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NTD News Today (March 16): Pentagon Releases Video of Drone-Jet Incident; CDC Bought Phone Data to Monitor Americans

The Pentagon Thursday released a video showing a Russian jet flying towards a U.S. military drone, which then crashed into the Black Sea. Washington called the fighter jet’s actions “unsafe” and “reckless.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention purchased data from tracking companies to monitor compliance with lockdowns, according to contracts just published by…


Judge Kyle Duncan’s Event ‘Went Awry’: Stanford Law School After Protests

Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez admitted that protests at Judge Kyle Duncan’s seminar violated the school’s policy of free speech. “However well-intentioned, attempts at managing the room in this instance went awry. The way this event unfolded was not aligned with our institutional commitment to freedom of speech,” Martinez wrote in an email to the…


Judge: Oxford Schools, Staff Immune From Shooting Lawsuits

PONTIAC, Mich.—A Michigan judge has ruled that staff and administrators at Oxford High School cannot be sued for a shooting that left four students dead and seven others wounded. Oakland County Circuit Judge Mary Ellen Brennan also dismissed Oxford Community Schools from civil lawsuits related to the shooting, stating that the district and staff are…


Judge Denies LIV Plea to Expand Discovery to Augusta Members

A federal judge denied a request by LIV Golf to expand discovery in its antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour to include communication with 10 Augusta National members, including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. LIV Golf had issued subpoenas to five PGA Tour board members and Tim Finchem, the retired PGA Tour commissioner. It…


LIVE NOW: Georgia Judge Hears Arguments on Releasing Report on Alleged Election Interference by Trump

A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, hears arguments at 12:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 24 on whether the final report from a special grand jury investigating alleged election interference by former President Donald Trump and his allies should be made public. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Georgia Judge Hears Arguments on Releasing Report on Alleged Election Interference by Trump

A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, hears arguments at 12:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 24 on whether the final report from a special grand jury investigating alleged election interference by former President Donald Trump and his allies should be made public. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Bankman-Fried’s Criminal Case Assigned to Judge in Trump, Prince Andrew Cases

Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal case over the collapse of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange has been reassigned to a judge recently known for handling defamation lawsuits against former President Donald Trump and a sexual abuse lawsuit against Britain’s Prince Andrew. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan replaces his colleague Ronnie Abrams, who recused herself on Friday after learning…


Judge Blocks Depositions of 3 High-Ranking Biden Admin Officials in Big Tech–Government Collusion Case

A federal judge on Dec. 7 ruled that three high-ranking officials within the Biden administration will not be required to testify under oath at depositions in a lawsuit that alleges federal government collusion with Big Tech companies to censor users. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in October ordered the depositions of Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)…


Judge Denies 19-Year-Old’s Ask to Attend Father’s Execution

ST. LOUIS—A federal judge has denied a request from a 19-year-old woman to allow her to watch her father’s death by injection, upholding a Missouri law that bars anyone under 21 from witnessing an execution. Kevin Johnson is set to be executed Tuesday for killing Kirkwood, Missouri, Police Officer William McEntee in 2005. Johnson’s lawyers…


New Mexico Judge Diane Albert Found Dead With Husband in Likely Murder-Suicide

A judge in New Mexico was found dead in her home on Friday alongside her husband in what police believe may have been a murder-suicide by her husband. Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque Municipal Judge Diane Albert, 65, was shot in her home Friday afternoon, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Twitter. Her husband Eric Pinkerton, 63,…