33 h. ago 'Mastermind' terrorist linked to 7/7 bombings who was jailed after plotting to start an al

Haroon Aswat, 50, is expected to return to his family home in Yorkshire with a High Court judge saying he can be released in the 'relatively near future'.

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49 h. ago Duke of York accuser Virginia Giuffre faces court as she recovers from bus crash

Ms Giuffre has been charged with allegedly breaching a family violence restraining order in Ocean Reef, near Perth, Australia, in February.

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7 d. ago $90 million settlement ends lawsuit over a deadly 2018 New York helicopter crash

Relatives of a man who died when a sightseeing helicopter crashed and sank in New York City's East River have settled a lawsuit for $90 million

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1 week ago Supreme Court declines Trump ally’s challenge to landmark press freedoms

GOP megadonor Steve Wynn had urged the court to revisit the precedent established by 1964’s New York Times v Sullivan

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1 week ago Man talked out of exploding bomb in hospital jailed for minimum of 37 years

Patient Nathan Newby was praised by a judge for stopping Mohammad Farooq at St James’s Hospital, in Leeds.

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2 w. ago New York's top court blocks NYC from letting noncitizens vote

New York state’s top court has put an end to New York City’s effort to empower noncitizens to vote in municipal elections

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2 w. ago Romance fraudster jailed after swindling woman he met on Tinder out of £50,000

A judge said Peter Gray had duped the victim into believing they were in a loving relationship before she was fleeced to the tune of £50,000.

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2 w. ago Players accuse tennis governing bodies of running ‘cartel’ in lawsuit

Players allege earnings are kept artificially lowRanking system and doping policies also under attackThe player advocacy organization founded by Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil has launched a lawsuit against the governing bodies of professional tennis, marking an escalation in its battle to secure better rights for players.The six-year-old Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), which has struggled to drive change from outside the system, is now pursuing legal action against the ATP Tour, WTA Tour, International Tennis Federation (ITF) and International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA). The 163-page complaint, filed in the US district court for the southern district of New York, lists 12 current and former players as plaintiffs, including Pospisil, Nick Kyrgios and Sorana Cîrstea. It alleges that the governing bodies have systematically suppressed competition, manipulated prize money structures and imposed restrictive ranking systems that prevent players from seeking alterna...

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2 w. ago ‘Drake lost a rap battle’: Universal files motion to dismiss rapper’s ‘misguided’ lawsuit

Drake’s attorneys accuse Universal of being ‘a greedy company’ that is ‘finally being held responsible for profiting from dangerous misinformation’.Universal Music Group have moved to dismiss Drake’s defamation suit, characterising it as “a misguided attempt” by the Canadian rapper to “salve his wounds” after he “lost a rap battle” with rival Kendrick Lamar.In the motion, filed on Monday in the US district court for the southern district of New York, Universal Music Group (UMG), which represents both artists, claimed that Drake “lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he willingly participated. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How just 5 days of stress can permanently change your hair color after shock Diddy transformation

Disgraced hip hop mogul Diddy shocked a New York City court room on Friday with his stark white hair and beard, displayed to the public only in a sketch.

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2 w. ago Thief who murdered Amazon driver while stealing van jailed for at least 30 years

Claudiu Carol Kondor, 42, was delivering parcels in Leeds last year when ‘career criminal’ Mark Ross, 32, climbed into his van and drove away

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3 w. ago Mahmoud Khalil lawyers say activist being punished for free speech as hundreds protest against detention – live

Actor Susan Sarandon among demonstrators calling for pro-Palestinian activist’s release outside New York courthouseGovernment asks court to move Khalil case out of New YorkWho is Mahmoud Khalil?Congressional brinkmanship, including repeated near-misses with shutdowns and over the nation’s $36 trillion in debt, has contributed to global ratings agencies’ moves to downgrade the US federal government’s once-pristine credit rating, reports Reuters.Democrats have long chided Republicans for threatening or voting for government shutdowns, and Republicans were quick to call them out for considering votes that could risk one. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Harvey Weinstein appears in court as judge weighs key rulings for his looming #MeToo retrial

Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial next month will largely be an abridged version of the original, with one big addition: a charge based on an allegation from a woman who wasn’t a part of the first case

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3 w. ago Kensington Palace Mounts New Exhibition on Court Dress Codes

Kensington Palace Mounts New Exhibition on Court Dress Codes  The New York Times

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3 w. ago Furious homeowner ordered to take down 'absolute mess' fence that's less than a metre tall

David Grange, a scaffolder, has been ordered to take down a 0.9 metre-high fence outside his property in St Brides Court, Ingleby Barwick in North Yorkshire

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3 w. ago Furious homeowner ordered to take down 'absolute mess' fence that's just 0.9 metre tall

David Grange, a scaffolder, has been ordered to take down a 0.9 metre-high fence outside his property in St Brides Court, Ingleby Barwick in North Yorkshire

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3 w. ago Cyndi Lauper ‘cried’ after song title was made into feminist slogan for protests

Placards reading ‘Girls just want to have fundamental rights’ are often seen at women’s marches.

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