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Pentagon chief orders renaming of ship named for gay icon: reports
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the renaming of a US Navy ship named after a gay icon, the assassinated former San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, a military affairs website reported Tuesday.
Trump to be sentenced in hush money case, days before his inauguration
Reuters, Published on 10/01/2025
» NEW YORK— United States President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a case that for a time overshadowed his bid to retake the White House.
Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon will soon be public property
Brooks Barns of the New York Times, Published on 28/12/2022
» LOS ANGELES: There is nothing soft and cuddly about the way The Walt Disney Co. protects the characters it brings to life.
Clock ticking to avert 'genocide' in Tigray: WHO chief
AFP, Published on 19/10/2022
» GENEVA - The World Health Organization chief said Wednesday time was running out to avoid "genocide" in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray, as Human Rights Watch called for sanctions against Addis Ababa to avert civilian deaths.
HRW calls for sanctions on Ethiopia to protect civilians
AFP, Published on 19/10/2022
» ADDIS ABABA - Human Rights Watch called Wednesday for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo against Ethiopia to help protect civilians as the country's brutal war in Tigray intensifies.
Late US justice Ginsburg's collectibles up for auction to benefit opera
AFP, Published on 19/04/2022
» WASHINGTON - Picasso ceramics, old masters works and a famous fur coat are among the pieces from the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg's art collection and personal items that are to be auctioned off near Washington this month.
Trailblazing US jurist Ketanji Brown Jackson has seen real impact of the law
AFP, Published on 08/04/2022
» WASHINGTON - Ketanji Brown Jackson does not have the background typical of US Supreme Court judges, and not just because she will be first Black woman ever to serve at the pinnacle of the legal profession.
Liberal US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire
AFP, Published on 27/01/2022
» WASHINGTON - Stephen Breyer, one of three liberal justices on the US Supreme Court, plans to retire, paving the way for President Joe Biden to name the first Black woman to the nation's highest court.
Liberal US Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer to retire: media
AFP, Published on 27/01/2022
» WASHINGTON - Stephen Breyer, one of three liberal justices on the US Supreme Court, plans to retire, paving the way for Joe Biden to name a replacement on the nation's highest court, media reported Wednesday.
Protesters flock to US Supreme Court ahead of pivotal abortion case
AFP, Published on 01/12/2021
» WASHINGTON: Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the US Supreme Court on Wednesday as the nine justices heard arguments in a pivotal case that could roll back 50 years of abortion rights in the country.