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City council member faces additional charges in absentee ballot investigation
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A city councilor in Connecticut was arrested Friday on 10 additional counts in connection with an investigation…
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Texas lawmakers give final approval to redrawn congressional map favoring GOP
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate gave final approval to a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map early Saturday, sending it…
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Thai ex-PM Thaksin due in dock for royal defamation case
BANGKOK: Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to testify in court on Wednesday (Jul 16), seeking to defend…
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Transgender asylum seeker released from ICE custody after order from federal judge
PORTLAND, Ore. — A transgender asylum seeker from Mexico has been released from an immigration detention facility in Washington state,…
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women and girls
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for the Taliban’s supreme leader and the head…
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Supreme Court throws out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in 4 states
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday threw out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in…
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Japanese court convicts US Marine in sexual assault, sentencing him to 7 years
TOKYO — A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa and sentenced…
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Appeals court keeps block on Trump administration’s downsizing of federal workforce
SAN FRANCISCO — An appeals court on Friday refused to freeze a California-based judge’s order halting the Trump administration from…
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What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a court has knocked them down?
WASHINGTON — A federal court in New York handed President Donald Trump a big setback Wednesday, blocking his audacious plan…
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Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under Alien Enemies Act
The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th…
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