14 h. ago Appeals court reverses ruling that freed Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention

A prominent figure in pro-Palestinian protests against Israel's war in Gaza, Khalil was arrested in March by ICE agents in the lobby of his university residence in New York

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14 h. ago US appeals court reverses decision that freed Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention

Ruling delivers victory to Trump administration in its efforts to deport the pro-Palestinian activistA federal appeals court on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that ordered the release of the former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, delivering Donald Trump’s administration a victory in its efforts to deport the pro-Palestinian activist.A 2-1 panel of the Philadelphia-based third US circuit court of appeals ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit Khalil filed challenging his detention after finding that federal immigration law stripped the lower court of jurisdiction over his claims. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago ‘A group of people decided to kill me’: Michel Platini on Fifa, Uefa and the fight to clear his name

Former Uefa president – caught between moving on and settling scores – talks candidly about his downfall, Infantino and the snakepit of the game’s governance“There are millions and millions of romantics in football,” Michel Platini says. He has been asked whether, after a decade frozen out of the game, its lustre has vanished for him. “Millions who share the ideas that I have. But in the end, it’s big business.”It is an industry whose peaks Platini scaled before, in one of football’s biggest falls from grace, it spat him out. He maintains he would have become Fifa president if he had not been banned from football over an alleged unlawful payment made to him in 2011, when he was running Uefa, by Sepp Blatter. The scandal led to a criminal case but both men were acquitted for a second time, definitively so, by a Swiss appeals court last year. Nothing hangs over Platini any more, bar a conviction that he was cheated. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Alaska woman appeals voter fraud charges in case that puts spotlight on status of American Samoans

A state appeals court is being asked to dismiss felony voter misconduct charges against an Alaska resident born in American Samoa

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38 h. ago Sunday school teacher who had husband murdered so she could be with lover WILL be executed, Oklahoma appeals court rules

Brenda Andrew, 62, was found guilty of capital murder for having her husband Robert killed in November 2001.

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42 h. ago Kneecap back in court as CPS seeks to overturn rapper terror case dismissal

The case against Liam Og O hAnnaidh was thrown out in September last year

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43 h. ago Appeal over Kneecap rapper’s terror case begins at High Court

It comes after the case against Liam Og O hAnnaidh was thrown out in September last year.

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53 h. ago Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention

The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for their immediate release

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54 h. ago Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers

Two Minneapolis friends who have been monitoring immigration officers’ actions during the Trump administration’s latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours in distressing conditions, denied phone calls, and pressured to rat out protest organizers and people living in the country illegally

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3 d. ago Dems demand emergency court hearing over access to ICE jails — with funding on the line

Kristi Noem quietly restricted lawmakers from visiting detention centers after Renee Good’s killing

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1 week ago California can’t bar teachers from telling parents about student’s gender identity at school, judge rules

The state of California quickly challenged the ruling and the decision is currently on hold as a federal appeals court considers the case

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1 week ago California ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional, court rules

Ninth circuit sides with gun owner that ban in counties with more than 200,000 people violates second amendmentA US appeals court on Friday ruled that California’s ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state was unconstitutional.A panel of the San Francisco-based ninth US circuit court of appeals sided 2-1 with a gun owner in ruling that the state’s prohibition against open carry in counties with more than 200,000 people violated the US constitution’s second amendment right to keep and bear arms. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kneecap say they 'will not be silent' and moan 'the Brits are at it again' after prosecutors appeal court decision to throw out terror case against rapper

Irish rap trio Kneecap has vowed they will 'not be silent' ahead of a further legal challenge over a court's decision to throw out the terrorism case against rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh.

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2 w. ago Federal ruling blocks Hawaii's climate change tourist tax on cruise ships

A federal appeals court is blocking Hawaii from enforcing a climate change tourist tax on cruise ship passengers

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2 w. ago Appeals court says Medicaid funding cuts for Planned Parenthood can stand while lawsuit proceeds

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration can continue to withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue

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2 w. ago Seven environmental wins across the US in 2025 despite Trump

Environmental advocates notched key wins at local and state levels this year despite Trump rollbacksAs 2025 draws to a close, environmental advocates across the US find themselves weighing a year marked by both setbacks and successes.Despite major environmental reversals taken by the Donald Trump administration including loosening fossil fuel rules and weakening endangered-species safeguards, conservationists, lawmakers and researchers still notched key wins at local and state levels. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Apple appeals against £1.5billion court ruling it overcharged UK customers for years

Apple is seeking to appeal a £1.5 billion court ruling that found the tech company had overcharged millions of UK customers for years in its App Store. 

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2 w. ago New York Jets reverse decision and reinstate fan in $100k field

Jets reinstate fan after backlash over kick contestCoach had qualified before being ruled ineligibleThe New York Jets have reversed a decision that had barred a longtime fan from participating in a $100,000 halftime field-goal contest, announcing Friday that she will be allowed to take part in Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots.The New York Post first reported that Ashley Castanio-Gervasi, a Long Island high-school soccer coach and lifelong Jets supporter, had been informed earlier this week that she was no longer eligible for the team’s “Kick for Cash” promotion because of her coaching status. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago P Diddy begs to be 'immediately released from prison' as he launches appeal

Sean 'P Diddy' Combs' lawyers have encouraged a federal appeals court to order him to be immediately released from prison and reverse his conviction from earlier this year

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3 w. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs seeks immediate release from prison in appeals argument

Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are asking a federal appeals court in New York to order his immediate release from prison

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