Tag: Court decisions
High court won’t hear Tennessee prisoners’ hepatitis C case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court decision that upheld Tennessee’s rationing of life-saving hepatitis C drugs to prisoners...
Colorado judge resigning after censure for racial slur
DENVER — A Colorado judge will resign after being censured for repeatedly saying a racial slur in a conversation with a Black employee, expressing...
Leaders of Proud Boys ordered jailed on Capitol riot charges
A federal judge on Monday ordered two leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group to be arrested and jailed while awaiting trial on...
Illinois National Guard activated ahead of Chauvin verdict
CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker activated the Illinois National Guard Monday ahead of an expected verdict in the trial of a former Minneapolis police...
Judge in Chauvin trial calls Waters’ comments ‘abhorrent’
MINNEAPOLIS — The judge overseeing the trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd on Monday called recent comments...
Refugees win rare victory in Serbia landmark pushback ruling
BELGRADE, Serbia — Hamid Ahmadi still can feel the cold of the February night when Serbian police left him and two dozen other refugees...
US deports woman who lied about role in Rwandan genocide
CONCORD, N.H. — A woman who served a 10-year sentence in U.S. prison for lying about her role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide to...
7 Hong Kong democracy leaders to be sentenced amid crackdown
HONG KONG — Seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, including 82-year-old veteran activist Martin Lee and pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, are expected...
Judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s motions to toss sex charges
NEW YORK — A judge on Friday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s arguments to toss charges that she recruited three teenager girls from 1994 to 1997...
Court orders Latvian soccer league to add club mid-season
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Latvian soccer league was ordered to add an extra team by an interim court ruling on Thursday, one month after...