minister, enters the courtroom for his trial hearing at the Corruption Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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[2026-05-14 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified in the Musk v. Altman trial on Tuesday, where he tried to make his central claim clear to the jury: He didn't steal a charity, but Elon Musk abandoned one.
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[2026-05-14 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice on Tuesday canceled Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi’s decision to remove retired judge Nechama Munitz as chairwoman of the search committee for the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation Council, ruling that the decision did not meet the legal threshold for ending her term.
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[2026-05-14 00:00 UTC+10:00] [E Jean Carroll] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Appeals court rules US president will not have to pay award until the US supreme court reviews case or rejects an appeal
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[2026-05-14 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: San Francisco parent advocates are furious over what they call an “unvetted and illegal” ethnic studies course that was rammed through without meaningful input — citing divisive lesson plans like a “privilege wheel” that sorts student into an “oppressor/oppressed framework,” according to a legal warning sent to city leaders.
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[2026-05-13 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would remain fair and would provide all legal rights and remedies to any Filipino regardless of his political affiliation, Malacañang told Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, following his appeal for protection against an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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[2026-05-13 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: South Africa’s suspended police chief, Fannie Masemola, returned to the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Wednesday, appearing alongside alleged crime kingpin, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and more than a dozen others.
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[2026-05-13 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Philippine Senate is in lockdown with military personnel seen entering the building where a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court had sought refuge.
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[2026-05-13 23:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, will fight elements of a complex court ruling that found two rival mining dynasties were entitled to a share of the spoils from some of the billionaire's prized iron ore assets.The Western Australian Supreme Court last month ruled the wealthy heirs of mining pioneer Peter Wright and engineer Don Rhodes were entitled to some of their claims for royalties from the massive Rio Tinto-operated Hope Downs mining complex, in WA's ore-rich Pilbara region.Hancock Prospecting, of
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[2026-05-13 22:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than a dozen gunshots rang out at the Philippine Senate as police and marines moved in to arrest a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity.
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[2026-05-13 22:35 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The ex-lawyer who Trump described as ‘very talented’ was previously deputy commissioner for food at the FDA
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[2026-05-13 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Volleys of gunshots were heard at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday and people were told to run for cover, Reuters witnesses heard, as chaos mounted in anticipation of an attempt to arrest a top senator wanted by the International Criminal Court.
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