3 h. ago Woman was passed over for promotion because she was not gay, Supreme Court case claims

The US Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the case of a straight white woman from Ohio who claims she was passed up on a promotion for not being gay.

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4 h. ago London Underground passenger 'masturbated while staring at woman' on Tube

British Transport Police is investigating after a man masturbated on board a Northern Line train on the London Underground network - and believe further sexual assaults may have happened

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9 h. ago Man stared at woman passenger while performing sex act on Northern line Tube train

Anyone who recognises the male is asked to contact detectives

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11 h. ago Clarence Thomas wants to ‘explicitly overturn’ protections against protest

Supreme Court rejects anti-abortion group challenge to buffer zones, which Thomas called an ‘abdication’ of their duty

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63 h. ago Elon Musk's 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair sues him for custody of son and demands he take paternity test

In a petition filed with the New York Supreme Court on Friday, St Clair, 26, says the Tesla CEO and DOGE Chief has had no involvement in the upbringing of their son.

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64 h. ago US supreme court temporarily blocks firing of head of federal whistleblower protection office

Trump administration is seeking to oust Hampton Dellinger, head of the office of special counselThe US supreme court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over the agenda of Donald Trump’s second presidency.The justices said in an unsigned order that Hampton Dellinger, head of the office of special counsel, could remain in his job at least until Wednesday. That’s when a lower-court order temporarily protecting him expires. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Meet the 5 top court justices in Brazil who could decide the future of former President Bolsonaro

Five of Brazil’s 11 Supreme Court justices will decide in the next three weeks whether former President Jair Bolsonaro and 33 others charged by the country’s prosecutor-general with attempting a coup will stand trial

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3 d. ago Supreme Court won’t let Trump immediately fire whistleblower chief as legal challenge plays out

Hampton Dellinger will remain at the Office of Special Counsel, for now

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4 d. ago Straight woman claims ‘reverse discrimination’ after losing out on promotion

Marlean Ames is taking her discrimination case to the Supreme Court

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5 d. ago Trump signs executive order targeting ‘benefits for illegal aliens’

US president issues order aimed at preventing taxpayer dollars supporting illegal immigration and another designed to get rid of regulationsDonald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at ending federal benefits for people in the country illegally, his latest in a blizzard of moves to crack down on immigration.The White House said the order seeks to end “all taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens” but it was not clear which benefits will be targeted. People in the country illegally generally do not qualify except for emergency medical care. Children are entitled to a free K-12 public education regardless of immigration status under a 1982 supreme court ruling. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump can’t shut down birthright citizenship, appeals court rules

Future of birthright citizenship could now be decided by Supreme Court

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5 d. ago Trump’s media group sues Brazil justice weighing Bolsonaro indictment

Florida lawsuit accuses Alexandre de Moraes of violating free speech rights of far-right Brazilian influencerDonald Trump’s media group and the video platform Rumble have jointly filed a lawsuit against a Brazilian supreme court justice, alleging that he violated the right to free speech of a far-right Brazilian influencer residing in the US.The suit against justice Alexandre de Moraes was filed in a federal court in Tampa, Florida, on Wednesday morning, just hours after he received the indictment of Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, formally accusing the far-right leader of leading a plot to cling to power after losing the 2022 election. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Brazil's former President Bolsonaro has been charged over an alleged coup. What’s next for him?

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged with orchestrating a plot to stay in office despite losing the 2022 election

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5 d. ago Train passenger defended after kicking pregnant woman out of their seat

‘You paid for your seat, that's how the system works,’ one commenter on Reddit wrote

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5 d. ago Shocking details of how Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro 'planned to KILL his successor and a supreme court judge' are released by prosecutors

Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet alleges that Bolsonaro and 33 others participated in a plan to remain in power after Bolsonaro's 2022 election defeat.

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5 d. ago British citizen accused of bribery in helicopter scam granted bail after six years detained in India

Supreme Court cites delays in AgustaWestland chopper scam trial as key reason for granting bail to the 64-year-old

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6 d. ago India’s top court pulls up podcaster for incest joke: ‘It shows a perverted mind’

Ranveer Allahbadia faced severe backlash after his appearance on an episode of YouTube comedy show India's Got Latent where he made the comments

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7 d. ago UK Supreme Court rejects chancellor’s attempt to intervene in car finance litigation

Judges’ decision a setback for banks facing multibillion-pound compensation bill

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7 d. ago Trump administration files first supreme court appeal over firing of government watchdog

Attempt to remove head of the office of special counsel is key test of executive branch’s battle with US judiciary to reshape federal governmentDonald Trump’s administration has asked the supreme court to approve the firing of the head of a federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers in the first appeal of Trump’s new term and a key test of his battle with the judicial branch.Hampton Dellinger, the head of the office of the special counsel (OSC), is among the fired government watchdogs who have sued the Trump administration, arguing that their dismissals were illegal and that they should be reinstated. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Supreme Court rejects UK chancellor’s car finance intervention

Judges’ decision is a setback for banks facing multibillion pound compensation bill

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