Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday vetoed a pair of bills that would have created a legal marijuana retail marketplace in the state, saying the proposed legislation wasn’t ready to be put into practice. Virginia became the first southern state to legalize recreational marijuana in 2021, but the legislature deliberately separated possession from retail sales, [...]
US federal prosecutors on Wednesday unsealed a superseding indictment charging former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five former Cuban military pilots in the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes flown by the Miami exile group Brothers to the Rescue, an attack that killed four people over international waters. Castro, 94, headed Cuba’s armed forces at [...]
Amnesty International released a report Monday stating that the number of executions globally hit its highest number since 1981. The group condemned use of the death penalty to create a climate of fear, under the pretext of national security and public safety. In the report, Death Sentences and Executions 2025, the group estimated that there [...]
The United States RELEASES, WAIVES, ACQUITS, and FOREVER DISCHARGES each of the Plaintiffs from, and is hereby FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing, any and all claims, counterclaims, causes of action, appeals, or requests for any relief… — From the Office of the Attorney General order signed by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, [...]
The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Wednesday rejected Senator Ronald dela Rosa’s request to bar authorities from enforcing the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against him. By a 9-5-1 majority, the court rejected Dela Rosa’s request for a temporary restraining order that would have barred law enforcement from arresting him based solely on [...]
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty in Minnesota charged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Christian Castro with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime on Monday. The charges are in response to an incident involving Castro and Minneapolis resident Julio Sosa-Celis on January 14. In a news conference, Moriarty [...]
New York Judge Gregory Carro ruled Monday that the gun and notebook obtained during Luigi Mangione’s arrest in December 2024 are admissible as evidence in his state murder trial. Carro’s ruling comes with victories for both the prosecution and defense. On one hand, Carro ruled that the items examined at the station once Mangione was [...]
The 13th World Urban Forum opened on Sunday in Baku, Azerbaijan, under the theme “Housing the world: Safe and resilient cities and communities.” The event brings together governments, cities, civil society representatives, the private sector, youth and other stakeholders aiming to respond to the global housing crisis. It runs until this Friday, May 22. The [...]
President Donald Trump on Monday filed a notice of voluntary dismissal with prejudice of his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The case, filed in January, alleged that the IRS and Treasury failed to safeguard Trump’s confidential tax information [...]
The International Independent Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement on Thursday found that racism against individuals of African descent in Colombia is still deeply embedded in the country’s institutions, creating a sense of fear among youth in the community. The findings, which come in a report issued after an eleven-day visit [...]
