30 h. ago US supreme court issues emergency order blocking full Snap food aid payments

High court’s order comes after appeals court rejected Trump administration’s request to block November benefitsThe supreme court has issued an emergency order temporarily blocking full Snap food aid payments.The high court’s order came after the Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Supreme Court temporarily blocks full SNAP food stamp payments after Trump appeal

The USDA says funding is already going to states while the government wages a legal battle to freeze it

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32 h. ago Trump asks Supreme Court to block judge’s order to fully fund SNAP as food benefits start rolling into states

The USDA says funding is already going to states while the government wages a legal battle to freeze it

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32 h. ago Trump demands supreme court intervene after judges reject bid to halt Snap funding

Appeals court rejects administration’s legal effort and orders officials to pay November’s food aid benefits in fullThe Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown, and was denied later the same day.Now, the administration must continue to follow the orders of a lower court. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Trump finally agrees to fully fund SNAP food stamps during shutdown – for now

The USDA says funding is going to states while the government appeals a court order to do exactly that

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36 h. ago Majority of Brazil's Supreme Court votes to reject Bolsonaro's appeal, upholding 27

Most justices on Brazil's Supreme Court panel have rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal

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41 h. ago Arrest footage of Holly Willoughby's stalker revealed as former ITV colleague says 'no one deserves that'

Gavin Plumb had his sentence appeal rejected at court last month

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52 h. ago Appeals court sides with parent group in fight over Ohio school district’s pronoun policy

A divided federal court in Cincinnati has ruled that Ohio’s fourth largest school district cannot enforce policies urging students to use gender pronouns their peers prefer to be called

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3 d. ago Killer of Alfie Steele cannot appeal against conviction, judges rule

Nine-year-old Alfie Steele died in February 2021.

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson appeals guilty verdicts over deadly mushroom lunch that killed three

Lawyers lodge challenge to conviction of triple murderer who served relatives beef wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms in regional AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTriple murderer Erin Patterson has filed an appeal against her conviction for killing three relatives with poisoned beef wellingtons, but will not appeal against her sentence.Lawyers for Patterson, 51, signalled they would be appealing last month, but the deadline for her to lodge the challenge to the court of appeal passed late yesterday. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Reform MP loses Court of Appeal bid to throw out challenge to by

Graham Moore, a losing candidate in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election in May, has launched a legal challenge against the result.

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9 d. ago Decision not to hold Birmingham pub bombings inquiry ‘deeply disappointing’

Two bombs planted in the Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town pubs also killed 21 people and injured up to 220 other victims.

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1 week ago Man cleared of Jill Dando murder too ill to appear in court for 1987 rape charge

Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring accepted a medical letter from the GP of Barry George.

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1 week ago Christian who had job offer withdrawn over views on homosexuality begins appeal

A 2024 tribunal heard that a charity withdrew the offer of a social worker job for Felix Ngole when it discovered online reports about his beliefs.

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1 week ago Real Madrid plan to ‘claim substantial damages’ from Uefa over Super League

Club seeking compensation over blocking of projectVinícius Júnior apologises for reaction to substitutionReal Madrid are seeking compensation from Uefa after the club said on Wednesday that the regional court of Madrid had dismissed appeals filed by Uefa, the Spanish football federation (RFEF) and La Liga in relation to the Super League.Madrid were one of 12 European clubs that backed the breakaway competition in 2021 before support for the controversial event collapsed under fan and government pressure. Uefa had also stopped the formation of the Super League but in December 2023, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) said Uefa and Fifa had contravened EU law by doing so. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Bargain Hunt expert loses sentence appeal over sales to ‘Hezbollah financier’

Oghenochuko Ojiri was jailed for two and a half years with a further year on licence in June.

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1 week ago Court to reconsider ruling that allowed Trump to send troops to Portland

President remains barred from deploying national guard as appeals court agrees to ‘en banc’ rehearing of caseThe Trump administration remains barred from deploying the national guard in Portland, Oregon, following a federal appeals court ruling.The ninth circuit court of appeals agreed on Tuesday that it would rehear a case over the president’s authority with a broader court of 11 judges. The appeals court also vacated a ruling from a three-judge panel last week that sided with the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US appeals court overturns West Virginia landmark opioid lawsuit decision

A federal appeals court has overturned a landmark decision in an opioid lawsuit in West Virginia

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1 week ago GP, 74, is jailed five years for raping a young boy with Down syndrome

The GP, who worked in the city of Liège, was sentenced on Tuesday by the Liège Court of Appeal to five years in prison, with one-third of the sentence suspended.

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1 week ago Two Illinois National Guard members vow to defy Trump’s orders: ‘Not what we signed up to do’

An appeals court earlier this month upheld an order pausing the threatened Guard operation in Illinois

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