An editor for National Public Radio resigned Wednesday just days after he inflamed the ongoing culture war about mainstream media with an essay about what he considers the news outlet’s liberal leanings. Uri Berliner, who was a senior business editor, wrote an essay for the right-leaning online publication The Free Press in which he said […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Armenia insisted Tuesday that the top United Nations court has jurisdiction to hear its case accusing Azerbaijan of breaching an international convention that aims to stamp out racial discrimination. At a preliminary hearing Monday, Azerbaijan had urged the International Court of Justice to toss out for lack of jurisdiction the […]
TOKYO (AP) — A civil lawsuit accusing Japanese police of racial profiling opened Monday with emotional testimony from plaintiffs who said they were constantly stopped and questioned without good reason. The case, filed in January by three residents of Japan with overseas ancestry, including an American, claims their treatment constitutes discrimination and violates their human […]
A lawsuit accusing North Carolina officials of unnecessarily warehousing foster children in locked psychiatric facilities has survived an effort by state regulators to dismiss the case. The federal complaint contends that the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services discriminates against hundreds of North Carolina foster kids with disabilities by warehousing them for extended […]
Preliminary hearings have opened at the United Nations’ top court in a case that seeks an end to German military and other aid to Israel, based on claims that Berlin is enabling acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Nicaragua argues that by giving Israel political, financial […]
Preliminary hearings have opened at the United Nations’ top court in a case that seeks an end to German military and other aid to Israel, based on claims that Berlin is enabling acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Nicaragua argues that by giving Israel political, financial […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Preliminary hearings open Monday at the United Nations’ top court in a case that seeks an end of German military and other aid to Israel, based on claims that Berlin is “facilitating” acts of genocide and breaches of international law in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Israel strongly denies its […]
A lawsuit accusing Veterans Affairs officials of racial discrimination in disability benefits processing can move ahead after a federal court on Friday rejected a government request to dismiss the case. The move potentially opens the door for a significant legal review of more than five decades of VA benefits decisions, with a focus on whether […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has been subpoenaed to give a deposition as part of a civil lawsuit filed by a longtime friend and political ally who alleges he was defamed during a lengthy Justice Department investigation into accusations that Gaetz had sex with a 17-year-old girl. The underlying lawsuit, filed by former […]
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott filed a lawsuit in Collin County on Monday against a woman who allegedly is trying to extort $100 million from him to settle a claim for sexual assault from 2017. The case was filed in Collin County, Texas, against Victoria Shores and her attorneys, Bethel T. Zehaie and Yoel T. […]
Donald Trump on Thursday requested a federal court to drop criminal charges against him which allege he unlawfully kept sensitive national security documents after his presidency ended. Mr Trump, asserting that the legal action against him was flawed, entered a plea of not guilty, court filings show. He faces a 40-count indictment in a federal […]
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal charges accusing him of illegally holding onto sensitive U.S. national security documents when he left office, arguing the prosecution is legally flawed. Trump has pleaded not guilty to a 40-count indictment in Florida federal court accusing him […]