LONDON — A British court ruled Tuesday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not be extradited immediately to the United States to face hacking and espionage charges and that U.S. officials must first provide assurances to British authorities that he will be able to rely on free speech protections and not incur the death penalty … Read more
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain. Henry Nicholls | Reuters WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday was granted permission by a U.K. court to appeal his extradition to the U.S., where he is wanted on spying charges. The 52-year-old has been battling extradition for more than a decade. In that … Read more
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court rejected a bid Monday from former coal executive Don Blankenship, who argued that Donald Trump Jr. defamed him by calling him a “felon.” The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, left in place a lower court’s ruling in West Virginia against Blankenship, the former … Read more
A Moscow court on Monday arraigned three more suspects in the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue that killed at least 137 people, with investigators saying they aided the four men who carried out the attack on Friday by providing transportation. The four suspects arrested over the weekend appeared in court late … Read more
STORY: The four men are accused of gunning down scores of people at a concert outside Moscow on Friday night in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades. Moscow courts’ official Telegram channel said the men, identified by Russian media as all being citizens of the ex-Soviet republic of Tajikistan living in Russia, would … Read more
STORY: Russia on Sunday charged four men it says are responsible for gunning down scores of people at a concert outside Moscow days earlier– the deadliest attack inside Russia in two decades. Russian media previously identified the men as citizens of the ex-Soviet republic of Tajikistan living in Russia. After unverified and brutal videos of … Read more
Play video content WeTV Honey Boo Boo ain’t messin’ around when it comes to her cash … threatening Mama June with some legal drama for “stealing” her money. Here’s the deal … the reality stars sat down for another money-related discussion on this week’s episode of “Mama June: Family Crisis” — with June handing over … Read more
STOCKHOLM — A Swedish land owner won a legal battle Thursday to keep a 14-kilogram (31-pound) meteorite when an appeals court ruled that such rocks should be considered “immovable property” and part of the land where they are found. The property on which the meteorite landed contains iron and the meteorite is made of iron. … Read more
The Jackson family is in the midst of a legal disagreement, and it involves Michael Jackson‘s youngest child Bigi (aka Blanket) and his grandma Katherine. According to TMZ, the 22-year-old son of the late King of Pop is asking the courts to stop his grandmother from using funds from Michael‘s estate to fund a legal … Read more
The push by Republican-led states to take on a direct role in immigration enforcement — historically a federal matter — went before an appeals court Wednesday morning, a day after the Supreme Court briefly allowed Texas to begin arresting and deporting migrants under a controversial new law. Wednesday’s hearing follows a day of legal whiplash … Read more