Recent Updates
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Florida school shooting suspect's statement issue in court
Court Alerts 07/13/2018How much of Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz's statement to investigators should be made public is an issue going before a judge.A hearing is set Monday on whether any or all of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting suspect's ...
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1-year-old goes to court to get reunited with family
Court Alerts 07/06/2018The 1-year-old boy in a green button-up shirt drank milk from a bottle, played with a small purple ball that lit up when it hit the ground and occasionally asked for "agua."Then it was the child's turn for his court appearance before a Phoenix immigr...
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Trump administration defends Keystone XL pipeline in court
Court Alerts 05/22/2018Trump administration attorneys defended the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline in federal court on Thursday against environmentalists and Native American groups that want to derail the project.President Barack Obama rejected the 1,179-mile (1,80...
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Trump seems likely to win travel ban case at Supreme Court
Court Alerts 04/21/2018President Donald Trump appears likely to win his travel ban case at the Supreme Court.Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy both signaled support for the travel policy in arguments Wednesday at the high court. The ban's challengers a...
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Pennsylvania asks court to keep Amazon incentives a secret
Court Alerts 04/19/2018Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's administration went to court this week to block requests for records of financial incentives it offered Amazon to build its second headquarters in Pennsylvania.An administration lawyer asked Commonwealth Court to reverse an...
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Court clerk: Despite memo, staff not required to campaign
Court Alerts 03/21/2018The clerk of court in one North Carolina county says she never meant to require any of her employees to work for her re-election even though that's what a leaked memo said.After the memo was published, Surry County Clerk of Court Teresa O'Dell told t...
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Court: Idaho nuclear waste documents won't be made public
Court Alerts 02/06/2018U.S. officials don't have to provide details about proposed shipments of extremely radioactive spent commercial nuclear fuel to the country's top government nuclear research laboratory in Idaho, a federal court has ruled.The ruling was a major setbac...
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Samsung heir freed after appeal wins suspended jail term
Court Alerts 02/04/2018Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong was freed Monday after a South Korean appeals court gave him a 2 ½-year suspended jail sentence for corruption in connection with a scandal that toppled the country's president.The Seoul High Court softened the origin...
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Kenya's High Court orders government's TV shutdown to end
Court Alerts 02/01/2018Kenya's High Court on Thursday ordered the government to end its shutdown of the country's top three TV stations after they tried to broadcast images of the opposition leader's mock inauguration, a ceremony considered treasonous.Journalists and human...
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Supreme Court rejects case over Mississippi Confederate emblem
Court Alerts 11/28/2017The Supreme Court on Monday rejected hearing a case that challenges the use of Confederate imagery in the Mississippi state flag. Carlos Moore, an African-American attorney from Mississippi, argued that the flag represents "an official endorsement of...
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Steve Mostyn, Houston attorney and major Dem donor, dies
Court Alerts 11/19/2017Steve Mostyn, a prominent Houston trial attorney and a top Democratic Party donor, has died. He was 46. In a statement, his family confirmed Thursday his death on Wednesday "after a sudden onset and battle with a mental health issue." "Steve was a be...
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German Court: Kuwait Airways Can Refuse Israeli Passengers
Court Alerts 11/16/2017A German court ruled Thursday that Kuwait's national airline didn't have to transport an Israeli citizen because the carrier would face legal repercussions at home if it did. The Frankfurt state court noted in its decision that Kuwait Airways is not ...