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Smell Of Alcohol Enough For Breath Sample: Ont. Court Of Appeal

November 19, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

COLIN PERKEL, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A police officer’s demand for a breath sample from a motorist who smelled of alcohol but otherwise showed no signs of being drunk was reasonable and constitutional, Ontario’s […]

Couple Plead Guilty To Theft Of $10,000 Diamond At New Brunswick Jewelry Store

November 18, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

An Ontario couple suspected in a string of nationwide jewelry heists pleaded guilty to stealing a $10,000 diamond from a jewelry store in Saint John, N.B. Seventy-year-old Grigori Zaharov and 44-year-old Natalia Feldman of Vaughan, […]

Grandma Accidentally Invites Stranger to Thanksgiving, Tells Him to Come Anyway

November 18, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Jamal Hinton was in his high school classroom when he received texts from a group chat. One of the texts read “Thanksgiving dinner is at my house on November 24th at 3:00pm. Let me know if you’re […]

Terminally Ill Teen Won Historic Ruling To Preserve Body

November 18, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A 14-year-old girl who wanted her body to be preserved, in case she could be cured in the future, won a historic legal fight shortly before her death. The girl, who was terminally ill with […]

Nick Gordon Ordered To Pay $36M In Bobbi Kristina Brown Death Case

November 18, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A judge in Atlanta on Thursday ordered Bobbi Kristina Brown’s partner, Nick Gordon, to pay $36 million in a wrongful death case, her estate’s lawyers said. Brown, the daughter of singers Bobby Brown and the […]

Murder Victim’s Family Tries To Attack Suspect In Court

November 18, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A brawl almost broke out in a Brooklyn courtroom Thursday as a suspect in the gruesome 2004 murder of a 17-year-old girl was led into the hearing — and the victim’s enraged kin tried to […]

All Charges Dropped Against Hunter Who Helped Kill Cecil The Lion

November 17, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A Zimbabwe court has agreed to drop charges against Theo Bronkhorst, a professional hunter who is said to have charged dentist Walter Palmer $50,000 to hunt Cecil in July 2015. Palmer had already had been […]

Missouri Court of Appeals Rules In Frozen Embryo Case – Embryos Are Property Not People

November 17, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

In what may be the first case of its kind in the country, a Missouri Court reached a decision in a dispute between a former husband and wife over whether or not the woman has the […]

Brave Jo Cox Tried To Protect Staff From Far Right Extremist, Court Hears

November 17, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

BY DAN KAY Brave MP Jo Cox tried to protect her staff from a far right extremist by shouting out “get away you two – let him hurt me” as he repeatedly shot and stabbed […]

India Supreme Court: Even Dogs Are Created By The Divinity

November 17, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India said an impression that human life has lesser value than that of a dog should not be made, and stressed that stray dogs can be killed only in […]

Human Rights

Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Smell Of Alcohol Enough For Breath Sample: Ont. Court Of Appeal

Couple Plead Guilty To Theft Of $10,000 Diamond At New Brunswick Jewelry Store

Grandma Accidentally Invites Stranger to Thanksgiving, Tells Him to Come Anyway

Terminally Ill Teen Won Historic Ruling To Preserve Body

Nick Gordon Ordered To Pay $36M In Bobbi Kristina Brown Death Case

Murder Victim’s Family Tries To Attack Suspect In Court

All Charges Dropped Against Hunter Who Helped Kill Cecil The Lion

Missouri Court of Appeals Rules In Frozen Embryo Case – Embryos Are Property Not People

Brave Jo Cox Tried To Protect Staff From Far Right Extremist, Court Hears

India Supreme Court: Even Dogs Are Created By The Divinity