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International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials

Nov. 21, 2024 08:40 AM EST

THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over their 13-month war in Gaza and the October 2023 attack...

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Israel’s defense minister and Hamas official

Nov. 21, 2024 06:59 AM EST
THE HAGUE (AP) — International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Israel’s defense minister and Hamas official.

Thai court dismisses activist's suit against Israeli spyware producer over lack of evidence

Nov. 21, 2024 06:53 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Thursday threw out a lawsuit brought by a pro-democracy activist which alleged spyware produced by an Israeli tech firm had been used to hack his phone. The Civil Court in Bangkok said Jatupat Boonpattararaksa had failed to show sufficient proof that...

The FBI arrested a man who's been charged with planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange

Nov. 21, 2024 01:23 AM EST

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the U.S. government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs,...

Lawsuit against troopers who investigated 11-year-old in murder case nears trial

Nov. 21, 2024 00:28 AM EST

More than six years after he was exonerated based on insufficient evidence, a man who was charged as an 11-year-old with shooting his father's pregnant fiancee to death wants a federal jury to make the Pennsylvania State Police pay for the years he spent in juvenile detention. Jordan...

Philadelphia loses lawsuit that sought greater power for the city to regulate firearms

Nov. 20, 2024 20:41 PM EST

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Philadelphia cannot impose stricter firearms regulations than are allowed by state law, Pennsylvania's Democratic-majority state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday, a blow to city leaders looking for ways to stem gun violence. The justices ruled 6-0 to...

Georgia election workers seek more penalties against Giuliani, saying he continues to defame them

Nov. 20, 2024 17:41 PM EST

Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani asked a judge Wednesday to penalize him even further for continuing to falsely accuse them of tampering with ballots during the 2020 presidential election. Attorneys for Ruby Freeman...

Court says it's ending dispute over Mississippi airport board but city officials disagree

Nov. 20, 2024 17:29 PM EST

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court says it is ending a long-running dispute over whether the state of Mississippi or its capital, Jackson, will control the city's airport board. The decision Tuesday by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could...

Court ruling stops Louisiana from requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms for now

Nov. 20, 2024 16:07 PM EST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's plan to make all of the state's public school classrooms post the Ten Commandments next year remains on hold under an order Wednesday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a state request to...

Pakistan's Imran Khan gets bail in a graft case but will stay behind bars on other charges

Nov. 20, 2024 15:29 PM EST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court granted bail Wednesday to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a graft case, his lawyer said. But with a slew of other charges pending against him, the opposition leader is staying behind bars. Still, the order by a superior court in the capital,...