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Gibraltar’s Supreme Court has ruled that an Iranian oil tanker is free to sail, just hours after the United States made a last-minute attempt to keep the vessel under detention, authorities said.  Grace 1 had been commandeered by the British Royal Marines off the coast of Gibraltar on July 4 on suspicion it was carrying Iranian crude oil to …

The court ordered the adjournment of the case to next week. An Arab resident has appeared in the Fujairah Misdemeanour Court for completely damaging his wife’s cell phone in a way that she can never use it again. As per court records, the case unfolded when the couple had a heated argument over …

Democratic presidential contenders rolled out new gun control plans in the wake of two mass shootings earlier this month in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. But one contender, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, has diagnosed the problem as part of an “industrial-strength influence campaign” from conservative advocacy groups on the Republican-appointed justices of the Supreme Court …

The man suspected of shooting at people inside a Norwegian mosque on Saturday, and of killing his stepsister, appeared in court yesterday with black eyes and wounds on his face and neck. A judge gave police permission to hold Philip Manshaus, 21, in custody for an initial four weeks while he is investigated on suspicion …

A US federal appeals court has rejected Facebook’s effort to undo a class action lawsuit alleging it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent using facial recognition technology. The 3-0 decision from the ninth US circuit court of appeals in San Francisco exposes the company to billions of dollars …

This is Colorado Matters — from CPR News. I’m Ryan Warner. Colorado was waiting for permission from Uncle Sam to move ahead with plans that might bring down healthcare costs. Well, Sam gave his blessing… which means, first off, that the state can move forward with a reinsurance program. Essentially, it’s a way to cushion …

The coordinator for Daviess County’s newly created mental health court program will officially begin work on Thursday. Rachel Pate recently retired from the county’s public defender law office to become the coordinator for mental health court, which will be presided over by current District Judge Lisa Payne Jones. Pate said the local rules for the …

The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to begin using billions of dollars in military funds to build parts of a border wall with Mexico. Friday’s decision by the conservative-majority court clears the way for Trump to make progress on a major 2016 campaign promise heading into his race for …

WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said on Friday that he will go to court on Friday to seek access to grand jury evidence compiled by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 22-month probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. A second pending legal move by …

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she was not concerned by calls for term limits for justices, citing the political difficulty of amending the Constitution. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said this week that she opposes proposals to expand the Supreme Court beyond its current nine members, a step that some Democratic presidential …