A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court as justices issue rulings in pending cases on the final day of the court’s term in Washington, U.S., July 1, 2024. Leah Millis | Reuters Four days after the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Loper Bright Enterprises vs. Raimondo, overturning the 40-year-old precedent known as … Read more
The rampant level of car theft in the Great White North has now become an international concern. Interpol announced in late May that over 200 stolen vehicles from Canada every week are being identified in other countries, typically at ports of entry. The international organization began this in February when it integrated the Royal Canadian … Read more
The South Australian Opposition is calling for the state’s child protection minister to be sacked and a dedicated portfolio to be established following “harrowing” data on offences committed against children in state care. A total of 49 people were charged with sexual offences against children in state care between March 2022 and May 2024, one … Read more
SANTA FE, N.M. — A jury is set to hear opening statements Wednesday at the involuntary manslaughter trial of Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer, a trial that will delve into the confluence of gun safety, high-wattage celebrity and a low-budget Western movie on a remote ranch set. Prosecutors and defense attorneysselected … Read more
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who recruited her former boyfriend to kill her mother after years of being forced to pretend she was gravely ill, announced Tuesday that she is pregnant and hopes to give her child everything she lacked growing up. Blanchard said in a YouTube video that the baby is due in January, which will … Read more
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks during a service for retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 18, 2023. Jacquelyn Martin | Getty Images A deputy U.S. Marshal tasked with protecting Supreme Court justices’ homes shot an alleged armed carjacker near the … Read more
By Staff The Associated Press Posted July 9, 2024 12:45 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday it opened a preliminary investigation last week into suspicions of illicit financing of far-right French leader Marine Le Pen’s campaign during the 2022 presidential election. The office … Read more
NEW ORLEANS — Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former tight end Shannon Sharpe, amid the backdrop of a Mississippi welfare scandal that is one of the state’s largest public corruption cases. … Read more
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein is set to appear in a New York court ahead of his scheduled retrial on rape and sexual assault charges. The disgraced Hollywood mogul is attending a pretrial status hearing in Manhattan criminal court Tuesday. His retrial is tentatively scheduled for some time after Labor Day. … Read more
A South Australian corruption watchdog has quit amid her ongoing concerns over what she claims are weaker provisions. Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Ann Vanstone KC says her decision to resign three years before her term expires was prompted mostly by professional reasons. “The 2021 amendments to the legislation governing public integrity in SA damaged the … Read more
