Recent Updates
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Lake County courts to switch to online filing system in May
National News 04/23/2018Court officials in northwestern Indiana's Lake County plan to switch next month to an online filing system that's already used by nearly three-quarters of Indiana's counties.Lake County's circuit and superior courts will switch May 21 to the Odyssey ...
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Court: Idaho nuclear waste documents won't be made public
National News 02/08/2018U.S. officials don't have to provide details about proposed shipments of extremely radioactive spent commercial nuclear fuel to the country's top government nuclear research laboratory in Idaho, a federal court has ruled.The ruling was a major setbac...
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Court: Lawsuit alleging coerced confessions can go to trial
National News 02/05/2018A lawsuit that accuses Evansville police officers of violating three teenagers' constitutional rights by coercing confessions in the killing of a homeless man can proceed to trial, a federal appeals court has ruled.A panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Cou...
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Top NC court weighs lawmakers stripping of governor's powers
National News 08/27/2017North Carolina's highest court on Monday tackled the question of how far the Republican-led legislature can go to minimize new Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's ability to pursue goals that helped him get elected last year by reshaping state government. T...
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Court file: Michigan girl who killed toddler heard voices
National News 08/20/2017Court documents say an 8-year-old girl accused of killing a toddler at a home daycare in western Michigan earlier this year suffers from "serious mental health" issues, including hearing a demon's voice. The Department of Health and Human Services fi...
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Judge refuses to end Roman Polanski sex assault case
National News 08/18/2017A Los Angeles judge on Friday denied the impassioned plea of Roman Polanski's victim to end a four-decade-old sexual assault case against the fugitive director. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon ruled that Polanski must return to C...
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Missouri Supreme Court rejects request to stop execution
National News 08/16/2017The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a motion from attorneys seeking to halt the execution of a man scheduled to die next week but did not explain its decision. Attorneys for Marcellus Williams had asked the state Supreme Court and Gov. Eric ...
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Former Pakistan PM challenges disqualification by court
National News 08/15/2017A Pakistani official says former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has filed petitions with the Supreme Court to challenge his disqualification and removal from office. Environment Minister Mushahidullah Khan, who is in Sharif's party, said Tuesday that th...
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Hailey attorney named to Idaho District Court bench
National News 08/14/2017Central Idaho attorney Ned Williamson has been named the new judge in Idaho's 5th District Court. Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter selected Williamson, a Hailey resident, to replace recently retired Judge Robert Elgee in Blaine County. The Times-News newspape...
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Challenge filed in court to Australian gay marriage ballot
National News 08/11/2017Gay-rights advocates filed a court challenge Thursday to the government's unusual plan to canvass Australians' opinion on gay marriage next month, while a retired judge said he would boycott the survey as unacceptable. The mail ballot is not binding,...
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Academic accused in Chicago killing due in California court
National News 08/09/2017A Northwestern University microbiologist suspected in the stabbing death of a 26-year-old Chicago man is due in a California courtroom. Wyndham Lathem and Oxford University financial officer, Andrew Warren, were sought in a cross-country chase on fir...
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Pakistan's opposition calls on court to oust prime minister
National News 07/18/2017Opposition parties in Pakistan on Monday called on the Supreme Court to remove Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office after an investigation found that he and his family possess wealth exceeding their known sources of income. The investigation is li...