Law
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The billion-dollar fight over the 'holy grail' of shipwrecks
In the Spotlight Several nations have staked a claim to the San José's treasure but who has the right to it?
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Texas court allows execution in shaken baby syndrome case
Under the radar The state could be the first to carry out the death penalty for someone convicted due to the diagnosis, despite its controversial applicability
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published
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Smoking ban: the return of the nanny state?
Talking Point Starmer's plan to revive Sunak-era war on tobacco has struck an unsettling chord even with some non-smokers
By The Week UK Published
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Swearing in the UK: a colourful history
In The Spotlight Thanet council's bad language ban is the latest chapter in a saga of obscenity
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Katie Price has left the UK as arrest warrant issued
Speed Read Model says she is away 'working' after missing insolvency court hearing into her bankruptcy and £750,000 unpaid tax
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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The Just Stop Oil five: 'fanatics' or victims of anti-protest authoritarianism?
In the Spotlight Climate protesters handed longest-ever prison sentences for peaceful protest
By The Week UK Published
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The EU's landmark AI Act 'rushed' out as countdown begins on compliance
The Explainer 'We will be hiring lawyers while the rest of the world is hiring coders' – Europe's warning about new AI legislation
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Congress OKs greater prisons oversight
Speed Reads The legislation came after reporting from The Associated Press exposed corruption in the prison system
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Kuwait plane hostages to sue BA and UK government
Speed Read Lawsuit filed by victims 34 years later claims Foreign Office knew Iraqi forces had invaded but failed to divert flight
By The Week UK Published
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Judge reopens Trump challenge in secrets case
Speed Read Aileen Cannon continues to delay and complicate the classified documents case
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Supreme Court to weigh transgender care limits
Speed Read The case challenges a Tennessee law restricting care for trans minors
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Julian Assange free after agreeing to guilty plea
Speed Read Wikileaks founder not expected to serve additional prison time, paving way for return to Australia as a free man
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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Where does Labour stand on trans rights?
The Explainer Party plans to 'modernise and simplify' process of changing gender and vows to scrap guidance on teaching gender ideology in schools
By The Week UK Published
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How a Cherokee tribe used tribal sovereignty to open North Carolina's only legal cannabis dispensary
Under the radar The tribe has plans to open sales to any adult in the state, even though the drug is still illegal there
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published
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