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Texas man executed for setting fire that killed 3 children
Recent Cases 11/18/2015A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East Texas home 15 years ago. Raphael Holiday, 36, became the 13th convicted killer put to death this year in Texas, w...
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Lufthansa cancels 930 flights Wednesday due to strike
Recent Cases 11/11/2015Lufthansa has canceled 930 flights scheduled for Wednesday at three hubs in Germany after efforts failed to halt an ongoing strike by flight attendants. The cancellations affect 100,000 travelers going to or from Frankfurt, Munich and Duesseldorf. Th...
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Mississippi Supreme Court narrowly grants same-sex divorce
Recent Cases 11/06/2015The Mississippi Supreme Court voted to allow a lesbian couple to seek a divorce, even as two justices questioned the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage and suggested that landmark ruling has no constitutional basis. The dec...
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Supreme Court troubled by DA's rejection of black jurors
Recent Cases 11/03/2015The Supreme Court signaled support Monday for a black death row inmate in Georgia who claims prosecutors improperly kept African-Americans off the jury that convicted him of killing a white woman. Justice Stephen Breyer likened the chief prose...
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'Whitey' Bulger's lover heads to court on contempt charge
Recent Cases 10/18/2015The longtime girlfriend and fugitive companion of James "Whitey" Bulger is expected in federal court to face a contempt charge for refusing to tell whether other people helped the Boston mobster during his 16 years on the run. Catherine Greig ...
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Lawyer tried to keep Somali rape victim in Australia
Recent Cases 10/16/2015A lawyer for a pregnant Somalia refugee rape victim said Monday that he wanted to seek a court order keeping her in Australia before the government suddenly flew her to Nauru without providing the abortion she had requested. The case of the 23-year-o...
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Thousands turn up at court to support Catalan leader
Recent Cases 10/15/2015Thousands waving Catalan independence flags rallied Thursday in support of regional acting President Artur Mas who was being questioned at a Barcelona court for holding a symbolic referendum on secession from Spain. Some 400 pro-indepen...
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Connecticut court stands by decision eliminating execution
Recent Cases 10/11/2015The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday stood by its decision to eliminate the state's death penalty, but the fate of capital punishment in the Constitution State technically remains unsettled. The state's highest court rejected a request by prosec...
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Suspect in some Phoenix freeway shootings pleads not guilty
Recent Cases 10/08/2015A man accused in some of the freeway shootings that put Phoenix drivers on edge for weeks pleaded not guilty Thursday as his defense lawyers questioned the strength of the evidence against him. Attorneys for Leslie Allen Merritt Jr., 21, who was arra...
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Familiar, divisive social issues on Supreme Court agenda
Recent Cases 10/05/2015The Supreme Court is starting a new term that promises a steady stream of divisive social issues, and also brighter prospects for conservatives who suffered more losses than usual in recent months. The justices are meeting in public Monday for the fi...
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Religious clerks in Kentucky follow law, but see conflict
Recent Cases 09/17/2015Clerk Mike Johnston prays twice a day, once each morning and once each night, and asks the Lord to understand the decision he made to license same-sex marriage. “It’s still on my heart,” said Johnston, whose rural Carter County sits just to the east ...
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Charleston church suspect's friend charged with lying to FBI
Recent Cases 09/16/2015A friend of the man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a Charleston church is charged with lying to federal authorities and concealing information during their investigation, and he was scheduled for his first court appearance Friday. ...