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The Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization on Tuesday urged a U.S. appeals court to toss a more than $655 million award won by a group of American families who accused them of supporting terrorist attacks in Israel. A lawyer for the Palestinian Authority and the PLO, the government and diplomatic representative of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, argued to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York that the case should never have reached trial. A U.S. jury in 2015 found the defendants liable under the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act in a case that...

Brothers Bulger wave in court, Whitey held "It was a family reunion in U.S. District Court today featuring former Senate president William "Billy" Bulger (Democrat) waving to his mobster brother James "Whitey" Bulger at his arraignment and mouthing hello. Galpal Catherine Greig also smiled at her twin sister at her arraignment after Bulger and raised her eyebrows as she was being taken out of court. Billy Bulger said outside court that seeing his big brother in handcuffs after 16 years on the run "an unusual experience." Asked to explain further, Billy Bulger stammered and added "I have to think about...

Here are some details of the case that the FBI agent will discuss: From November 10, 2003:30-Y.O. Unsolved SF Murders Reopen [Weather Underground, Black Liberation Army, Ayers, Dohrn] BAY AREA (KRON) -- The unsolved murder of two San Francisco police officers has languished as cold cases for 30 years until now. A federal grand jury has been looking into the murders. Many of the people now under investigation both as potential targets and witnesses in this case are scattered across the country. Many of them are now in their 50s and 60s. Investigators believe the crimes were politically motivated and...

Belgrade, 24 May (AKI) - The conviction of 12 people for the murder of prime minister Zoran Djindic in March 2003, was seen by Serbian politicians across the political spectrum on Thursday as a victory of justice and a proof of the judiciary's independence. After a three and a half year trial, a special court in Belgrade Wednesday sentenced 12 former members of a special police unit 'Red berets' and members of the so called Zemun criminal gang, headed by Milorad Ulemek Legija and Zvezdan Jovanovic, to maximum sentences of between 35 and 40 years in jail each for a...

THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISION a governor ever has to make is whether to grant clemency to a condemned convict. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made such a decision on Monday. He made the right call when he refused to spare the life of Stanley "Tookie" Williams. We do not say that blithely. Frankly, we cannot imagine having to make such a call. But we also cannot conceive of telling the family members of the dead that Williams had somehow redeemed himself by writing some children's books. Williams' case became national news because while in prison he has worked to steer children away...

To try and make a very long story a little shorter :) In a rare instance of justice some complete b*stard just may get his comeuppance.While riding my Mt. Bike to the computer store this PM, a black GMC Jimmy (or is that a Jimmy of color?)came up behind me and the passenger leaned out and smacked me right on the ass I was wearing a backpack so I'm sure that's why he picked that particular target, unless he was having a Barney Frank moment.I was on the shoulder of a very busy road in the shopping district of town...