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US judge blocks Florida law that bars transporting migrants into state

By Ted Hesson and Daniel Wiessner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge temporarily blocked part of a Florida law on Wednesday that imposes criminal penalties for willfully transporting people who lack legal immigration status into the state. The law, which took effect in 2023, amended the crime of human smuggling to classify such cases as felonies. […]

Windham man gets more than a year behind bars for fatal Turner crash

May 20—AUBURN — A Windham man acquitted of manslaughter, but convicted of two felonies in connection with a 2022 fatal crash in Turner, was ordered Monday to serve more than a year behind bars. Curtis Randy Fogg, 35, was sentenced in Androscoggin County Superior Court to four years in prison, but Justice Jennifer Archer suspended […]

Top court bars former president Zuma from South African election

South Africa’s highest court ruled on Monday that former president Jacob Zuma cannot stand as a candidate in next week’s general election on the grounds that a 2021 conviction for contempt of court has disqualified him. The Constitutional Court ruled that Zuma’s sentence of more than 12 months in prison had made him ineligible to […]

South Africa’s top court bars Zuma from being lawmaker

South Africa’s highest court has barred former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in next week’s general election. The Constitutional Court ruled that his 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court disqualified him. Mr Zuma was convicted in 2021 for refusing to testify at an inquiry investigating corruption during his presidency which ended in […]