Courts

Family of 11-year-old shot by police files $5m negligence lawsuit
Carlos Moore, lawyer for 11-year-old Aderrien Murry, says he hopes his client will be a ‘catalyst’ for US police reform.
Published On 30 May 2023
Trial begins for gunman in massacre at US Tree of Life synagogue
Lawyers for suspect Robert Bower acknowledge that he entered the synagogue with the intention of killing Jews.
Published On 30 May 2023
Teenaged student charged with murder in deadly Guyana school fire
The 15-year-old is accused of starting a fire in a school dormitory, killing 19, after her phone was confiscated.
Published On 29 May 2023
El Salvador ex-president sentenced to 14 years over gang talks
Mauricio Funes, who currently lives in Nicaragua, denies the charges and says 2012 truce was brokered by the church.
Published On 29 May 2023

Conservative businessman Carlos Pineda lost his final appeal to continue his campaign, one month before voting starts.

Daniel Saldana was convicted in 1990 of attempted murder, but evidence emerged that he was not even at the scene.

The Hong Kong media tycoon has been in jail since December 2020 and faces long-delayed security law trial in September.

Sentence is the longest yet for a participant in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, led by Donald Trump supporters.

Supreme Court says wetlands can only be regulated if they have ‘continuous surface connection’ to another body of water.

Kayishema, indicted by a UN tribunal on Rwanda in 2001, is alleged to have orchestrated the killing of some 2,000 Tutsi.

It said the disgraced financier had ‘quid pro quo’ relationship with the US Virgin Islands’s highest-ranking officials.

Criminal trial over alleged hush money payments is set to take place amid the Republican presidential primary season.

The columnist is seeking an additional $10m in compensatory damages after Trump doubled down on disparaging claims.

The lawsuit argues that the state’s ban singles out the short-form video app and undermines free speech.

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