47 m. ago Lisa Cook can stay at Fed ahead of rates decision, appeals court rules

Ruling comes as Donald Trump’s pick for central bank’s board confirmed by the Senate

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74 m. ago Court stops Trump’s attempt to fire Fed Board Governor Lisa Cook

Ruling allows Federal Reserve official to participate in key rate-setting meeting this week

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3 h. ago First people charged with supporting Palestine Action after ban due in court

Two women and a man were arrested after a protest in Parliament Square on July 5.

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3 h. ago Lil Nas X 'enters inpatient treatment program' and misses court date after arrest

Lil Nas X was charged with four felonies after allegedly assaulting police officers when he was found wandering the streets of Los Angeles in his underwear

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4 h. ago US judge rejects lawsuit challenge to SpaceX launch site over risks to wildlife

FAA ruled to have satisfied obligations in granting approval for expanded SpaceX operations next to wildlife refugeA US district court judge on Monday rejected a suit by conservation groups challenging the Federal Aviation Administration approval in 2022 of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk’s SpaceX next to a national wildlife refuge in south Texas.The groups said noise, light pollution, construction and road traffic also degrade the area, home to endangered ocelots and jaguarundis, as well as nesting sites for endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles and for threatened shorebirds. US district judge Carl Nichols in Washington said FAA had satisfied its obligation “to take a hard look at the effects of light on nearby wildlife”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Thomas Partey could play in Champions League clash against Spurs just hours before appearing in court after being charged with five counts of rape

MATT BARLOW: Villarreal boss Marcelino insists Thomas Partey is in the right frame of mind to play against Tottenham before a court date hours later to answer charges of rape.

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6 h. ago Glasgow man at Tommy Robinson demo 'charged with attacking emergency worker'

Richard Hamilton, 42, was remanded in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court after attending Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom protest.

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6 h. ago Young activists won a landmark state climate trial. Now they're challenging Trump's orders

Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are challenging President Donald Trump's energy agenda

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6 h. ago Tears in court as married mum, 44, who preyed on young boy at care home is jailed

Lindy Leah, 44, was sentenced on Monday after having a sexual relationship with a teenager living at the care home where she worked in Merseyside

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6 h. ago Builder 'stole Banksy from London gallery to add to his collection of love hearts artworks', court told

The iconic Girl with Balloon print worth £270,000 was taken from the Grove Gallery in central London

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7 h. ago Prosecutor in Epstein case sues Trump justice department over abrupt firing

Maurene Comey alleges firing was retaliation against father, former FBI director James ComeyMaurene Comey, a federal prosecutor involved in cases against Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell and led the recent case against Sean “Diddy” Combs, filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging her abrupt termination as politically motivated retaliation against her father, former FBI director James Comey.According to the court documents, the justice department fired Comey without cause or explanation on 16 July, citing only “article 2 of the United States constitution and the laws of the United States” in a brief email. When she asked for a reason, interim US attorney Jay Clayton told her: “All I can say is it came from Washington. I can’t tell you anything else.” Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Trial begins for 3 accused of stealing $580,000 hidden in couch at South Africa president's farm

Three people have gone on trial in South Africa after being charged with housebreaking and stealing $580,000 that was hidden in a couch at a game farm owned by President Cyril Ramaphosa

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7 h. ago Prosecutors say they'll ask US Supreme Court to restore conviction in Etan Patz missing child case

Prosecutors say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz after an appeals court overturned the verdict in July

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7 h. ago Man who died in Scots holiday park 'assault' pictured for first time

Raymond Cosgrove, 33, was pronounced dead at Wemyss Bay Holiday Park and a 21-year-old man is due to appear in court on Tuesday over the incident.

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8 h. ago Man in court charged with attacks on north London synagogues

Man in court charged with attacks on north London synagogues  BBC

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8 h. ago Soldiers disgraced British army in ‘unjustified’ use of force on Bloody Sunday, trial hears

Soldier F is charged with two murders and five attempted murdersSoldiers disgraced the British army by targeting unarmed civilians in an “unjustified” and “gratuitous” use of force on Bloody Sunday, the murder trial of an army veteran has heard.The shooting by the former paratrooper and his comrades was “unnecessary” and had a profound impact on Northern Ireland, a prosecutor told Belfast crown court on Monday at the opening of the long-awaited trial. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago ‘Gratuitous’ use of force on Bloody Sunday disgraced British army, trial told

Trial of former paratrooper Soldier F, charged with two murders and five attempted murders, begins in BelfastSoldiers disgraced the British army by targeting unarmed civilians in an “unjustified” and “gratuitous” use of force on Bloody Sunday, the murder trial of an army veteran has heard.The shooting by the former paratrooper and his comrades was “unnecessary” and had a profound impact on Northern Ireland, a prosecutor told Belfast crown court on Monday at the opening of the long-awaited trial. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Young girl was raped and abused by three generations of her own family from the age of six while her mother did nothing to stop it, court hears

The mother was told about the rapes and sexual assaults but beat her daughter, gagging and tying her up before locking her in a cupboard, rather than trying to stop the abuse.

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9 h. ago Man in court charged with 'rape of teen girl' next to Scots school

Police previously said the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in Kirkcaldy woodland was reported on Thursday afternoon.

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10 h. ago Driver pleads guilty to causing death of taxi passenger in crash

Donna Brighton was killed and two other passengers were injured in Leicester in 2023.

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