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Judge Leech announces candidacy for 2026 circuit court election
GERMANTOWN — Washington County Circuit Court Branch 2 Judge Gordon Leech announced Tuesday that he will seek re-election to the position in the spring nonpartisan election. Leech is seeking re-election because "he wants to continue serving his...

Court of Appeal freezes case against Nairobi Hospital executives
The Court of Appeal has suspended the hearing of the contempt application against the Nairobi Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Felix Osano, the hospital’s secretary, Gilbert Nyamweya and the embattled chairman, Dr.Barcley Onyambu. Justices...

Attorney general scolds government for threats to flout High Court rulings
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara reprimanded the government and senior cabinet ministers Thursday for threatening not to abide by court rulings. At a retirement ceremony for Supreme Court Justice Yosef Elron, Baharav-Miara listed a series of...

Legal education must be reimagined to be more accessible: CJI Gavai
Yesterday, Wednesday, September 17, Chief Justice of India BR Gavai stated that legal education is about cultivating citizens who are committed to the ideas of liberty, equality, and fraternity, rather than simply producing professionals for the...

Judge orders deportation of pro-Palestinian activist to Syria or Algeria
An immigration judge has ordered pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil deported from the United States to either Syria or Algeria. Khalil was arrested March 8 as the administration began a broad crackdown on campus protests against Israel's war...

Court: City is immune from lawsuit over pothole
The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled the city of Topeka is immune from a lawsuit filed by a driver injured in a pothole-related crash. The lawsuit stemmed from a 2019 crash where a driver hit a pothole on Topeka Boulevard, causing his car to flip....

Judge Orders Mahmoud Khalil Deported to Algeria or Syria for Lying on Immigration Form
A federal judge ordered Wednesday that immigrant Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist behind some of the radical protests at Columbia University, be deported — either to Algeria, or to his native Syria. Khalil was arrested in early March by...

Lawsuit filed after semi-driver hits Lubbock deputies on overpass
Note: The above video shows the top headlines from the morning of September 16, 2025. LUBBOCK, Texas — A lawsuit was filed on Tuesday after a distracted 18-wheeler driver hit two Lubbock deputies, along with three members of the Martinez family....

Court orders lawyer to release Ksh62 million to client in Tourism Ministry payout dispute
The High Court has ordered a city advocate Thomas Gichana Nyakambi of Thomas Gichana Nyakambi & Company Advocates to pay KSh62,913,530 to his former client, Simpson Senda Kwayera, after finding that he withheld funds received on behalf of the...
Judge orders Lansing homeless camp shut down after touring site
A judge is ordering a long-standing homeless encampment in Old Town Lansing to be dismantled. The city sued two private property owners in July to force them to evict the people living on their land near Dietrich Park. Homeless advocates have...

Judge: Jefferson County ordered to fix racially unfair voting map
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Alabama’s largest county to redraw county commission lines after ruling that the districts were unconstitutional because of racial gerrymandering. U.S. District Judge Madeline H. Haikala ruled the county map was...

Judge denies Goldberg bid to keep O’Brien off the job at Cannabis Commission
Cannabis Commission Chair Shannon O’Brien can return to her job running the state’s legal marijuana industry, an Appeals Court judge has ruled. A single judge of the appeals court ruled late on Wednesday that State Treasurer Deb Goldberg’s appeal...

Judge denies bid to block fired leader’s return to cannabis commission
An Appeals Court judge said late Wednesday that Treasurer Deborah Goldberg has not shown that she’s likely to succeed in her appeal of a court order reinstating Shannon O’Brien as chair of the Cannabis Control Commission, clearing the path for...

Judge holds off on issuing order in Minneapolis encampment case
A Hennepin County Judge is holding off on issuing a restraining order on a property owner over a homeless encampment in the city. FOX 9's Mike Manzoni has the latest. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A Hennepin County judge on Wednesday decided to hold off...

Judge Subpoenas Acting State Health Officer In Vaccine Exemption Case
CHARLESTON — Last week, a judge in Raleigh County took testimony from a former state health officer in a case that could determine whether Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s religious exemption executive order is legal. Now, the new state health officer will...

Legal Strategies Every Slip and Fall Attorney Considers Before Trial
A devastating fall can change a person’s life in an instant, leaving them with profound injuries, mounting medical debt, and a future of uncertainty. For the legal professional tasked with helping them, the path to justice is rarely...

Lawsuits accuse former pastor of California megachurch of child sex abuse in Romania
By DEEPA BHARATH, Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A former Riverside megachurch pastor has been accused of sexually abusing and trafficking children for years at a shelter he ran in Bucharest, according to lawsuits filed by two Romanian men in U.S....

Judge denies Goldberg appeal to block O'Brien's return to CCC
By Colin A. Young | State House News Service An Appeals Court judge said late Wednesday that Treasurer Deborah Goldberg has not shown that she's likely to succeed in her appeal of a court order reinstating Shannon O'Brien as chair of the Cannabis...

Lawsuit Over Alleged Horizon Zero Dawn Clone Gets Ugly
Sony’s lawsuit against Tencent over alleged Horizon Zero Dawn clone, Light of Motiram, has taken an ugly turn. The Chinese gaming giant has fired back, accusing Sony of trying to monopolize “genre conventions” and “time-honored tropes” that...