Tag: Judiciary

Belarus authorities move to shut top journalist association

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KYIV, Ukraine — Authorities in Belarus moved Wednesday to outlaw the country's leading journalists' association, part of a sweeping crackdown on independent media and...

New prosecutor appointed in shooting of Rayshard Brooks

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ATLANTA — Georgia's attorney general announced Wednesday that he has appointed the head of a prosecutors' group to oversee the criminal case against the...

EU says democratic standards under threat in Poland, Hungary

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BRUSSELS — Democratic standards in the European Union are eroding in several member countries, particularly in Hungary and Poland where judicial independence is under...

Federal court nixes Indiana’s voter registration purge law

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INDIANAPOLIS — A federal appeals court has sided with opponents of an Indiana law aimed at having elections officials immediately purge voter registrations for...

Gang member gets 30 years in prison for boy’s stabbing death

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GREENBELT, Md. — A gang member was sentenced on Tuesday to 30 years in federal prison for his role in the killing of a...

UK: Con woman stole diamonds by swapping them for pebbles

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LONDON — A British court has heard how a woman...

NXIVM guru to pay for victims’ brand removal as restitution

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NEW YORK — The unrepentant former leader of the cult-like NXIVM group was ordered on Tuesday to pay $3.5 million to 21 victims of...

Watchdog: Little help from Trump officials in census probe

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A watchdog agency investigating the origins of a failed attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census form was unable to question...

FBI agent in investigation of Whitmer kidnap plot is charged

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KALAMAZOO, Mich. — An FBI agent who testified about an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is facing an assault charge,...

Judge exonerates man who served 20 years in Georgia slayings

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BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A judge on Monday dismissed all charges against a man convicted of the 1985 slayings of a couple at a south...