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How will a new national security law affect different walks of life in Hong Kong?

Mar. 19, 2024 07:23 AM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — As Hong Kong passed a new national security law, the city that evolved from a swampy fishing village to a financial center embarked on another transformation, one that may redefine its role on the world stage and the liberties of its citizens. For the government...

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

Mar. 19, 2024 07:11 AM EDT

St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 17, 2024. Editorial: A legislator with a court record put a veil on court records. This can’t stand. We can’t think of a single good reason why a new Missouri law would require redacting the names of all victims and witnesses from...

The first outside legal analyses of Vatican's 'trial of the century' are in, and they're critical

Mar. 19, 2024 01:19 AM EDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Several prominent lawyers have published stinging academic critiques and legal opinions about the Vatican’s recently concluded “trial of the century,” highlighting violations of basic defense rights and rule of law norms that they warn could have consequences for the...

Federal court rules firearm restrictions on defendants awaiting trial are constitutional

Mar. 18, 2024 22:53 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Court orders that prohibited two criminal defendants from possessing firearms while they awaited trial were constitutional because they were in line with past restrictions on firearms, a federal court ruled Monday. Judge Gabriel P. Sanchez, writing for a...

Congolese journalist convicted of spreading false information expected to be freed soon

Mar. 18, 2024 21:11 PM EDT

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera was set to be freed soon after a court found him guilty and sentenced him Monday to six months in prison for spreading false information among other charges, according to media freedom group Reporters Without Borders. He was...

Man pleads guilty to murder in Hawaii after killing lover and encasing his body in tub

Mar. 18, 2024 21:05 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — A man pleaded guilty to murder Monday, about two years after his lover's decomposing body was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaii's most exclusive gated communities. Juan Tejedor Baron, now 25, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death...

New Jersey's unique primary ballot design seems to face skepticism from judge in lawsuit

Mar. 18, 2024 20:29 PM EDT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's one-of-a-kind method of drawing primary ballots prompted some apparent skepticism from a federal judge Monday as he considered a legal challenge claiming the system favors preferred candidates of establishment party leaders. The hearing Monday in...

'Access Hollywood' tape won't be played at Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial, judge rules

Mar. 18, 2024 20:13 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The infamous “Access Hollywood” video in which Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women sexually without asking permission will not be shown to jurors at the former president's hush-money criminal trial, a New York judge ruled Monday. Judge Juan M. Merchan said...

Appeals panel asks West Virginia court whether opioids distribution can cause a public nuisance

Mar. 18, 2024 20:11 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court asked West Virginia’s highest court Monday whether opioid distributions can cause a public nuisance as it reviews a landmark lawsuit against three major U.S. drug distributors accused of causing a health crisis in one of the state's counties. ...

Panama demands Nicaragua rein in former President Ricardo Martinelli

Mar. 18, 2024 19:58 PM EDT

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama on Monday accused Nicaragua of meddling in its internal affairs by allowing former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli to continue taking swipes at the justice system and promoting his political allies from within the walls of the Nicaraguan embassy. ...