US | Federal judge orders detained Türkiye student be returned to Vermont to await trial

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US | Federal judge orders detained Türkiye student be returned to Vermont to await trial - Lemmy.zip

> A federal judge on Friday ordered Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk to be returned to Vermont, where she will remain in custody, pending a bail hearing. Ozturk, a PhD student at Tufts University, was detained by Department of Homeland (DHS) agents near the university’s Massachusetts campus last month after her F-1 student visa was revoked. Case file: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/dwvkjqmnnpm/04182025ozturk.pdf [https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/dwvkjqmnnpm/04182025ozturk.pdf]

US | Indian, Chinese students sue Trump over visa rules

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US | Indian, Chinese students sue Trump over visa rules - Lemmy.zip

> Three Indian and two Chinese students are part of a suit brought against the Trump administration over the termination of several international students’ F1 visas.

US | Oregon Revives Lawsuit Against Coinbase That Trump's DOJ Killed

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US | Oregon Revives Lawsuit Against Coinbase That Trump's DOJ Killed - Lemmy.zip

> President Trump might be a fan of crypto, but companies in the industry still face state regulators.

Judge strikes down an Ohio law limiting kids’ use of social media as unconstitutional

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US | Judge strikes down an Ohio law limiting kids’ use of social media as unconstitutional - Lemmy.zip

> A federal judge has permanently struck down an Ohio law that would have required children and teens under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps. U.S. Case file: https://netchoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Court-Permanently-Halts-Ohio-Age-Verification-Law_NetChoice-v-Yost_April-16-2025.pdf [https://netchoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Court-Permanently-Halts-Ohio-Age-Verification-Law_NetChoice-v-Yost_April-16-2025.pdf]

Tunisian opposition figures sentenced to up to 66 years in prison

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Tunisian opposition figures sentenced to up to 66 years in prison - Lemmy.zip

> Tunisian media say a court has sentenced leading opposition figures to between 13 and 66 years in prison

US | Further delay as Menendez brothers seek freedom after decades in prison

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US | Further delay as Menendez brothers seek freedom after decades in prison - Lemmy.zip

> Brothers had hoped resentencing hearing would pave way for immediate release – but judge orders pause until May

The government doesn’t understand Meta

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The government doesn’t understand Meta - Ponder.cat

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Anti-war graffiti and poetry costs Russian activist nearly three years in prison

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Anti-war graffiti and poetry costs Russian activist nearly three years in prison - Lemmy.zip

> The 19-year-old was protesting against the war in Ukraine.

Italian court upholds life sentence for parents of Pakistani woman killed by her family

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Italian court upholds life sentence for parents of Pakistani woman killed by her family - Lemmy.zip

> An Italian appeals court has upheld life sentences for a Pakistani couple convicted of murdering their 18-year-old daughter in a so-called honor killing after she refused an arranged marriage

Judge blocks Trump administration’s from passport changes affecting transgender Americans

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Judge blocks Trump administration’s from passport changes affecting transgender Americans - Lemmy.zip

> A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers