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Harsh new caning penalty introduced for scammers in Singapore
Scammers and recruiters for scam groups face a legal crackdown that allows them to be punished with six to 24 strokes of the cane - a penalty usually reserved for...
US prosecutors suspended after calling January 6 a 'mob of rioters'
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Samuel White and Carlos Valdivia were placed on administrative leave and locked out of their government devices, one day before their scheduled appearance in federal court on...
DC woman sues to stop neighbor from smoking marijuana in his own home -- and wins!
“I was not interested in money -- I was interested in getting fresh air in my home,” the plaintiff said of her court battle.
Queens pet store selling Asian-bred pups for up to $38K despite NY sale ban
The Empire State's landmark “Puppy Mill Pipeline Act” outlawed the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits last December, prompting many stores to frantically offer bargain prices to clear out their...
Supreme Court to hear case that may alter Voting Rights Act
The U.S. Supreme Court is slated on Wednesday to hear arguments in a dispute over the composition of Louisiana electoral districts in a case that could imperil a key section of the...
Newsom targets ICE with new anti-mask bill
Newsom said the new laws will "make California the first state in the nation to prohibit federal law enforcement officers, including ICE, from hiding their identities."
Fed governor Lisa Cook hires Hunter Biden lawyer Abbe Lowell to fight Trump’s bid to fire her
Lowell, a former partner at the Winston & Strawn LLP law firm, started his own practice in May and it’s stacked with clients under fire by the Trump administration.
Gloucester Township's parental accountability law: Letters to the Editor — Aug. 16, 2025
NY Post readers discuss a law in Gloucester Township, NJ, that holds parents accountable for their child’s crimes.
NJ parents applaud new law that could send them to prison for their children's crimes
"I agree with that new law because these parents are just letting their kids go out and putting the responsibility on someone else," one dad said.
New Jersey parents could face jail time under town's ordinance targeting children's unruly behavior
Under a new ordinance in a New Jersey town, parents can be fined and even charged for their children’s unruly behavior.
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro backs Trump’s DC takeover threat and demand for lower prosecution age limit
Pirro, the top prosecutor in the nation’s capital, fumed that she’s not allowed to charge minors accused of violent crimes and backed Trump’s push to lower the age of legal...
How historic Voting Rights Act is threatened as law has its 60th anniversary
The act protected the right to vote and ensured the government would fight efforts to suppress it, especially those aimed at Black voters.
We're suing to expose Alvin Bragg's anti-Trump lawfare
DA Bragg has hundreds of records of communications with or about political agents about his prosecution of Donald Trump — and he won't explain why the public isn’t entitled to...
Trump pick Alina Habba to remain acting NJ US attorney after judges reject her for the post
“I don’t cower to pressure. I don’t answer to politics,” Habba declared Thursday.
Britain's woke 'Banter Bill' takes aim at the local pub
The pub is hallowed ground, where we cut loose and say what we cannot say in more buttoned-up zones of society — and Britain will no longer be Britain if we...
Pro-Trump group says Cracker Barrel's DEI programs violate federal, state civil rights laws
Conservative pro-Trump law group America First Legal filed complaints Monday with the Tennessee Attorney General and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, alleging Cracker Barrel is maintaining discriminatory employment practices stemming from its...
Zohran Mamdani's disdain for the law is disqualifying — and dangerous
Zohran Mamdani is an ideologue who has never held a real-world job subjecting him to the law's confines — so the question of whether he can legally implement his promises...
South Korea ex-President Yoon indicted again as martial law probe continues
The new charges include obstruction of the exercise of others' rights by abuse of authority, ordering the deletion of records and blocking the execution of arrest warrants, the prosecutor's office...
Summer intern fired from white-shoe NYC law firm for biting multiple co-workers: 'Nibble is . . . too tame a word'
A summer associate at Sidley Austin reportedly bit up to 10 colleagues at the white-shoe firm's New York City offices before she was canned, insiders told the legal news site Above...
It's crystal-ball clear: NY's rarely used fortunetelling law explained
New York's little-known, and rarely enforced, fortunetelling law was enacted in 1967 to protect people from getting swindled out of fortunes for services like getting purged of evil spirits.