Tag: National courts
Brazil court greenlights probe of president’s virus response
SAO PAULO — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a Senate investigation of President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the pandemic to go forward, one...
California lifts COVID-19 limits on indoor worship services
LOS ANGELES — California on Monday lifted its limits on indoor worship services in the face of U.S. Supreme Court rulings that struck down...
Joe West awarded $500,000 in damages against Paul Lo Duca
NEW YORK — Major league umpire Joe West was awarded $500,000 in damages plus interest dating to July 8 in a defamation suit against...
Michigan police shocked by convicted murderer’s release
DETROIT — A Detroit-area man who was convicted of killing his first wife and whose second wife died under suspicious circumstances was granted an...
Ex-officer appeals 20-year sentence for killing Black man
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A former South Carolina police officer serving 20 years in prison for killing an unarmed Black man who was running away...
Federal judge approves partial deal between women, US Soccer
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge approved a partial deal between players on the women's national team and the U.S. Soccer Federation over unequal...
US nominates NY lawyer to monitor United Auto Workers union
DETROIT — The U.S. attorney's office in Detroit is recommending that a federal judge name New York lawyer Neil Barofsky to monitor the United...
Ramsey Clark, attorney general under Johnson, dies at 93
NEW YORK — Ramsey Clark, the attorney general in the Johnson administration who became an outspoken activist for unpopular causes and a harsh critic...
Hit-and-run crash in Florida kills New York federal judge
BOCA RATON, Fla. — A Florida woman who claimed she is Harry Potter fatally struck a federal judge visiting from New York and seriously...
Prosecutors seek 5-year term for ex-leader of neo-Nazi group
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Federal prosecutors in Virginia are seeking a five-year prison sentence for a former neo-Nazi group leader who pleaded guilty to conspiring...
