The defence in the trial of German far-right politician Björn Höcke has called for him to be acquitted of a charge that he used a prohibited Nazi slogan, on the grounds that the defendant did not know it was banned. Höcke, 52, is accused of using the slogan “Alles für Deutschland” (Everything for Germany) that […]
Ken Paxton hit the campaign trail with a smile last week. Beaming in photos he posted of events in Collin County, Denton County, Grayson County and Tarrant County, the Texas Republican attorney general campaigned and promoted more than a dozen candidates on the ballot in this week’s primary election. Most are new faces to the […]
Feb. 5—Six months after a jury failed to reach a verdict in his second-degree murder trial, William “Bill” Nofsinger has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in a 2021 killing at a Southeast Albuquerque apartment complex. The plea clears the way for Nofsinger’s release from jail after nearly 21 months in custody at the Metropolitan […]
(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong’s top court overturned a local democracy activist’s acquittal over her role in a banned Tiananmen memorial in June 2021, restoring a conviction handed in early 2022. Most Read from Bloomberg In December 2022, Hong Kong’s High Court cleared Chow Hang Tung of charges of inciting others to take part in a […]