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Supreme Court rules for Arizona inmate in death penalty case

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday for a man on Arizona’s death row who wants a new sentencing hearing because jurors in his case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure he would never walk free was to sentence ...

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Supreme Court seems to favor tech giants in terror case

The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Wednesday of a lawsuit trying to hold social media companies responsible for a terrorist attack at a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people. During arguments at the high court several justices underscored that there was ...

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Ex-NY jail guard gets 6-month sentence for beating detainee

A former Schenectady jail guard who beat and seriously injured a detainee has been sentenced to six months behind bars, to the dismay of prosecutors who sought a stiffer sentence. Eugene Sellie pleaded guilty to felony assault and misdemeanor official ...

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Supreme Court weighs liability shield for internet giants

FILE - A picture is displayed during a memorial service for California State Long Beach student Nohemi Gonzalez, who was killed by Islamic State gunmen in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, in Long Beach, Calif. A lawsuit against YouTube from the family of Nohemi Gonzalez is at the center of a  closely watched Supreme Court case being argued Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Islamic State gunmen killed American college student Nohemi Gonzalez as she sat with friends in a Paris bistro in 2015, one of several attacks on a Friday night in the French capital that left 130 people dead. ...

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Supreme Court weighs Google’s liability in ISIS terror case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up its first case about a federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet by shielding Google, Twitter, Facebook and other companies from lawsuits over content posted on their ...

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Monroe County District Attorney’s weekly update

Current and upcoming felony trials: The trial of Adriel Riley continues with Assistant District Attorney Rachel Clark, and ADA Matthew Schiano. Riley is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, fourth-degree arson, and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon for ...

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Supreme Court won’t hear arguments Title 42 case as planned

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will not hear arguments as planned March 1 in a case involving a Trump-era immigration policy used several millions of times over the past three years to quickly turn away migrants at ...

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Judge suggests jail to limit FTX founder’s communications

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge showed growing impatience Thursday with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s use of the internet while on bail, suggesting that incarceration might eventually be the most effective way to prevent him from communicating on electronic ...

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