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Recent Examples of writIn her ruling, Judge Lindsey Martinez directed the attorney for the group that brought the lawsuit to submit a writ of mandate in the next 30 days detailing how the city would have to comply with the law.—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025 In total, Jihan’s film is both an act of remembrance and resistance writ large.—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025 That savagery left its mark in him, eroding his faith in poetry and speech writ large.—Huda Fakhreddine
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He is also charged with robbery, theft, violation of the Uniform Firearms Act, possessing an instrument of crime, tampering with evidence, abuse of corpse, conspiracy and obstruction of justice, NBC Philadelphia reported.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Busting out a box of instruments that turned the room into a riot of noise, Sheeran then encourage each student to share their unique sound into the mic, from saxophone bleats to fart sounds.
While traditional arrest warrants require an ascertainment that there is evidence a crime may have been committed, Peterson's capias warrant stems from his failure to appear in court over the issues.
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Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
She was arrested and jailed on a civil order called a capias for repeatedly refusing Moukawsher’s orders requiring her to cooperate with a trustee appointed to close her law practice and prohibiting her from withdrawing money from a client account.
In its motion, the newspaper argued the article was substantially true because the letter appeared among materials reportedly produced by the Epstein estate in response to a congressional subpoena.
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Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Men from seemingly different worlds, Bannon met Guzzo at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut while serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena.
Just hours before the filing was submitted, Bovino defended his agency’s conduct in an interview with CBS News.
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Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
But the two have racked up an astronomical, nine-figure legal bill that far exceeds any reasonable amount the two may have needed for their defense, the bank said in a court filing late Friday.
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