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Aid groups challenge U.S. funding requirements
Aid groups challenge U.S. funding requirements

By Court TV Staff U.S.-based humanitarian groups operate through a global network of affiliates that share their name and logo to bring HIV prevention programs to families, sex workers and other vulnerable communities in foreign countries. For their work, these non-governmental organizations rely on federal funding through legislation known as the Leadership Act. Enacted under President George W. Bush in 2003, the Leadership […] More

May 4, 2020

Court TV’s Vinnie Politan sits down for exclusive interview with attorney for Elian Gonzalez’s father
Court TV’s Vinnie Politan sits down for exclusive interview with attorney for Elian Gonzalez’s father

On Thursday, Court TV’s Vinnie Politan, host of “Closing Arguments with Vinnie Politan,” sat down for an exclusive interview with Jeffery Leving, the attorney for Elian Gonzalez’s father. Elian skyrocketed to the international spotlight in 1999, after he became the center of an immigration and custody battle between the United States and Cuba. The then-five-year-old […] More

December 18, 2019

US court grants Ronaldo’s bid to block accuser in rape case
US court grants Ronaldo’s bid to block accuser in rape case

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyers won a courtroom bid Thursday to block a Nevada woman accusing the soccer superstar of raping her in Las Vegas in 2009 from digging into the validity of their 2010 confidentiality agreement and $375,000 hush-money payment. U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts told Kathryn Mayorga’s attorney that it […] More

November 8, 2019

Navy upholds sentencing of Navy SEAL for posing with corpse
Navy upholds sentencing of Navy SEAL for posing with corpse

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. chief of naval operations on Tuesday denied a request for clemency and upheld a military jury’s sentence that will reduce the rank of a decorated Navy SEAL convicted of posing with a dead Islamic State captive in Iraq in 2017. Adm. Mike Gilday made the decision after carefully reviewing […] More

October 30, 2019