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Israel's High Court hears a challenge to a law that makes it harder to remove Netanyahu from office
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday was hearing a challenge to a law that makes it harder to remove a sitting prime minister, which critics say is designed to protect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has been working to reshape the justice system while he is on trial for...
Senior Thai national park official, 3 others, acquitted in 9-year-old case of missing activist
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand on Thursday acquitted four national park employees, including a senior official, of the kidnapping and murder of an Indigenous rights activist who disappeared under suspicious circumstances more than nine years ago. The activist, Porlajee...
Colorado supermarket shooting suspect suggested to psychologist that he wanted police to kill him
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 told a mental health evaluator he bought firearms to carry out a mass shooting and suggested that he wanted police to kill him, according to Wednesday court testimony. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa...
Long a city that embraced cars, Paris is seeing a new kind of road rage: Bike-lane traffic jams
PARIS (AP) — Ring, ring! It's rush hour on Paris' Sébastopol Boulevard, and the congestion is severe — not just gas-guzzling, pollution-spewing, horn-honking snarls but also quieter and greener bottlenecks of cyclists jockeying for space. Until four years ago, motorists largely...
Sri Lankan cricketer found not guilty of rape charges in Australian court case
SYDNEY (AP) — Sri Lankan cricket international Danushka Gunathilaka has been found not guilty of raping a woman he met on a dating site during the south Asian team's tour of Australia last November. Judge Sarah Huggett acquitted the 32-year-old player as he sat at Sydney’s...
New Mexico trial begins over allegations that Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Accusations that New Mexico's Democratic-led Legislature unfairly diluted the vote of a politically conservative oil-producing region with its redistricting map went to trial on Wednesday. The trial’s outcome is likely to have a big influence on which party...
Redistricting redux: North Carolina lawmakers to draw again new maps for Congress and themselves
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — With a new state budget completed, North Carolina legislators now turn their attention yet again to mapping the state's congressional and General Assembly districts. The House and Senate redistricting committees scheduled hearings this week — the last one...
Memphis says Mikey Williams is enrolled online but barred from hoops activities
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Star recruit Mikey Williams is enrolled in online classes at Memphis and remains on the roster but will not have access to team facilities or activities until his court case on six felony gun charges is completed, the basketball program announced Wednesday. ...
Mississippi activists ask to join water lawsuit and criticize Black judge's comments on race
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Activists in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city are trying to join a federal lawsuit against the city for violating standards for clean drinking water, even as they say the Black judge presiding over the case is stirring racial division. The activists...
Michigan judges ordered to honor pronouns of parties in court
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered all judges to address people in court by the pronouns they use or by “other respectful means.” “We serve the entire public and are required to treat those who come before us with civility and respect,” Justice...
