37 h. ago Transgender rights to Trump’s tariffs – here’s what’s on the Supreme Court docket

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57 h. ago US supreme court lets Trump block passport sex markers for trans and non

Decision by high court’s conservative majority is Trump administration’s latest win on emergency docketThe supreme court on Thursday allowed Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and non-binary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity.The decision by the high court’s conservative majority is Trump’s latest win on the high court’s emergency docket, and it means his administration can enforce the policy while a lawsuit over it plays out. It halts a lower-court order requiring the government to keep letting people choose male, female or X on their passport to line up with their gender identity on new or renewed passports. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Offender jumped out of dock and fled from court after hearing he was being sent to prison

Barry Walker, 35, sprinted through Airdrie town centre, chased by police officers, and assaulted three of them when they caught up with him.

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68 h. ago Welsh farmers and landowners launch legal action against Green GEN Cymru

According to court documents, agents acting on behalf of the company are accused of behaving in a ‘coercive’ and careless manner.

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3 d. ago Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’

Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimatedThe deaths from pollution caused by Europe’s biggest plastic plant, which is being built in Antwerp, will outstrip the number of permanent jobs it will create, lawyers will argue in a court challenge issued on Thursday.In documents submitted to the court, research suggests the air pollution from Ineos’s €4bn petrochemical plant would cause 410 deaths once operational, compared with the 300 permanent jobs the company says will be created. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’

Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimatedThe deaths from pollution caused by Europe’s biggest plastic plant, which is being built in Antwerp, will outstrip the number of permanent jobs it will create, lawyers will argue in a court challenge issued on Thursday.In documents submitted to the court, research suggests the air pollution from Ineos’s €4bn petrochemical plant would cause 410 deaths once operational, compared with the 300 permanent jobs the company says will be created. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago High court slams tribunal decision after doctor’s alleged rape deemed a ‘one

A medical tribunal said the consultant posed no risk to patient safety because the assault occurred in his personal life

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3 d. ago Randy couple get off after being caught romping on plane 'in full view' of horrified kids

A lustful couple arrested for romping mid-flight in front of a disgusted family have dodged a potential sentence of up to 15 years in jail, with no reason given in the court documents

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4 d. ago Serial housebreaker returned to criminal ways weeks after sheriff gave him chance to change

John Paul Crook was back in the dock at Airdrie Sheriff Court this week.

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9 d. ago Socotra, an island apart from mainland Yemen’s turmoil – in pictures

Carl Court documents the life of Socotra inhabitants as they deal with the impacts of climate change in relative peace from Yemen’s hostilities Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Justice Department strips Jan. 6 references from court paper and punishes prosecutors who filed it

The Justice Department has stripped references to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack from court papers and punished two federal prosecutors who filed the document seeking prison time at sentencing Thursday for an armed rioter arrested near former President Barack Obama's home

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1 week ago Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh indicted over role in ICE protests

According to court documents, Democratic congressional candidate in Illinois has been indicted along with five others over blocking vehicles during protests outside a federal immigration enforcement building in suburban Chicago

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1 week ago Lesbian couple tortured boy, 12, until he shrunk and died, court told, with doctor missing chances to save him

Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber are accused of torturing a 12-year-old boy so horribly that he shrunk and died on December 21, 2022, a court heard this week.

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1 week ago Vera star Brenda Blethyn, 79, defends 'great' Kevin Spacey as she admits 'having an appetite is not a crime' after Oscar

Brenda Blethyn has defended the 'great' Oscar-winning Kevin Spacey, after he was cleared of a series of criminal charges.

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1 week ago NCAA must pay $18m over alleged failure to warn player about concussion risks

Jury finds college sports’ governing body negligentRobert Geathers has shown signs of CTEA South Carolina jury has decided the NCAA owes a former college football player and his wife $18m, while finding college sports’ major governing body negligent in failing to warn the player about the long-term effects of concussions.Following a civil trial that wrapped up late last week, Orangeburg county jurors awarded $10m to 68-year-old Robert Geathers, who played at South Carolina State University from 1977 to 1980 as a defensive end. His wife, Debra, was awarded $8m, according to a court document. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Letitia James expected to plead not guilty in mortgage fraud case

New York attorney general to appear in court in Virginia in case brought after Trump called for her prosecutionThe New York state attorney general, Letitia James, is expected to plead not guilty on Friday to charges of bank fraud and false statements brought after Donald Trump publicly called for her to be prosecuted in a move widely seen as political retribution.James is scheduled to made her first appearance in the case and be arraigned in federal district court in Virginia before US magistrate judge Jamar Walker at 11am ET, according to court documents. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Miss USA hopeful, 23, texted alleged killer 'kidnap me again' before she went missing

Court documents revealed texts between Kada Scott and 21-year-old Keon King just moments before she was never seen again.

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2 w. ago Disney is fighting in court to keep food test results under wraps in doctor’s family’s wrongful death lawsuit

Legal documents alleged that Disney even tried to keep the restaurant’s menu secret in the court battle

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2 w. ago Trans 'racism' comparison sparked internal Scottish Government row

Documents show friction following the landmark Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman

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2 w. ago Boy, 11, found 'covered in faeces' as mum 'locks him in a room' inside house of horrors

Mum Rachel Nicole Blaylock, 40, was arrested after her 11-year-old son was found weighing just 46 pounds and 'covered in faeces' - court documents said she had locked him inside his room

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