History Thread for “judge”

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August 22, 2026 Politics

US judge blocks visa suspension

New York City · New York · United States

A United States federal judge struck down a Trump administration policy on August 21, 2026, that suspended the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants from 75 countries. U.S. District J...

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August 11, 2026 Breaking

Navy ship rape claim dismissed

Norfolk · Virginia · United States

A federal judge in Norfolk, Virginia, dismissed a civil lawsuit filed by Elsie Dominguez, a civilian marine engineer who alleged that she was raped aboard a U.S. Navy-operated transport v...

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March 20, 2026 Politics

AI Program Assists Judges in Rulings

An artificial intelligence pilot program in Los Angeles County courts is being introduced to assist judges in drafting rulings in certain cases, according to officials familiar with the i...

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February 24, 2026 Breaking

Pride Group Founder Jailed for Rape of 12-Year-Old Boy

A court has sentenced the founder of a local pride advocacy group to a term of imprisonment following a conviction for the rape of a 12-year-old boy. The conviction was delivered after a...

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February 14, 2026 Breaking

Stephen Boss, aka tWitch, dies at 40 in tragic suicide

Los Angeles · California · United States

Stephen boss, known professionally as tWitch, was an american dancer, choreographer, television personality and dj who died by suicide at age 40 Stephen Laurel Boss was born on September...

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February 12, 2026 Politics

White House Fires U.S. Attorney Hours After Appointment in New York Clash

White House · Washington · District of Columbia · United States

On February 11, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice, under the Trump administration, abruptly fired Donald T. Kinsella as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York just hours a...

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February 10, 2026 Breaking

Ori Solomon released ahead of trial in Las Vegas illegal biolab case

Las Vegas · Nevada · United States

Ori Solomon released ahead of trial in Las Vegas illegal biolab case Ori Solomon, 55, has been identified as the property manager of a Las Vegas residence where authorities unc...

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February 2, 2026 Breaking

French Judges Issue Arrest Warrants for French-Israeli Activists Over Complicity in Genocide

Paris Court of Appeal · Paris · Île-de-France · France

French Judges Issue Arrest Warrants for French-Israeli Activists Over Complicity in Genocide French investigating judges in Paris have issued warrants for two French-Israeli na...

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February 2, 2026 Breaking

Overview of Criminal Allegations and Legal Proceedings Involving Frank Stronach

Toronto · Ontario · Canada

Frank Stronach, an Austrian-Canadian billionaire businessman and founder of auto parts giant Magna International, is facing criminal charges in Ontario related to historical sexual assaul...

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January 27, 2026 Breaking

Avraham Gil avoids jail

Miami · Florida · United States

Avraham Gil, the 19-year-old son of an Israeli consular official in Miami, avoided jail time after completing the requirements of a plea agreement stemming from a motorcycle collision wit...

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January 24, 2026 Politics

Federal judge rules lawmakers can sue to enforce Epstein files transparency

Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse · New York City · New York · United States

On January 24, 2026, a U.S. federal judge in New York ruled that congressional cosponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act may file a lawsuit to seek a court-appointed observer to en...

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January 12, 2026 Breaking

Felon freed by trump sentenced again after new offenses

On November 12, 2025, a federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced Jonathan Braun to **27 months in prison** after he committed several offenses following a previous sentence commutation by form...

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January 10, 2026 Breaking

Brothers jailed for raping 12-year-old girl

Patrick Leonard, 23, and Lannee Ksigwa, 19, were sentenced to prison following convictions for the rape of a 12-year-old girl, authorities reported. The trial took place at Bradford Crow...

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January 4, 2026 Breaking

Beersheba District Court President Benny Sagi dies in motorcycle crash

Beersheba District Court · Beersheba · Southern District · Israel

On January 4, 2026, Judge Benny Sagi, president of the Beersheba District Court in southern Israel, died in a motorcycle crash on Highway 6. Police reported that an off‑road vehicle veere...

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December 10, 2025 Breaking

Ex‑Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Fit to Stand Trial, Prison Officials Say

New York Supreme Court · New York City · New York · United States

On December 10, 2025, federal prison officials informed a U.S. District Court in New York that former Abercrombie & Fitch chief executive officer Mike Jeffries is now competent to stand t...

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November 14, 2025 Politics

Trump Pardons Nursing Home Executive Schwartz

On November 14, 2025, President Donald Trump granted a full and unconditional pardon to Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing home executive who had been convicted in April 2025 of federal ta...

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November 10, 2025 Breaking

Unresolved questions remain in charlie kirk assassination investigation

Months after the September 10, 2025 assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk while speaking at Utah Valley University, investigators and legal proceedings continue to leave key...

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October 7, 2025 Breaking

Miami Beach rabbi threatened

Miami Beach · Florida · United States

Miami Beach police arrested Christopher Martinez on October 7, 2025, after authorities said he pointed an object resembling a handgun at a rabbi outside a Jewish synagogue near 12th Stree...

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September 30, 2025 Breaking

Dovid Akiva Shenkman case

Chicago · Illinois · United States

Dovid Akiva Shenkman, a former Chicago resident, pleaded guilty to federal charges involving possession and transportation of child pornography and was sentenced in September 2025 to near...

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July 10, 2025 Politics

US warns ICC member states against proceedings targeting Israel

Washington · District of Columbia · United States

US warns ICC member states against proceedings targeting Israel On July 10, 2025, the United States government issued warnings to member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC),...

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January 29, 2025 Breaking

Israeli Lev Tahor Leader Arrested in Guatemala

Guatemala City · Guatemala Department · Guatemala

Senior Lev Tahor Member Arrested in Guatemala Senior Lev Tahor Member Arrested in Guatemala Amid Human Trafficking Probe Guatemala City, Guatemala — On January...

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December 9, 2024 Breaking

Luigi mangione charged with murder of unitedhealthcare ceo

UnitedHealth Group Headquarters · Minnetonka · Minnesota · United States

On December 9, 2024, Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was fatally shot outside a Manhatta...

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November 16, 2024 Breaking

Questions linger around diddy’s legal saga and unanswered issues

Sean “Diddy” Combs, the music mogul currently serving a 50‑month federal prison sentence for two counts of transporting individuals to engage in prostitution, remains at the center of ong...

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August 6, 2024 Breaking

UK Judge Sentences Man for Hate Speech Against Immigrants

London · England · United Kingdom

UK Judge Sentences Man for Inciting Violence and Racial Hatred Online On August 6, 2024, at Leeds Crown Court, Judge Guy Kearl KC sentenced 28‑year‑old Jordan Parlour to 20 months’ impri...

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January 3, 2024 Politics

Epstein files mention Trump in witness claims

Court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that were unsealed in early January 2024 included references to former United States President Donald Trump in statements made by witnesses duri...

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December 1, 2023 Breaking

British Tech Entrepreneur Lawrence Jones Sentenced To 15 Years For Rape And Sexual Assault

Manchester Crown Court · Manchester · England · United Kingdom

Lawrence Jones Jailed For Multiple Sex Offenses In United Kingdom On December 1, 2023, British tech entrepreneur **Lawrence Jones** was sentenced to **15 years in prison** by M...

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July 2, 2020 Breaking

Arrest and Conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell

Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse · New York City · New York · United States

Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite and former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested on July 2, 2020, by the FBI in Bradford, New Hampshire, for her role in recruiting and groomin...

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January 17, 2017 Breaking

Ex-IDF General Ofek Buchris Admits Sexual Offenses In Plea Deal

Military Court · Tel Aviv · Tel Aviv District · Israel

Ofek Buchris Pleads Guilty To Sexual Offenses In Israeli Military Court On January 17, 2017, Brigadier General (res.) **Ofek Buchris**, a former officer in the Israel Defense F...

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January 29, 2016 Breaking

Arthur Rathburn and Tel Aviv

Grosse Pointe Park · Michigan · United States

Arthur Rathburn was the owner and operator of International Biological, Inc. (IBI), a Michigan company that supplied human cadavers and anatomical specimens for medical and dental trainin...

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October 14, 2014 Breaking

Barry Freundel voyeurism conviction

Washington · United States

Washington, D.C., United StatesRabbi Bernard “Barry” Freundel was arrested in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2014, after police began investigating allegations that he had secretly reco...

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November 8, 2013 Breaking

Rabbi Samuel Waldman Brooklyn arrest US

Brooklyn · New York · USA

Samuel Waldman is an individual who served as a rabbi and teacher at a girls’ seminary in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He was associated with religious educational roles within a co...

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June 1, 2011 Breaking

Chief Rabbi Saul Kassin Probation Corruption Case

Trenton · New Jersey · USA

Rabbi Saul Kassin, a senior religious leader associated with the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced in June 2011 to two years of unsupervised probation in connec...

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October 20, 1973 Breaking

Zebra murders investigation

San Francisco · California · United States

The Zebra murders were a series of killings and shootings committed in San Francisco between October 1973 and April 1974. The attacks resulted in 14 deaths and seven or eight nonfatal inj...

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April 28, 1939 Politics

Adolf Hitler References British Rule in Palestine in Reichstag Address

Reichstag · Berlin · Germany

Adolf Hitler References British Rule in Palestine in Reichstag Address “It appears to have slipped Mr. Roosevelt’s mind that Palestine is not being occupied by German troops, b...

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Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Stalin Misjudges the Timing of German Attack

21 June 1941 — Despite multiple intelligence warnings, Stalin remains reluctant to believe Hitler will immediately launch full-scale war. Soviet forces are not fully prepared for the atta...

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