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Mar 11 2024
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Fourth person arrested amid youth basketball game brawl
Two local basketball games erupted in violence over the weekend. A fourth person was arrested Monday night, days after the altercation. Police said coaches and spectators came to blows on the court at a match for five and 7-year-olds. Parents told NBC 10, these are not the role models they want for their kids. "I think it's sad that such a positive thing turns into a negative," said one parent
WJAR 10Feb 21 2023
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Supreme Court won't upset Arkansas anti-Israel boycott law
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to step into a legal fight over state laws that require contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel. The justices rejected an appeal on behalf of an alternative weekly newspaper in Little Rock, Arkansas, that objected to a state law that reduces fees paid to contractors that refuse to sign the pledge. The full federal appeals court in St. Louis
KSATNov 14 2023
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Arrest warrant out for Ammon Bundy after he fails to show for court hearing on contempt charges
BOISE, Idaho — A judge has issued an arrest warrant for far-right activist and former Idaho gubernatorial candidate Ammon Bundy after he failed to show up for a mandatory hearing Monday. The hearing related to contempt charges against Bundy in the St. Luke’s defamation case, which concluded in July with a jury ordering Bundy and an associate, Diego Rodriguez, to pay $52.5 million in damages to
The OregonianOct 24 2023
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Georgia’s 6-week abortion ban stays for now, state Supreme Court rules
Georgia’s six-week abortion ban will remain in place after the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the law is valid — a move that leaves abortion largely inaccessible in the South. Tuesday’s ruling reverses a lower court decision from 2022 that struck down the law on the grounds that it was unconstitutional when the state legislature passed it in 2019. At the time, Roe v. Wade, which barred
Washington PostSep 27 2023
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US Senator Bob Menendez to appear in court as calls for resignation mount
NEW YORK, Sept 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is set to appear in court on Wednesday to face charges of taking bribes from three New Jersey businessman, as calls for his resignation from his fellow Democrats escalated. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan last week accused Menendez , 69, and his wife of accepting gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash in exchange for the
ReutersMar 11 2024
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Trump seeks delay in N.Y. trial pending SCOTUS hearing on immunity
NEW YORK — Donald Trump on Monday sought to delay his New York criminal trial, scheduled to start March 25, with claims related to presidential immunity, which several legal experts described as an attempt at distraction unlikely to work on the judge overseeing the case. Cut through the 2024 election noise. Get The Campaign Moment newsletter. Trump’s lawyers argued in a motion made public
Washington PostNov 04 2023
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The Supreme Court will decide if domestic abuse orders can bar people from having guns
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The question: Should people who are placed under domestic violence protection orders also lose access to their guns? The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in a pivotal firearms case that could have profound implications for how
Daily KosJun 15 2023
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Supreme Court Will End Term With a Bang
The 2022-2023 Supreme Court term is set to end with a bang, as four major cases are still undecided.
Justices have yet to issue rulings on key lawsuits that could upend affirmative action in college admissions, President Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan, LGBTQ+ civil liberties and the federal election process.
Although the Court's terms always begin on the first Monday
NewsweekNov 13 2023
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U.S. Supreme Court issues new code of conduct amid scrutiny over Clarence Thomas scandals
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday issued its first-ever written code of conduct, a dramatic sign of the rising pressure for reforms stemming from scandals involving lavish gifts from benefactors to Justice Clarence Thomas and other justices. Although there was enforcement mechanism mentioned, the new code signed by all nine judges suggests Chief Justice John Roberts is sensitive to jarring
New York Daily NewsMar 07 2024
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CT dentist gets prison for tax evasion. He also has to pay nearly $250,000 in restitution.
A Connecticut dentist was sentenced to prison this week for tax evasion, according to federal authorities. Boulos Hanna, also known as “Paul Hanna,” 66, of East Lyme, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 10 months in prison and that will be followed by three years of supervised release, according to federal authorities. Hanna also has to pay $244,541 in
Hartford Courant