2 h. ago Funeral home owner sent to prison after stashing nearly 200 decomposing bodies

Jon Hallford defrauded customers and the government and spent up large on Gucci and cryptocurrency

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61 h. ago Boulder terror attack suspect charged with federal hate crimes

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, has been charged with 12 federal hate crime counts

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63 h. ago Man indicted on 12 hate crime charges in attack on Boulder demonstration for Israeli hostages

A man accused of hurling Molotov cocktails at a group of people demonstrating in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 hate crime counts

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3 d. ago DoJ leader suggested defying courts over deportations, whistleblower says

Trump ally Emil Bove reportedly said the justice department would consider telling courts ‘fuck you’Emil Bove, the Department of Justice’s principal associate deputy attorney general, who Donald Trump nominated for the US court of appeals for the third circuit, reportedly said the department “would need to consider telling the courts ‘fuck you’” when it came to orders blocking the deportation of undocumented people.Former attorney at the justice department, Erez Reuveni, claimed Bove said the agency should violate court orders. In a whistleblower letter to members of Congress first obtained by the New York Times, Reuveni painted the scene of a lawless justice department willingly to defy the courts and fire the people who stood in their way. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: We live in a country where acts of sabotage by thugs are tolerated by the authorities to further 'politically correct' causes

Ladies, gentlemen, my name is Keir Starmer and I appear for the defence in this case.

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4 d. ago Florida asks Supreme Court to reinstate immigration law as lower courts weigh constitutionality

The Florida Attorney General is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to enforce a new immigration law while lower courts decide whether the law is constitutional

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8 d. ago What are the legal issues around Britain helping Trump bomb Iran?

Keir Starmer is weighing up whether to back the US and – as a lawyer – will be aware of the legal landscapeMiddle East crisis – live updatesUK politics live – latest updatesAs Keir Starmer considers whether Britain should support the US if Donald Trump decides to bomb Iran, the attorney general, Richard Hermer, has reportedly warned him that UK involvement could be illegal. The prime minister was an outspoken opponent of the Iraq war when he was a human rights lawyer in 2003 and will be well aware of the thorny legal issues around engagement in strikes against Iran. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Over $1m worth of Nintendo Switch 2 consoles stolen from semi

A thief pinched 2,810 of the video game consoles, which retail for about $500 a piece

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1 week ago Prosecutors set to present evidence against man charged with hate crime in Boulder attack

Federal prosecutors are expected to lay out their evidence against a man who told investigators he was driven by a desire “to kill all Zionist people” when he threw Molotov cocktails at demonstrators raising awareness of Israeli hostages

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2 w. ago Harvard appears to think all Jews support Israel. That is discriminatory | Barry Trachtenberg, Victor Silverman, Atalia Omer, Raz Segal, Rebecca T Alpert

We are Jewish scholars who filed an amicus brief with the US supreme court on Harvard’s discriminatory assumption that being Jewish means supporting IsraelHarvard is suing to stop the Trump administration’s unprecedented interference in the operation of the university, supposedly to protect Jewish students from antisemitism. Harvard maintains it has already addressed a crisis of antisemitism on campus. The government is wrong in attacking Harvard, but so is Harvard in its defense.We are part of a group of 27 Jewish scholars of Jewish studies who have filed an amicus brief in Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration. We submitted the brief, drafted by the civil rights attorney Yaman Salahi, because we support the university’s fight against government overreach. Yet in doing so, the institution has committed a different kind of discrimination – one that violates federal civil rights law. We reject Harvard’s troubling assumption that being Jewish necessitates supporting Israe...

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3 w. ago Man charged with hate crime in Boulder attack on 'Zionist people' to appear in federal court

A man who investigators say was driven by a desire “to kill all Zionist people” when he threw Molotov cocktails at demonstrators in Colorado raising awareness of Israeli hostages is set to make his first federal court appearance

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3 w. ago Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction

A Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy will serve four months in prison on a misdemeanor conviction for using excessive force after the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney offered an unusual plea deal despite a jury convicting him of a felony

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3 w. ago El Chapo's sons 'will never be seen again' as they make plea deal with US

Ovidio and Joaquín Guzmán López are both expected to iron out plea deals with Donald Trump's US Attorney's Office, that could mean they are never seen again in the same context

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3 w. ago Newspaper's 'disgraceful' puff piece on Boulder attack suspect's daughter faces avalanche of criticism

A national newspaper was forced to heavily edit a story on the daughter of the Colorado terror suspect after they were hammered by thousands for a disturbing omission from the glowing profile.

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3 w. ago Donald Trump travel ban: Full list of all 12 countries BARRED from entering the US

Donald Trump has confirmed a new travel ban will take effect from Monday. He tied the new ban to Sunday's terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, claiming it showed the dangers posed by visitors who overstay visas

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3 w. ago Vigil held for victims of Boulder firebombing attack as suspect's family fights deportation

Hundreds of people have gathered at the local Jewish Community Center for a vigil to support the victims of the firebombing attack in Boulder

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3 w. ago Judge halts deportation proceedings for wife and kids of Colorado terror suspect

The ‘expedited removal’ process, which was created in 1996

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3 w. ago Video emerges appearing to show Boulder terror attack suspect speaking to camera as he drives to scene

Mohamed Soliman allegedly filmed himself while driving through Denver, Colorado, before Sunday’s fiery attack

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3 w. ago Holocaust survivor who was burned in the Colorado terror attack breaks her silence

Barbara Steinmetz, an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor who was burned in the shocking terror attack in Boulder, Colorado broke her silence with a message of unity.

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3 w. ago Jewish U.S. senators fear for their safety after Boulder flamethrower attack: ‘Antisemitic to their core’

Violence in Colorado, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC is a sign of increased threats toward Jewish Americans, the officials told The Independent

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