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Rudy Giuliani ordered to appear in court after missing deadline to turn over assets
A judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani to appear in a New York courtroom on Thursday to explain why he missed a deadline to surrender his belongings as part of a $148 million defamation judgment. U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman issued the order late Monday after lawyers for Ruby Freeman...
French court convicts 18 in a major trial that casts light on the deadly migrant-smuggling trade
LILLE, France (AP) — A French court found 18 people guilty Tuesday in a major migrant-smuggling trial that shed light on the lucrative but often deadly clandestine business of transporting people on flimsy boats across the perilous sea from France to the U.K. The defendants were...
Democratic-backed justices look to defend control of Michigan's Supreme Court
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Democrats and their allies were defending their majority on the state's Supreme Court on Tuesday after a campaign marked by exorbitant spending. Court races are nonpartisan but candidates are nominated at party conventions. Democratic-backed justices...
French court convicts 18 people over involvement in human smuggling network, jailing 1 for 15 years
Swedish court sentences far-right politician for insulting Muslims
MALMO, Sweden (AP) — A Swedish court sentenced on Tuesday a far-right politician to four months in jail for two counts of “incitement against an ethnic group” after making hateful comments at political rallies two years ago. The Danish-Swedish 42-year-old man, who was not named...
American convicted on drug-related charges in Russia loses appeal
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in the Russian capital on Tuesday rejected an American citizen's appeal against against his sentence on drug-related charges. In July, Moscow's Ostankino District Court convicted Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, of attempted trafficking of illegal...
Arizona voters to decide on expanding abortion access months after facing a potential near-total ban
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters are set to decide whether to guarantee the right to abortion in the state constitution — a vote that could cement access after the presidential battleground came close to a near-total ban earlier this year. Arizona is one of nine states with abortion...
Justices who split on an abortion measure ruling vie to lead Arkansas Supreme Court
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two justices who split on whether Arkansas voters should have the chance to scale back the state's abortion ban are both vying to lead the state Supreme Court, though the election won't affect the court's conservative tilt. Justices Rhonda Wood and Karen...
Rudy Giuliani cleared out his apartment weeks before court deadline to turn over assets, lawyers say
NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani cleared out valuables from his Manhattan apartment weeks before a court deadline to surrender his belongings as part of a $148 million defamation judgment, according to a letter filed in federal court Monday. Lawyers for Ruby Freeman and her daughter,...
Appeals court says Arizona should release list of voters with unverified citizenship
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed a decision by a lower court that required the Secretary of State’s office to release a list of tens of thousands of voters who were mistakenly classified as having access to Arizona’s full ballot because of a coding glitch. ...