Tag: National courts
Vermont’s Peter Hall, US court of appeals judge, dies at 72
Judge Peter Hall, the Vermont judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, died Thursday at the Rutland Regional Medical...
Swiss court rules against prosecutor in FIFA case
ZURICH — A Swiss court ruled that a special prosecutor investigating Switzerland’s former attorney general acted illegally while pursuing a separate case against FIFA...
Drug trafficker says he bribed Honduras president
<p>NEW YORK — A convicted Honduran drug trafficker and former leader of a cartel testified in United States federal court Thursday that he paid...
Appeals court takes up Fairfax’s defamation case against CBS
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Appellate judges reviewing a defamation lawsuit filed by Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax expressed concern that journalists gave an overly...
State to pay $475K to family of pot suspect killed by dozer
<p>READING, Pa. — The state of Pennsylvania will pay $475,000 to the estate of a man who died underneath a bulldozer that Pennsylvania State...
Tel Aviv’s Jewish museum reopens after $100 million upgrade
TEL AVIV, Israel — From Queen Salome to the late RBG, from Moses to Sandy Koufax, Tel Aviv's newly revamped Museum of the Jewish...
Tel Aviv’s Jewish museum reopens after $100 million upgrade
<p>TEL AVIV, Israel — From Queen Salome to the late RBG, from Moses to Sandy Koufax, Tel Aviv's newly revamped Museum of the Jewish...
House panel rejects push to oust judge over absentee voting
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee House panel on Tuesday rejected a push to remove a judge for expanding absentee voting in 2020 in response...
House panel rejects push to oust judge over absentee voting
<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee House panel on Tuesday rejected <a href="https://apnews.com/article/push-to-oust-tennessee-judge-over-absentee-vote-44062e88bc5bfc9dc957ba70f164e365">a push to remove a judge</a> for expanding absentee voting in 2020 in...
‘Lula’ convictions dismissed; could run again in Brazil
SAO PAULO — A top judge has thrown out both corruption convictions of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, opening the way...