Tag: Law and order
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...
Judge: BP’s Indiana refinery violated soot emission limits
<p>WHITING, Ind. — A BP refinery in northwest Indiana repeatedly violated air pollution standards for soot emissions between 2015 and 2018, a federal judge...
Missouri city settles part in suit over Black inmate’s death
CHARLESTON, Mo. — A southeastern Missouri city has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle its part in a lawsuit brought by the family of...
Judge: R. Kelly to be moved to NYC for sex-trafficking trial
<p>NEW YORK — A federal judge gave the green light Thursday to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go...
Mayor’s request for release of school shooting video denied
The mayor of the east Tennessee city of Knoxville requested the release of video footage of a high school shooting that left one student...
S Carolina Republicans give expanding voting a brief hearing
<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. — A bill in South Carolina that would greatly expand voting through no-excuse absentee ballots and eliminating witnesses for votes cast by...
Alaska denied oil check benefits to gay couples, dependents
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — DO NOTE MOVE DO NOT MOVE DO NOTE MOVE
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Court: Man entitled to new trial in killing of woman, 94
<p>ELKHART, Ind. — A mentally disabled man convicted of killing a 94-year-old woman nearly 20 years ago is entitled to a new trial, the...
DAs tossing more drug cases tied to indicted NYPD detective
NEW YORK — New York City prosecutors will seek to overturn scores of additional drug convictions that relied on the work of an indicted...
Former Nebraska football player acquitted of sex assault
<p>LINCOLN, Neb. — A jury has acquitted former Nebraska football player Katerian LeGrone of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old fellow student in 2019. </p>
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