Category: World

A Missouri appeals court has upheld an $800,000 jury award for a woman injured when a delivery van pulled into her path after a truck driver waved it forward. The court found there was no evidence that the woman was driving too fast, and it rejected the defence argument that she shared fault for the…

Appeals court ordered further review of service validity, leaving the foreclosure judgment otherwise undisturbed. A foreclosure case that appeared to be over is back in court after an Ohio appeals court raised questions about whether the property owner had been properly notified of the original proceedings. The homeowner, who is serving time for the murder…

Representative image from Canva A Missouri appeals court has ruled that a couple who handed over their wrecked Lexus and signed the title over to an unidentified tow-truck driver in 2018 no longer owned the vehicle, even after it resurfaced years later with a $6,450 towing bill attached. The decision, in Lawrence and Kay E….

Representative Image (AI-generated) An icy parking lot turned an early-morning vehicle accident into a personal injury dispute after a hotel guest slipped and injured his shoulder while photographing damage to another vehicle. Although the entire parking area had experienced freezing conditions, the guest argued that the spot where he fell was particularly dangerous because of…

Representative Image (AI-generated) Creating businesses that exist only on paper can provide an appearance of legitimacy, but federal prosecutors allege that two men used fictitious companies and stolen identities to carry out a multimillion-dollar financial fraud scheme. The alleged operation involved setting up shell companies in other people’s names, registering accounts with payment processors and…

A federal appeals court has allowed a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by a woman in Sedona to move forward. The woman sleeps in her car because her severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) often makes it impossible for her to enter her own apartment. In a published ruling issued on November 12, 2026, a three-judge panel of…

US President Donald Trump. The Trump administration has directed US federal agencies to prioritise English in government operations and restrict the use of foreign-language materials, in a move that could affect more than 27 million people with limited English proficiency in the country.“Agencies should strive to operate solely in English,” the Justice Department said in…

Ohio residents seek $3.3 million over 250 trees cut from protected forest. Representational photo A dispute over the removal of around 250 trees from a forest near a former coal-fired power plant in Ohio has reached a federal court. Residents of Pierce Township are seeking $3.3 million in damages from the property’s new owner, alleging…

Fred Najour, Robert Schrott A 72-year-old restaurant owner in Chandler, Arizona, was struggling to keep his family business running after years of operating it. But an unexpected visit from a stranger and a video shared on social media brought a sudden change. Within days of the video going viral, customers began lining up outside his…

Anaheim Union High School District. A 16-year-old Palestinian-American student has sued a school district in Southern California, alleging that a teacher called him a “terrorist” and school officials failed to take appropriate action over the remark.The lawsuit was filed by Yousef Abdullah against the Anaheim Union High School District over an incident in February 2025,…