Modi’s BJP courts India’s rising election power: Women
By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Ranika Jaiswal’s family in Varanasi has boasted a string of officials in India’s ruling BJP party over the last four decades. Now she wants a…
YouTube case at US Supreme Court could shape protections for ChatGPT and AI
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When the U.S. Supreme Court decides in the coming months whether to weaken a powerful shield protecting internet companies, the ruling also could have implications for…
US Supreme Court allows Mall of America to fight cheap Sears lease
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Mall of America outside Minneapolis – the nation’s largest shopping complex – can challenge an extremely cheap lease…
US Supreme Court weighs convicted stalker’s free speech claim
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with a convicted stalker’s claim that thousands of unwanted Facebook messages he sent to a female musician in Colorado…
Family of Tyre Nichols files $550 million federal lawsuit against Memphis
(Reuters) -Lawyers for Tyre Nichols’ family filed a $550 million federal lawsuit against the city of Memphis on Wednesday, seeking damages in the beating death in January of the 29-year-old Black man…
US Supreme Court tackles religious bias claim against Postal Service
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared ready to bolster the ability of employees to obtain accommodations at work for their religious practices in a case involving…
U.S. appeals court judge faces rare probe into competency, misconduct
By Blake Brittain and Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) -A federal appeals judge in Washington is under investigation by her own court for allegedly failing to carry out her duties and refusing to respond…
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thomas defends trips financed by ‘dearest friends’
(Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday defended luxury trips he has taken over decades, funded by real estate magnate and Republican donor Harlan Crow, saying he had been advised…
Two dead in Glen Burnie murder-suicide at family gathering
GLEN BURNIE, MD – A family gathering in the 7300 block of Red Pond Court in Glen Burnie turned deadly when a 27-year-old man identified as Daniel Ayim Amponsah became agitated and…
EXCLUSIVE: DHS Panel Courted Left-Wing Agents To Aid In ‘Misinformation’ Crackdown
EXCLUSIVE: DHS Panel Courted Left-Wing Agents To Aid In ‘Misinformation’ Crackdown Ailan Evans on April 4, 2023 A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisory panel helping the federal government crack down on…
Indicted Trump arrives in New York for his day in court
By Karen Freifeld and Rich McKay NEW YORK/PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -Donald Trump, the ex-president and frontrunner for the Republican 2024 nomination, flew into New York City on Monday for an historic…
Conviction of ‘Serial’ podcast subject Adnan Syed reinstated by Maryland court
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -A Maryland appeals court on Tuesday reinstated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, who was found guilty of the 1999 killing of his former girlfriend in a case…
How First Republic’s courtship of the wealthy led to meltdown
By Lawrence Delevingne (Reuters) – First Republic Bank became the epicenter of the U.S. regional banking crisis after the wealthy clients it courted to fuel its breakneck growth started withdrawing deposits and…
Argentina court jails two in landmark femicide retrial
By Anna-Catherine Brigida BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentina court on Thursday convicted two men for the rape and murder of 16-year-old Lucia Perez in 2016, a case that has become emblematic…
U.S. Supreme Court backs deaf student who sued Michigan school district
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a deaf student in Michigan to sue his public school district for allegedly failing to provide him adequate classroom…
A transformed US Supreme Court pays tribute to Justice Ginsburg
By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court’s current members, joined by judges, scholars, lawyers and government officials, paid tribute on Friday to the late Justice Ruth Bader…
Manhunt for ex Maryland governor’s former top aide after court no-show
(Reuters) – The U.S. on Tuesday said it issued an arrest warrant and began a manhunt for Roy McGrath, the former top aide to an ex Maryland governor, for not appearing in…
India government opposes recognising same-sex marriage – court filing
By Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Indian government opposes recognising same-sex marriages, it said in a filing to the Supreme Court on Sunday, urging the court to reject challenges to the…
New Jersey governor announces zero percent loans for security upgrades at family planning centers
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has announced $5 million in state funding that will allow family planning centers and abortion clinics interest-free loans of up to $100,000 to upgrade…
Family of late basketball star Kobe Bryant awarded nearly $29M in photos case
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Los Angeles County will pay the wife of late basketball star Kobe Bryant nearly $29 million to settle a lawsuit over allegations that sheriff officers and firefighters…
Manson family follower Linda Kasabian, key witness at trial, dies at 73 -NYT
(Reuters) – Linda Kasabian, a follower of Charles Manson who served as a star witness for the prosecution in the famed Manson Family murder trial in 1970, has died at 73, the…
Supreme Court May Crush Biden’s Student Loan Bailout Dreams
Supreme Court May Crush Biden’s Student Loan Bailout Dreams Alexa Schwerha on February 27, 2023 The United States Supreme Court will hear two arguments against President Joe Biden’s student loan cancelation plan…
South Korean gay couple sees court win as breakthrough for equality
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – For So Sung-uk and Kim Yong-min, who last week won a landmark Seoul court ruling on national health coverage for gay couples, the tide may finally…
U.S. Supreme Court’s ‘major questions’ test may doom Biden student debt plan
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shanna Hayes in 2007 became the first member of her immediate family to attend college. She did not realize she was setting off on a path…
U.S. Supreme Court raises doubts about suit against Twitter over Istanbul massacre
By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism on Wednesday toward a lawsuit against Twitter Inc by the family of a Jordanian man killed in…
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