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Judge weighs whether Venezuela can pay Maduro's legal costs in US drug trafficking case
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. judge pressed the Trump administration last week about its basis for barring Venezuela’s government from paying former President Nicolás Maduro's legal fees in the drug trafficking case that has put him behind bars in New York.
As Maduro and Cilia Flores, his wife and co-defendant, looke ... (full story)
Common Pleas Court Presiding and Admin. judges discuss their 2026 agendas
When the judges in all four divisions of the Summit County Common Pleas Court unanimously elected Domestic Relations Court Judge Kani Harvey Hightower as presiding judge for the second consecutive year, Judge Hightower welcomed the challenge.
“It means a lot to me that they trust me to ... (full story)
What could come next for other social media firms as a jury finds Meta platforms harm children
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first jury verdict in a series of social media child safety trials this year is in — and it's not looking good for Meta. A jury in New Mexico found on March 24 that the social media giant's platforms are harmful to children’s mental health and imposed a $375 million penalty.
While the f ... (full story)
What men and women think about gender and pay, according to a new AP-NORC poll
NEW YORK (AP) — Most working women in the U.S. believe they are disadvantaged when it comes to earning competitive wages, but many men have a different view, according to a new AP-NORC poll.
Equal pay emerged as a major source of concern for working women in the poll and an area where men and women are far apart in their p ... (full story)
Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI
The assignment involves no laptop, no chatbot and no technology of any kind. In fact, there's no pen or paper, either.
Instead, students in Chris Schaffer’s biomedical engineering class at Cornell University are required to speak directly to an instructor in what he calls an “oral defense.”
It's a testing m ... (full story)