Category Archives: Justice
German police: Several killed in knife attack in Wuerzburg
BERLIN (AP) — German police say several people have been killed and others injured in a knife attack in the southern city of Wuerzburg on Friday.
Democrats sue Texas governor over vetoing pay after walkout
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democratic lawmakers who blocked one of America's most restrictive voting measures with a dramatic walkout sued Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday, after he vetoed funds that cover thousands of Capitol paychecks that he sa...
Jury selection change preserved fairness of process, Supreme Court says
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says Parliament was entitled to abolish a long-standing jury selection procedure that some critics had denounced as discriminatory. The newly released reasons shed light on the high court's decision from the bench l...
In a Michigan case, appeals court to revisit bump stock ban
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A federal appeals court said Friday it would rehear a dispute over a Trump administration ban on bump stocks, a device that allows semiautomatic firearms to fire rapidly.
Justice Department suing Georgia over state’s new voting law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's new election law, alleging Republican state lawmakers rushed through a sweeping overhaul with an intent to deny Black voters equal access to the ballot.
Two more extreme right-wing groups join Proud Boys on Canada’s terror list
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government has added two more right-wing extremist groups and an American neo-Nazi to its list of terrorist entities as it tries to counter the rise of white nationalist violence. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced Friday ...
Supreme Court sides with Alaska Natives in COVID-19 aid case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that hundreds of millions of dollars in coronavirus relief money tied up in court should benefit Alaska Natives rather than be spread more broadly among Native American tribes around the U.S.
Widow says antivirus pioneer John McAfee was not suicidal
SANT ESTEVE SESROVIRES, Spain (AP) — The widow of John McAfee, the British-American tycoon who died in a Spanish prison this week while awaiting extradition to the United States, said Friday that her husband was not suicidal when she last
Another Kentucky council votes to ban ‘no-knock’ warrants
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The council in Kentucky's second-largest city has voted to ban the use of “no-knock” warrants, joining Breonna Taylor's hometown in taking action to halt the controversial warrants.
Man gets another life sentence for Kentucky store killings
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A white man convicted of fatally shooting two Black shoppers at a Kentucky grocery store was sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge.
