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UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza

Mar. 28, 2024 13:06 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into Gaza to tackle crippling shortages in the war-ravaged enclave. The International Court of...

India court extends custody of top opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal for 4 more days

Mar. 28, 2024 08:14 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court on Thursday extended custody of a top opposition leader for four more days after his arrest last week triggered protests, as the country gears up for a general election starting next month. Arvind Kejriwal, New Delhi’s top elected official and...

US journalist marks a year in a Russian prison as courts keep extending his time behind bars

Mar. 28, 2024 02:35 AM EDT

For Evan Gershkovich, the dozen appearances in Moscow's courts over the past year have fallen into a pattern. Guards take the American journalist from the notorious Lefortovo Prison in a van for the short drive to the courthouse. He’s led in handcuffs to a defendants’ cage in...

Judge forges ahead with pretrial motions in Georgia election interference case

Mar. 28, 2024 00:18 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — The charges against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that the First Amendment protects, his lawyers argued in a court filing challenging the indictment. Fulton County...

Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says

Mar. 27, 2024 22:26 PM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots does not run afoul of a civil rights law, a federal appeals court panel said Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling. A divided 3rd...

Indonesia's top court hears appeals from losing presidential candidates who want a revote

Mar. 27, 2024 21:53 PM EDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court heard appeals lodged by two losing presidential candidates who are demanding a revote, alleging widespread irregularities and fraud at the polls in appearances before the judges Wednesday. Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto won the...

More teens would be tried in adult courts for gun offenses under Kentucky bill winning final passage

Mar. 27, 2024 21:32 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill intended to combat teen crime by transferring more youths for trial in adult courts when charged with gun-related gun offenses won final passage in the Kentucky legislature on Wednesday. The Senate voted 24-10 to sent the bill to Democratic Gov. Andy...

Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should lose state law license for efforts to overturn election, judge says

Mar. 27, 2024 20:50 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election. Eastman, a former law school dean, faced 11 disciplinary charges in the state...

Donald Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money criminal case

Mar. 27, 2024 19:54 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at the New York judge who put him under a gag order ahead of his April 15 hush-money criminal trial, making a fallacious claim about his daughter and urging him to step aside from the case. In a social media post, the former...

An indicted Tennessee judge is sent to jail after her bond is revoked for positive cocaine tests

Mar. 27, 2024 19:46 PM EDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee criminal court judge was sent to jail Wednesday after her bond was revoked for testing positive for cocaine while she was out of custody pending a trial on charges of coercion of a witness and harassment. Online records showed Shelby County...