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Finland court jails Iraqi twins suspected of IS killing
Headline News 12/14/2015A Finnish court on Friday jailed 23-year-old twin brothers from Iraq for four months pending trial on suspicions they were Islamic State militants who fatally shot 11 unarmed soldiers in Iraq in June 2014. Friday's custody hearing was held behind clo...
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Kansas Court of Appeals mulls state protections for abortion
Legal News Feed 12/12/2015A lawsuit blocking Kansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on a common second-trimester method for terminating pregnancies forced an appeals court Wednesday to wrestle with whether the state constitution independently protects abortion rights. Abortion oppon...
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High court takes up challenges to drunken-driving test
Attorneys News 12/12/2015The Supreme Court will decide whether states can criminalize a driver's refusal to take an alcohol test even if police have not obtained a search warrant. The justices on Friday agreed to hear three cases challenging laws in Minnesota and North Dakot...
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EU court dismisses Barcelona football trademark case
Law & Politics 12/11/2015A European Union court has rejected an attempt by Spanish soccer giant Barcelona to have part of its club crest registered as a European trademark. Known best for its passing game, Barcelona tried last year to have the outline of its badge registered...
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Supreme Court torn over Texas affirmative action program
Law & Politics 12/10/2015Torn as ever over race, the Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether it's time to end the use of race in college admissions nationwide or at least at the University of Texas. With liberal and conservative justices starkly divided, the justice who a...
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US court rejects Virginia death row inmate's appeal
Court Alerts 12/03/2015A federal appeals court has rejected a Virginia death row inmate's appeal of his murder-for-hire conviction. Ivan Teleguz was sentenced to death in 2006 for hiring a man to kill his former girlfriend, Stephanie Sipe, in Harrisonburg. After two key pr...
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Court papers: Witness ID'd man in playground shooting
Court Alerts 12/02/2015A witness's statement and photo identification led to the arrest of a man accused in a playground shootout that wounded 17 people, court papers show. Joseph "Moe" Allen, 32, faces 17 counts of attempted murder in the Nov. 22 gunfight at Bunny Friend ...
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High Court rules against Northern Ireland's abortion law
Lawyer News 12/01/2015A Belfast High Court ruling is expected to ease Northern Ireland's strict anti-abortion laws to make it easier for women to terminate pregnancies in some cases. Abortions are illegal in Northern Ireland except in extreme cases when a woman's life is ...
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South African appeals court nears Pistorius ruling
Headline News 11/29/2015An official says a top South African appeals court is finalizing a decision on whether to send Oscar Pistorius back to prison by overturning a lower court's manslaughter conviction and finding the double-amputee Olympian guilty of murdering girlfrien...
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2 charged in pastor's wife killing say little in court
Criminal Law 11/28/2015Two young men charged in the shooting death of an Indianapolis pastor's pregnant wife gave brief answers to a judge's questions Tuesday during their first court appearance since their arrest. Marion County Superior Court Judge Grant Hawkins entered n...
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Detroit-area ex-officer found guilty in videotaped beating
Criminal Law 11/22/2015A white, former Detroit-area police officer was found guilty Thursday of assault and misconduct in the bloody beating of a black driver during a traffic stop that was captured on video. Wayne County jurors handed down the verdict in the case a...
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Rancher pleads guilty to falsely claiming cattle losses
Court Alerts 11/21/2015A South Dakota rancher has pleaded guilty in federal court to falsely claiming he lost more than a hundred cattle during the autumn blizzard of 2013 that left ranchers in the state reeling with financial losses. Karl Knutson pleaded guilty Fri...