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Hendra Putra said a final prayer at a Christmas vigil Mass on Sunday evening and offered a friend a ride home. Talking quietly, the two men headed to Putra's small Honda motorbike in a little parking area fenced with chicken wire, part of a Catholic school compound next to Jakarta's Church of St. Joseph.
The New York State Senate Wednesday confirmed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's nominee to regulate the state's more than 1,500 insurance companies and nearly 1,600 banking and other financial institutions. Maria Vullo has served as Acting Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services since February, when she was nominated by Cuomo to lead the agency he created in 2011 in response to the banking crisis.
Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's choice for the Supreme Court vacancy, speaks at the graduation ceremony for J.O. Wilson Elementary School, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Was... . Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's choice to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, sits with Jenifer Morales-Garcia, left, and Vernell Garvin, right, both fifth graders who Garland tutors, during the graduation ceremony fo... .
U.S. and Michigan flags are at half-staff and half-mast until June 21 to honor victims of two tragedies. Though June 16, victims of the Orlando shootings are honored.
Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even... Sign if you agree: Presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. Neither should the Senate.
The question of what to do about a man convicted in 1999 for a murder that occurred when he was 14 years old will be back before a judge Tuesday in Jacksonville. Joshua Phillips, who is now 32, killed 8-year-old neighbor Maddie Clifton in 1998 when he was 14 and hid her under a bed in his home.
Q: A federal judge recently approved a $940 million settlement for American Indian tribes over shorted government contracts for federal services. What are the details of the decision? A: The class action lawsuit, Ramah Navajo Chapter et al. v.
Peabody Energy Corp. is set to pay President Barack Obama's Harvard Law School mentor $435,000 this year to help the bankrupt coal producer challenge the administration's signature environmental law. The payments to Laurence Tribe, a constitutional law expert and legal icon -- spanning May to December this year -- were disclosed in a legal filing tied to Peabody's bankruptcy proceedings.
Can a judge call back a jury to start over, even after they've been dismissed? Ancient tradition said no, viewing the verdict as a kind of magical or divine pronouncement. Thursday, the Supreme Court broke the spell and said yes, it can happen -- but only if jurors haven't checked their phones yet.
The Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for patent holders to win increased financial damages in court from copycats who use their inventions without permission.
Springfield, Ill Today marks 50 years since the U.S. Supreme Court made Miranda warnings mandatory, and legal experts say Illinois is taking small but positive steps in bolstering those rights for young people accused of crimes. University of Chicago law professor Randolph Stone is praising parts of Senate Bill 2370 , which would require a simplified Miranda warning for minors.
Are campaign promises empty promises that no one expects candidates to keep? Have we become that cynical? Running as the "unity ticket" in 2014, Bill Walker and Byron Mallott promised to improve the state of Alaska's tribal relations.
The U.S. Supreme Court made that clear this week when it unanimously vacated the graft conviction of Bob McDonnell, a former Republican governor of Virginia.
A federal appeals court's decision upholding California's restrictions on carrying concealed weapons gives lawyers a fourth chance to try to get the U.S. Supreme Court's attention on the subject. Thursday's ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a law requiring gun applicants to show good reason beyond mere safety.
Animal-rights advocates - including a Toronto Liberal MP - say a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the bestiality acquittal of a British Columbia man underscores the need for stronger laws. The high court decision Thursday narrowly defines the crime of bestiality as penetration involving a person and an animal - meaning it doesn't cover other forms of sexual activity.
Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even... Sign if you agree: Presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. Neither should the Senate.
The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the acquittal of a British Columbia man in a decision that defines the crime of bestiality as penetration involving a person and animal. The B.C. man was found guilty three years ago of 13 counts arising from years of sexual molestation of his two step-daughters.
It was an interesting question, and since it came from one of my bosses, one I pondered: why not write about Muhammad Ali for today's column? A simple part of me said it's not a story that I was involved in. It's not what I know.
Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a primary night event on June 7, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. Hillary Clinton claimed victory on primary night Tuesday as the first woman to be a major party's presumptive nominee for president.