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WEBSkepticism bubbles up in Montenegro after 16 years of waiting for EU membership. Since 2008, small Montenegro has been working to join the European Union. On first look, it seems obvious the population is eager to join. But many Montenegrins aren't so sure about the benefits — and they've grown weary with all the waiting.
Backpage executives acquitted of previous prostitution, money ...
WEBApr 24, 2024 · PHOENIX (CN) — Five months after a jury convicted them on dozens of prostitution and money laundering charges, a federal judge acquitted former executives of the controversial classified advertising website Backpage.com on most of the counts lodged against them.. Backpage founder Michael Lacey and two executives Scott Spear and John Brunst were convicted in November after five years of ...
Trump’s longtime buddy testifies as defense expert in Manhattan …
WEBMANHATTAN (CN) — Steven Witkoff isn’t a seasoned expert witness — far from it. He said as much on Tuesday when the Manhattan judge overseeing Donald Trump’s fraud trial asked Witkoff if he'd ever testified as an expert before that day. “I don’t think so,” Witkoff said. “My mother might think I am, but that’s about it, judge.”.
Judges frustrated as Scientology head David Miscavige dodges …
WEBFeb 8, 2024 · LOS ANGELES (CN) — David Miscavige, the second and current head of the Church of Scientology, is a hard man to find. Plaintiffs in two separate cases are trying to serve Miscavige with complaints and summons, but the religious leader has proved elusive. On Thursday, a Superior Court judge agreed to a …
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Details of voting equipment breach emerge in Dominion security …
WEBJan 12, 2024 · ATLANTA (CN) — During the fourth day of trial Friday in the lawsuit over the security of Dominion voting machine systems in Georgia, details surrounding a hack coordinated by co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the Peach State's election subversion case took center stage. The copying of …
Judge permanently blocks California ammo background check law
WEBJan 31, 2024 · SAN DIEGO (CN) — A federal judge in San Diego permanently blocked California from enforcing a law requiring background checks every time a gun owner wishes to buy ammunition. Filed in 2018, the case took aim at intertwined state laws. Proposition 63, passed by voters in 2016, required gun owners to pay $50 and undergo a …
11th Circuit upholds $2.7 billion Blue Cross antitrust settlement
WEBOct 25, 2023 · A class action claiming anticompetitive conduct resulted in a $2.67 billion settlement (Blue Cross Blue Shield via Courthouse News) ATLANTA (CN) — An 11th Circuit panel on Wednesday upheld a federal judge's approval of a nearly $2.7 billion subscriber class action settlement in an antitrust action …
Milwaukee judge sentenced to 9 years in prison on child …
WEBDec 22, 2021 · MADISON, Wis. (CN) — A former Milwaukee County Children’s Court judge on Wednesday was sentenced to nine years in prison for distributing child pornography, a punishment falling in between recommendations from federal prosecutors and the judge’s defense attorney.
Donald Trump loses civil rape trial, ordered to pay $5 million
WEBMay 9, 2023 · Donald Trump loses civil rape trial, ordered to pay $5 million. Jurors took less than three hours to hand down their verdict after a fast-paced trial where the former president offered no defense case. Roberta Kaplan escorts her client, E. Jean Carroll, out of federal court on May 9, 2023, following a verdict awarding Carroll $5 million in her ...