• US provides assurances to prevent Julian Assange appeal against extradition

    Death penalty not to be imposed, but WikiLeaks founder’s wife says he will not be afforded first amendment protectionsThe US has provided assurances to the high court in London in an attempt to prevent a last-ditch appeal by Julian Assange against extradition, but the WikiLeaks founder’s wife has dismissed them as “weasel words”.Last month, two judges deferred a decision on whether Assange, who is trying to avoid being prosecuted in the US on espionage charges relating to the publication of...

  • UK court rules prayer ban at London school ‘lawful’

    Shafaqna English- A UK court on Tuesday declared a ban on Muslim prayer at a school in London to be lawful. Michaela community school in Brent, founded by conservative campaigner and former government social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh, introduced the ban last year. A challenge was brought by a Muslim

  • US tells UK court Assange would not face death penalty

    The United States government has provided assurances requested by the High Court in London which could finally pave the way for WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange to be extradited from the United Kingdom. Last month, the High Court ruled that, without certain US guarantees, Assange, 52, would be allowed to launch a new appeal against being […]

  • Gov. Roy Cooper's pandemic rules for bars violated North Carolina Constitution, appeals court rules

    North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s orders during the COVID-19 pandemic that directed standalone bars to remain shuttered for safety while restaurants that serve alcohol got to reopen were “illogical” and violated the state constitution, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

    • Yahoo

    Morning Forecast - Tuesday, April 16th

    A low pressure system has deepened across the central plains, and the associated cold front will track further south. Winds will continue to blow out of the south giving us plenty of moisture to work with. A few light showers cannot be ruled out for the first half of today due to the available moisture but most of anything that falls will be drizzle. T-Storms are possible late this evening and overnight mainly further north as the cold front draws near. Best chances for severe weather will be...

  • Morning headlines Tuesday, April 16

    Morning headlines Tuesday, April 16

    • KEYT

    Julian Assange’s mission was to change the world – but at what cost?

    Analysis by Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Claudia Rebaza, CNN London (CNN) — Julian Assange started his WikiLeaks whistleblowing website on a quest for “radical transparency and truth,” a mission that turned an already polarizing personality into a notorious character and earned him crusaders and critics in equal measure. The long-running battle for his extradition to the United States continued this month, with US

    • KTVZ

    Julian Assange’s mission was to change the world – but at what cost?

    Analysis by Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Claudia Rebaza, CNN London (CNN) — Julian Assange started his WikiLeaks whistleblowing website on a quest for “radical transparency and truth,” a mission that turned an already polarizing personality into a notorious character and earned him crusaders and critics in equal measure. The long-running battle for his extradition to the United States continued this month, with US

  • Victims identified in Bradford County crash Tuesday morning

    ATHENS TWP, Pa. (WETM) – The victims involved in the fatal single-car crash that happened early Tuesday morning have been identified by the Athens Township Police Department. 46-year-old Brett W. Relyea and 42-year-old Melanie M. Schnurbusch, both of Owego, as well as 46-year-old Arthur G. Bidlack, of Candor, were pronounced dead at the scene of []

  • Church stabbing video stays offline after court ruling

    Graphic content showing the stabbing of a Sydney bishop will remain hidden on social media platform X for at least the next fortnight, following a stoush over the visibility of the video. The Federal Court on Wednesday extended an injunction requiring X, formerly known as Twitter, to hide video showing the stabbing of Bishop Mar […]

    • WDTN

    Fires on Tuesday morning ‘potentially related’ according to DFD

    DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- Two fires raged around the same time and vicinity Tuesday morning. The Dayton Fire Department Fire Investigations Unit is investigating two fires this morning that they are calling "incendiary" and "potentially related." According to the Dayton Fire Department, around 4 a.m. crews were dispatched to the area of E. Fourth Street []

  • Court rules against sheriff candidate in Charleston Democratic ballot dispute

    MORNING NEWSBREAK  | A state circuit judge ruled Tuesday that political parties control their primary ballots in a decision that will keep former Charleston County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Alan Ali off the county’s Democratic ballot in June. In his ruling steeped in the First Amendment, S.C. Circuit Judge George McFaddin said parties have broad discretion […]