Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark libel ruling, though Clarence Thomas wants to reconsider the decision
The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, rebuffing a request to take another look at decades-old precedent that created a higher bar for public figures to claim libel in civil suits.
2023-10-10 22:54
California baseball star Steve Garvey makes bid for US Senate as Republican
By Sharon Bernstein and Omar Younis LOS ANGELES California baseball legend Steve Garvey launched a campaign on Tuesday
2023-10-10 22:48
Four British men freed after Afghanistan detention
The UK welcomes their release after they were held for allegedly breaking the country's laws.
2023-10-10 22:17
Geraldine Brooks' 'Horse' and biography of George Floyd win Dayton literary awards
Geraldine Brooks’ “Horse,” a novel about race and forgotten history, and Robert Samuels’ and Toluse Olorunnipa’s “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice” have won awards from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation
2023-10-10 22:16
US House Republicans face tangled path to picking a new speaker
By David Morgan WASHINGTON Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives will try to move closer to
2023-10-10 22:15
Growing backlash over Harvard students pro-Palestine letter
Lawmakers and alumni have been angered by the letter, which blames Israel for the unfolding conflict.
2023-10-10 21:54
US Supreme Court turns away challenge to media defamation protections
By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by a prominent former
2023-10-10 21:49
Guatemala paralysed as pro-democracy protests run into second week
Protesters are demanding the removal of the attorney-general, whom they accuse of undermining democracy.
2023-10-10 21:18
Closing arguments to begin in manslaughter trial of officers who arrested Elijah McClain
Closing arguments are set to take place Tuesday in the trial of the two Aurora, Colorado, police officers who arrested Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old Black man who died after he was subdued by police and injected with ketamine by paramedics in 2019.
2023-10-10 21:17
Israel-Gaza violence: The conflict explained
Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians date back decades, but what are the key issues?
2023-10-10 20:58
Israeli soldier and militants killed in confrontation on Lebanon frontier
An Israeli soldier was killed on Monday in a clash with Palestinian gunmen who crossed from Lebanon.
2023-10-10 20:57
Hamas hostages: 'The terrorists have her and her babies'
Yossi Sneider says his cousin and her two children were taken from their home in southern Israel.
2023-10-10 20:48