Tag: Courts
Israeli voters poised to send first Reform rabbi to Knesset
TEL AVIV, Israel — In years of going against Israel’s religious and political mainstream, Rabbi Gilad Kariv has learned to handle conflict. He has...
New Mexico gang member convicted of murder, racketeering
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal court jury has convicted a self-admitted member of a New Mexico prison gang of ordering and participating in the...
Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes Tanzania’s first woman president
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Samia Suluhu Hassan, 61, made history Friday when she was sworn in as Tanzania’s first female president at the...
West African court allows extradition to US of Venezuelan
LISBON, Portugal — Cape Verde’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a businessman close to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro who was arrested last year in...
House expected to pass two bills aimed at bolstering women
WASHINGTON — With a nod to Women’s History Month, the Democratic-led House is expected to pass two measures Wednesday, one designed to protect women...
Not NCAA Property: Players push for reform on social media
Isaiah Livers of Michigan, Geo Baker of Rutgers and Jordan Bohannon of Iowa were among the college basketball players pushing for NCAA reforms on...
Traditions on hold, justices near a year of phone arguments
WASHINGTON — Lawyers arguing in jeans and hoodies. A justice who has been silent for years regularly talking. A sound like a toilet flushing...
Kosovo war crimes suspect arrested by authorities in Belgium
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Belgian authorities have arrested a Kosovo war crimes suspect indicted by prosecutors at a special court in The Hague, the...
Traditions on hold, justices near a year of phone arguments
WASHINGTON — Lawyers arguing in jeans and hoodies. A justice who has been silent for years regularly talking. A sound like a toilet flushing...
Kosovo war crimes suspect arrested by authorities in Belgium
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Belgian authorities have arrested a Kosovo war crimes suspect indicted by prosecutors at a special court in The Hague, the...
