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  • Suspected people smuggler charged in Australian court

    Suspected people smuggler charged in Australian court

    National News 10/01/2016

    An Iranian citizen extradited from Indonesia was charged in a Sydney court on Thursday with attempting to smuggle 73 asylum seekers by boat to Australia. Mohammad Naghi Karimi Azar, 56, on Wednesday became the eighth suspected people smuggler to be e...

  • USC football player accused of rape appears in Utah court

    USC football player accused of rape appears in Utah court

    National News 09/30/2016

    A suspended University of Southern California football player charged with rape in Utah and facing allegations involving the same woman in California was ordered Friday not to contact the alleged victim. Making his first court appearance for the Utah...

  • Bosnian Serbs vote in referendum banned by top court

    Bosnian Serbs vote in referendum banned by top court

    National News 09/21/2016

    Bosnian Serbs on Sunday voted in a referendum banned by the country's constitutional court, risking Western sanctions against their autonomous region and criminal charges against their leaders. The vote was whether to keep Jan. 9 as a holiday in Repu...

  • Sotomayor calls job on high court blessing and curse

    Sotomayor calls job on high court blessing and curse

    National News 09/13/2016

    Serving on the U.S. Supreme Court has been both a blessing and a curse and reaching decisions is harder than she ever expected, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday during a visit to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The court's first Hispanic ju...

  • 2 teens killed in Atlanta suburb: Man accused due in court

    2 teens killed in Atlanta suburb: Man accused due in court

    National News 08/18/2016

    A man accused of killing two teenagers near Atlanta is set to appear in court for a preliminary hearing. Jeffrey Hazelwood is scheduled to appear Friday morning in Fulton County Magistrate Court. The 20-year-old is charged with murder and theft in th...

  • Court rejects Cosby's attempt to reseal testimony on affairs

    Court rejects Cosby's attempt to reseal testimony on affairs

    National News 08/15/2016

    A federal appeals court on Monday rejected Bill Cosby's effort to reseal his deposition testimony about extramarital affairs, prescription sedatives and payments to women, saying the documents are now a matter of public knowledge. The 3rd U.S. Circui...

  • Court won't reinstate church official's conviction

    Court won't reinstate church official's conviction

    National News 07/28/2016

    The first U.S. church official convicted over his handling of priest-abuse complaints could soon leave prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed Tuesday that his conviction was flawed. Monsignor William Lynn, who served two cardinals at the ...

  • High court sides with property owners in wetlands case

    High court sides with property owners in wetlands case

    National News 06/01/2016

    The Supreme Court is making it easier for landowners to bring a court challenge when federal regulators try to restrict property development due to concerns about water pollution. The justices ruled unanimously Tuesday that a Minnesota company could ...

  • Indiana court to hear woman's appeal of feticide conviction

    Indiana court to hear woman's appeal of feticide conviction

    National News 05/22/2016

    Attorneys for an Indiana woman found guilty of killing the premature infant she delivered after ingesting abortion-inducing drugs will ask an appeals court Monday to throw out the convictions that led to her 20-year prison sentence. At issue is India...

  • Court: Slipknot bassist's child born after he died can sue

    Court: Slipknot bassist's child born after he died can sue

    National News 05/08/2016

    Idaho's state Supreme Court candidates went after each other's political independence Friday evening during their only scheduled major debate. "When you stand on the courthouse steps with the Legislature, I'm not sure if you're sending the right mess...

  • Iran's president slams US court ruling on frozen assets

    Iran's president slams US court ruling on frozen assets

    National News 05/03/2016

    Iran's president said Wednesday that a U.S. court ruling that allows for the seizure of Iranian assets amounts to theft and indicates continued "hostility" toward his country. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that the families of victims of a 1...

  • Court document: Newtown teacher carried loaded gun in school

    Court document: Newtown teacher carried loaded gun in school

    National News 04/21/2016

    Court documents show a Newtown middle school teacher who was arrested on a weapon possession charge was carrying a loaded .45-caliber pistol in a holster inside the school.   A Danbury Superior Court judge on Wednesday entered an initial not-gui...

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