A member of a council that advises Iran’s supreme leader died Monday after falling sick from the new coronavirus, state radio reported, becoming the first top official to succumb to the illness striking both citizens and leaders of the Islamic Republic. The death of Expediency Council member Mohammad Mirmohammadi, 71, came as Iran announced the […]
Iran is accused of hiding the true number of coronavirus cases. Some researchers estimate there could be 23 times more infections than stated.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday formally dismissed a case in which Lee Boyd Malvo, who was 17 when he took part in the deadly 2002 "D.C. Sniper" shooting spree in the Washington area, was challenging his life without parole sentence. The move comes after a new law was passed in Virginia, where Malvo is […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Walgreens, turning away an appeal by a fired former Florida employee of the pharmacy chain who asked not to work on Saturdays for religious reasons as a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The justices declined to review a lower court ruling in Darrell Patterson’s […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Apple Inc’s bid to avoid paying about $440 million (339.4 million pounds) in damages for using patent licensing firm VirnetX Inc’s internet security technology without permission in features such as FaceTime video calling. The justices rejected Apple’s appeal in the long-running case in which a federal […]
The Supreme Court on Monday left in place the conviction of a Massachusetts woman who sent her boyfriend text messages urging him to kill himself. Michelle Carter is serving a 15-month sentence after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2014 death of her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III. A judge determined that Carter, who was […]
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wept over the remains of Qassem Soleimani as thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran for the second day of the general’s funeral.
More than 200 members of Congress told the Supreme Court that its landmark decisions on abortion, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, should…
In March, the Supreme Court will hear its first major abortion case since President Trump picked two conservatives – Brett Kavanaugh (top right) and Neil Gorsuch (bottom right) – to the bench.
The Supreme Cannabis Co. (TSX: FIRE) (OTCQX: SPRWF) (FRA: 53S1) announced that its 7ACRES products will be available in Québec and Newfoundland and Labrador, expanding Canadian distribution to all 10 provinces. The company entered into a letter of intent with Société Québécoise du Cannabis (SQDC) to supply 7ACRES products to retail stores across Québec. At […]