Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-07 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Orleans Parish School Board voted on Tuesday to accept an agreement on a funding battle that district officials said funneled around $135 million away from schools and towards municipal expenses, settling a 2019 lawsuit filed against the city of New Orleans by the district.
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[2026-05-07 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Mississippi Court of Appeals has reversed a judge’s ruling that Rankin County deputies bore no blame for the 2021 death of Damien Cameron after witnesses said one deputy sat on Cameron’s back while another kneeled on his neck.
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[2026-05-07 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Disney and director James Cameron have been sued in California federal court by an actor who alleges Cameron misused her likeness as the basis for the character Neytiri from the blockbuster “Avatar” films.
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[2026-05-07 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lu Jianwang waits to enter a federal courthouse in New York, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-05-07 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena yesterday (06) ordered the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) to immediately investigate and file a report in Court regarding the misdirection of nearly US$ 600,000, which the Postal Department had intended to pay the United States Postal Service, but has instead been transferred to a third party.
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[2026-05-07 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Supreme Court (SC) five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena yesterday decided to dismiss appeal petitions filed by four convicts who were sentenced to death for the abduction, gang rape, and murder of 18-year-old schoolgirl Sivaloganathan Vidya in Punguduthivu.
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[2026-05-07 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A case filed against former Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody for allegedly causing a loss of over Rs. 8.8 million to the Government by misappropriating funds belonging to Ceylon Fertilizer Company while serving as its Procurement Manager in 2016, was yesterday fixed for trial on June 17 by the Colombo High Court.
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[2026-05-07 05:45 UTC+10:00] [Law & Order] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the Wildlife Conservation Director General to launch a re-plantation programme to restore forest areas cleared near the Nakolagane Purana Raja Maha Viharaya.
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[2026-05-07 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama ordered the Human Trafficking and Maritime Crime Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to immediately investigate and submit a report to the Court regarding Immigration and Emigration Department officials involved in preparing and approving passports for underworld figures using the fingerprints of other individuals.
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[2026-05-07 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: It was revealed before the Colombo High Court that former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka was the driver of the vehicle that caused an accident that seriously injured a youth named Sandeep Sampath, in Rajagiriya in 2016.
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[2026-05-07 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Former Appeal Court President Justice Mohamed Lafar Thahir who was appointed Consul General of Saudi Arabia was felicitated at the Al Mubarak Muslim National School in Malwana on Saturday.
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[2026-05-07 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A knife-wielding maniac who brought terror to a Sacramento neighborhood in shocking Ring footage went ballistic in court.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The European Union should shield the International Criminal Court from US sanctions linked to its case against Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The European Union should shield the International Criminal Court from US sanctions linked to its case against Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said.
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[2026-05-07 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Andrew Tate's civil trial for allegations of rape and sexual assault "will be heard" as soon as possible despite further delays, a High Court judge has said.
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[2026-05-07 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jason Meade, center, sits with his attorneys Mark Collins, left, and Kaitlyn Stephens, right, during opening statements in the retrial of the former Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged with murder and reckless homicide in the 2020 killing of Casey Goodson Jr., inside Franklin County Common Pleas Court in Columbus, Ohio, April 23, 2026.
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[2026-05-07 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A major fire broke out at the Arghavan shopping centre, west of the capital. The blaze swept through the complex sending thick black smoke across the surrounding area. The centre included more than 250 shops and around 50 offices. State television reported on Wednesday that 36 people were injured in the fire, and officials warned the toll could rise.
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[2026-05-07 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Disgraced ex-JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana tried to wrangle a settlement from the bank worth “north of $20 million” before he filed his bombshell sexual harassment lawsuit last year, The Post has learned.
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[2026-05-07 03:50 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Leon Black has denied he ever met or raped ‘Jane Doe’. In an exclusive statement, Doe tells the Guardian ‘I am still here. And I am not done’
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[2026-05-07 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Supporters of Lu Jianwang, also known as Harry Lu, stand outside a federal courthouse before the opening of his trial in New York, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-05-07 03:13 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Shivon Zilis, an executive at Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, served on OpenAI’s board from 2020 to 2023
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[2026-05-07 02:47 UTC+10:00] [James Cameron] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Suit says director used Q’orianka Kilcher’s features without permission after seeing her in advert for The New World
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[2026-05-07 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday Apple’s request to temporarily block a judicial order that found the iPhone maker in violation of sweeping court-mandated changes to its lucrative App Store as part of an antitrust lawsuit by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games.
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[2026-05-07 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli court has denied an appeal seeking the release of pro-Palestine activists Thiago Avila and Saif Abu Keshek, who were detained after Israeli forces seized a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, according to legal rights group Adalah.
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[2026-05-07 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The New York Times has been sued by a US government agency over allegations that its diversity policies led to discrimination against a white male employee in a newsroom promotion decision.
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[2026-05-07 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The New York Times has been sued by a US government agency over allegations that its diversity policies led to discrimination against a white male employee in a newsroom promotion decision.
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[2026-05-07 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman as the next Mossad director, set to replace David Barnea on June 2. Barnea’s legacy is already sealed, and his name will remain tied to one of the most consequential phases in the long war against the Islamic terrorist regime ruling Tehran.
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[2026-05-07 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AN Ilongga vlogger now based in Dubai, who is facing criminal complaints over the alleged spreading of false information about the health of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., will appear before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), her legal counsel confirmed.
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[2026-05-07 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former soccer player Gerard Pique arrives at the National Court in Majadahonda, Spain, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
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[2026-05-07 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: I am a Japanese citizen who adopted the legitimate child of my Filipina wife while we were living in Japan. Can such adoption be recognized in the Philippines and reflected in his birth certificate?
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[2026-05-07 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar has filed a legal complaint in Paris, accusing former Unifil official General Philippe Sidos of “apology for war crimes” over comments he made about the killing of one of the paper’s journalists, Amal Khalil.
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[2026-05-07 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A Beirut criminal court has found singer-turned-militant Fadel Chaker and his former associate, the radical cleric Ahmed Al Assir, not guilty of involvement in an attempted murder more than a decade ago.
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[2026-05-07 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: France’s Paris Court of Appeal on Wednesday ruled that investigations should resume against Rwanda’s former first lady for her alleged “complicity in genocide”.
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[2026-05-07 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A proposed class action lawsuit claims Roku and TCL “bricked” thousands of smart TVs through defective software updates that allegedly left sets frozen, black-screened or completely unusable.
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[2026-05-07 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-07 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A coalition of campaign groups has made a formal complaint against the head of London’s Metropolitan Police for suggesting that protest organisers repeatedly intended to include synagogues on their planned demonstration routes in London.
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[2026-05-07 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s ugly legal battle isn’t over just yet, as the actress still has a pending motion connected to her “It Ends With Us” co-star’s dismissed lawsuit against her.
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[2026-05-07 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Justin Baldoni scored a “huge victory” by settling his legal war with Blake Lively, according to his lawyer, Bryan Freedman.
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[2026-05-07 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday called on the European Commission to activate the EU's Blocking Statute to shield the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations from US sanctions.
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[2026-05-07 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ryan Reynolds shared a carefree selfie with his wife, Blake Lively, after the actress reached a shocking settlement in her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni.
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[2026-05-07 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hau Yan-ki, now 23, on trial for role in three alleged robberies during which four victims were beaten up and forced to transfer money to gang
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[2026-05-07 00:19 UTC+10:00] [trial] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hau Yan-ki, now 23, on trial for role in three alleged robberies during which four victims were beaten up and forced to transfer money to gang
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[2026-05-07 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to dupe a Mexican billionaire out of around $450 million in a bogus stock-backed loan scheme, according to a newly unsealed US indictment and other court records.
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[2026-05-06 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The defense for former senator Ramon Revilla Jr. hoped for the best as it waited for the court ruling on his petition for bail.
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[2026-05-06 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A married teacher who has admitted having sex with an underage student in her Florida classroom told the teen she wanted to leave her husband for him when he turned 18, according to new court documents.
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[2026-05-06 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Displaced residents petition for answers on finances, insurance claims and renovation contracts following deadly fire at Hong Kong estate
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[2026-05-06 23:48 UTC+10:00] [Will Power Architects Company] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Displaced residents petition for answers on finances, insurance claims and renovation contracts following deadly fire at Hong Kong estate
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[2026-05-06 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Even with acute cases of “Blue Dot Fever” plaguing its artists and allegedly forcing high-profile cancellations of Live Nation concert dates by Post Malone, Zayn Malik, Meghan Trainor and the Pussycat Dolls — the music giant said its concert business was up in Q1.
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[2026-05-06 23:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers of the House of Representatives have been provided with copies of the impeachment articles against Vice President Sara Duterte ahead of the expected vote on whether to send the matter to the Senate for trial.
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[2026-05-06 22:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Lakers are aware of the daunting task in front of them: defeat the reigning champion Thunder in their own building without their best player on the court.
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