Tag: Judiciary
ICC prosecutor urges Sudan to hand over Darfur suspects
CAIRO — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor on Sunday urged Sudan’s transitional government to hand over suspects wanted for war crimes and genocide in...
Probe ordered on California death row inmate innocence claim
LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered an independent investigation into the conviction of death row inmate Kevin Cooper, who says he...
Ex-premier’s graft case a test of justice in oil-rich Kuwait
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Where is Sheikh Jaber? Kuwait was abuzz with the question as citizens on social media demanded to know the...
White House asks court to dismiss lawsuit over drug imports
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Biden administration is urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that could stand in the way of states like...
Court rules against using race, sex to allocate federal aid
A federal appeals court ruled in favor of a conservative legal group that sought to stop President Joe Biden’s administration from giving priority status...
Ex-Southwest Airlines pilot sentenced for lewd act on flight
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A retired Southwest Airlines pilot was sentenced to probation Friday after pleading guilty to exposing his genitals to a female...
Breyer ‘basically optimistic’ about US despite polarization
WASHINGTON — The country may be increasingly divided along partisan lines, but Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Friday that he remains optimistic that...
US court revives lawsuit against private prison in Nevada
LAS VEGAS — A federal appeals court said Friday the nation’s largest private prison corporation can be held liable for negligence by a man...
EXPLAINER: What’s the Senate filibuster and why change it?
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are poised to use a filibuster to derail Democrats’ effort to launch a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6 attack...
Judge agrees to appoint ‘special master’ in Giuliani case
NEW YORK — A judge said Friday that he will appoint a “special master” to protect attorney-client privilege during a review of materials seized...