Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-05 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Landbridge Group’s legal claim over the port could take several years to resolve, analysts said, providing more time for dialogue
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[2026-05-05 10:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Actor Blake Lively and "It Ends with Us" co-star Justin Baldoni on Monday settled their acrimonious court battle, sparked when Lively accused Baldoni of inappropriate on-set behavior, meaning they will avoid a costly civil trial.
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[2026-05-05 10:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: No one should judge own case: Democratic Party bill could let indictments against Lee be withdrawn before courts rule
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[2026-05-05 10:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards kneels on the court after sustaining an injury during the first half of Game 4 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
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[2026-05-05 10:00 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-05-05 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni made the shocking decision to settle their lengthy court battle Monday in what we’re told was a “last-minute deal.”
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[2026-05-05 09:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni reached a settlement in their high-profile legal battle over the 2024 film “It Ends With Us” Monday.
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[2026-05-05 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The trial is being heard at Wollongong District Court. (ABC Illawarra: Brooke Chandler)
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[2026-05-05 09:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California has filed a request in federal court to stop Sable Offshore Corp. from pumping oil off Santa Barbara.
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[2026-05-05 09:04 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Celebrity] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Ventura, California: Britney Spears has pleaded guilty through her lawyer to a lesser charge that will allow her to avoid jail time after California prosecutors accused her of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
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[2026-05-05 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ALBANY – Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein choked back tears Monday as they demanded state lawmakers fix a legal loophole barring them from going after the wealthy pedophile’s estate.
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[2026-05-05 08:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: OAKLAND, Calif. — OpenAI’s president Greg Brockman got grilled by Elon Musk’s lawyer on Monday over embarrassing diary entries from nearly a decade ago in which he fantasized about becoming a billionaire — even as the then-nonprofit charity got millions in donations from Musk.
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[2026-05-05 08:38 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-05-05 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Iran war is proving a “domestic liability” for the GOP, note Douglas E. Schoen and Carly Cooperman at The Hill — partly because “for many Americans, the war has not been clearly or consistently explained, leaving voters to judge it primarily through its economic consequences.” Yet its “long-term strategic impact” may well “improve sentiment in the long term.” Iran’s power has been devastated and its neighbors alienated.
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[2026-05-05 08:15 UTC+10:00] [Illegal Immigration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A federal judge slammed the Department of Homeland Security on Monday for making “erroneous and dangerous” statements after the department publicly attacked her for siding with a man it deemed “a violent criminal illegal alien.”
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[2026-05-05 08:13 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-05 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump’s administration moved Monday to block a lawsuit Minnesota officials filed almost six years ago alleging oil companies and a petroleum trade group deceived state residents about climate change.
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[2026-05-05 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Stefon Diggs’ former personal chef broke down into tears recounting the moment the ex-Patriots star allegedly choked her at his multimillion dollar mansion as the wide receiver’s assault trial got underway Monday.
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[2026-05-05 07:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The pair have delivered a joint statement just before the case was headed to trial. (Reuters: Caitlin Ochs)
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[2026-05-05 07:42 UTC+10:00] [Blake Lively] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Settlement details were not revealed in the agreement that put an end to a highly anticipated trial before it began
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[2026-05-05 07:39 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Movies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have agreed to end their legal battle over the acrimonious production of their 2024 film It Ends With Us.
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[2026-05-05 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Elon Musk settled the Securities and Exchange Commission’s civil lawsuit accusing the world’s richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of Twitter, now known as X.
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[2026-05-05 07:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: OpenAI president Greg Brockman, center, arrives at the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
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[2026-05-05 07:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A group of civil rights organizations on Monday filed a new lawsuit seeking to stop parts of the law that would let Texas police arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
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[2026-05-05 07:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The High Court will consider the challenge by animal rights activists as they take on a Victorian abattoir in a copyright dispute over covert footage. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)
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[2026-05-05 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Jefferson Lewis will face court via audio-visual link today, charged with the murder of Kumanjayi Little Baby. (Supplied: NT Police)
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[2026-05-05 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Jefferson Lewis was excused from appearing in court today. (Supplied: NT Police)
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[2026-05-05 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Blake Lively is seen in New York on Feb. 16, 2025, left, and Justin Baldoni attends a screening in New York on Dec. 13, 2023. (Photos by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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[2026-05-05 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A federal judge was adamant Monday that the Trump administration must give proper notice before renovating the East Potomac Golf Links, warning of “serious consequences” if it fails to do so.
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[2026-05-05 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Elon Musk settled the US Securities and Exchange Commission's civil lawsuit accusing the world's richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of Twitter, now known as X.
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[2026-05-05 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A recent legal defeat for Meta should provide a new impetus for governments to crack down on the scourge of online child abuse. A New Mexico jury determined not only that the company’s platforms have exposed children to predators and sexually explicit material, but that it also misled the public about such risks.
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[2026-05-05 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s nasty legal battle over their 2024 film “It Ends With Us” is finally over.
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[2026-05-05 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a lower-court ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortions are provided across the nation.
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[2026-05-05 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Wake Forest forward Juke Harris stands on the court prior to an NCAA college basketball game against Louisville, Feb. 7, 2026, in Winston-Salem, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, file)
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[2026-05-05 06:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Department of Justice is weighing in on a landmark California case, arguing federal law doesn’t shield 16 insurers accused of allegedly conspiring to cancel homeowners’ fire coverage and push customers onto a state-run plan.
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[2026-05-05 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Court of Appeal yesterday set aside a 20-year rigorous imprisonment sentence imposed on a Buddhist monk by the Embilipitiya High Court, citing serious inconsistencies in the prosecution’s case.
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[2026-05-05 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Underworld figure Gavin Preston was killed in a shooting in Melbourne's north-west on September 9, 2023. (Facebook)
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[2026-05-05 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Uriel Dreyfus, a Judea and Samaria military court judge related to the famous French military officer Alfred Dreyfus, was recently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in a ceremony presided over by Military Court of Appeals president Major General Orly Markman.
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[2026-05-05 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The ex-JPMorgan Chase banker who accused a glamorous female colleague of forcing him to become her “sex slave” lied to the bank about his father dying so he could collect nearly three months of paid leave — and apparently used the time off to prepare the bombshell lawsuit against Lorna Hajdini and his employer, The Post has learned.
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[2026-05-05 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: How many birthdays has Oscar the cavoodle enjoyed at the centre of legal action? That was the question we were left pondering when we learned on Monday that the celebrity pooch had just turned eight years old.
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[2026-05-05 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This courtroom sketch depicts Cole Tomas Allen, center, listening as his attorney Eugene Ohm, left, speaks to U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui, Monday, May 4, 2026, in Washington, as Tony Towns, the acting general counsel for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, listens at right. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)
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[2026-05-05 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California officials have taken legal action against State Farm, accusing the insurance giant of widespread mishandling of claims from survivors of the devastating 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
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[2026-05-05 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California officials have taken legal action against State Farm, accusing the insurance giant of widespread mishandling of claims from survivors of the devastating 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
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[2026-05-05 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The state judge overseeing New Mexico’s attempt to force a safety overhaul of Instagram and Facebook said Monday that he’s worried some of the proposed changes would amount to “overreach.”
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[2026-05-05 04:21 UTC+10:00] [United States Politics and Government] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A federal magistrate judge raised concerns on Monday that the man accused of trying to kill President Trump and top cabinet members at an annual press gala had been placed in unusually punitive detention for days while awaiting next steps in court.
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[2026-05-05 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A DC federal judge apologized Monday to the man accused of trying to assassinate President Trump and members of his cabinet at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for the restrictive conditions he’s been subjected to in jail.
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[2026-05-05 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukraine’s Ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, laid out in a Tuesday interview with The Jerusalem Post Kyiv’s growing frustration over the alleged import of grain taken from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories - and the diplomatic and legal battle now unfolding in Israel.
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[2026-05-05 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Elon Musk pressured OpenAI leaders to cut a deal on the eve of their high-profile court battle – warning cofounder Greg Brockman that he and Sam Altman were about to become the “the most hated men in America,” according to a new court filing.
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[2026-05-05 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Supreme Court has temporarily reinstated a rule allowing an abortion pill to be prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed through the mail, lifting a judicial ban that narrowed access to the medication nationwide.
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[2026-05-05 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A tattered U.S. flag flaps in the wind over the remains of a mobile home park that was destroyed in the Palisades Fire along the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 5, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)
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