Free legal clinics offered to local residents

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Community Legal Aid is offering a series of free clinics to offer legal help to the public.

The programs are taught by attorneys and are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.

The following clinics are available online:

  • Eviction prevention clinic: Tuesdays at 4 pm – Learn about renters’ rights and options if facing an eviction. Visit www.communitylegalaid.org/eviction for details.
  • Foreclosure prevention classes: Learn about the foreclosure process and strategies that can help homeowners save their homes. Offered on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 5 pm Visit www.communitylegalaid.org/foreclosure for details.

Heartbreaking Idaho murders update as community mourns and Bryan Kohberger demands cops turn over ‘exculpatory evidence’

THE University of Idaho has announced that four of its students murdered last year will receive posthumous degrees later this week.

They will be conferred at the school’s graduation ceremony on Saturday.

Four University of Idaho students murdered in an off-campus apartment last year will receive posthumous degrees at the school's graduation ceremony this weekend

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Four University of Idaho students murdered in an off-campus apartment last year will receive posthumous degrees at the school’s graduation ceremony this weekend
The legal team for the murder suspect Bryan Kohberger, 28, has demanded that authorities hand over more evidence ahead of the trial

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The legal team for the murder suspect Bryan Kohberger, 28, has demanded that authorities hand over more evidence ahead of the trialcredit: Getty

Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, both 21, will each receive a bachelor’s degree, NewsNation reported.

Mogen studied marketing while

UPDATE 2-Indian news agency ANI, broadcaster NDTV Twitter accounts restored after brief suspension

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April 29 (Reuters) – The Twitter accounts of Indian broadcaster NDTV and the country’s ANI news agency were restored on Saturday after both said earlier in the day that their main Twitter accounts had been locked, without specifying a reason for the suspensions.

ANI’s restored Twitter handle tweeted that their account seemed to be functioning. “Inconvenience regretted for the temporary outage”, they said. NDTV’s Twitter account was also backed up.

Searches on Twitter for NDTV’s English service account @NDTV and the @ANI handle earlier in the day produced the message “This account

Briefs submitted in legal fight over abortion in New Mexico

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The state Attorney General and Lea County have formally submitted their arguments in their legal fight over abortion. Clovis, Hobbs, Lea County and Roosevelt County all passed ordinances aimed at restricting abortion access. That prompted a challenge from the New Mexico Attorney General.

In a brief filed with the state Supreme Court Thursday night, Attorney General Raul Torres claims cities and counties have exceeded their authority by passing medical licensing rules that conflict with state provisions. He argues that House Bill 7, which cleared the legislature in this

Bill aims to provide access to legal counsel for lower-income Mainers

Democratic Representative Charles Skold introduced the bill. “Financial resources should not be a barrier to accessing justice,” he said.

MAINE, USA — Legal representation can be a heavy burden for low-income Mainers, but one Maine representative aims to change that.

Rep. Charles Skold (D) of Portland introduced a bill that would help low and moderate-income Mainers to attain legal counsel regardless of their financial capability to pay an attorney.

“Financial resources should not be a barrier to accessing justice,” Skold said.

Current Maine law requires all parties in a legal case to pay their attorney fees, regardless of who wins

R (on the application of Pearce and others) v Parole Board for England and Wales [2023] UKSC 13 – UKSC Blog

This appeal is concerned with the following questions: (1) When the Parole Board is deciding whether or not to direct the release of a prisoner on license, can it only take into account allegations if they are proved on the balance of probabilities? (2) Does the Parole Board’s “Guidance on Allegations” (the Guidance) misstate the law on this issue?

The Parole Board for England and Wales (“the Board”) is responsible for deciding whether or not to direct the early release of prisoners serving various categories of sentences of imprisonment. When making its decision, the Board must be satisfied that it

Trump’s legal worries extend far beyond charges in New York

The hush money case in New York that has led to criminal charges against Donald Trump is just one of a number of investigations that could pose legal problems for the former president.

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Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for Trump, confirmed Thursday that he had been informed that the former president had been indicted on charges involving payments made during the 2016 campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. The specific charges were not immediately made public.

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Trump faces a string of other inquiries as he campaigns for another term in 2024, including a criminal investigation over

NY state judge temporarily closes dormitory school in house at Clarkstown’s request

NEW CITY – A dormitory school operating inside a house along rustic South Mountain Road has been ordered temporarily closed by a New York State Supreme Court justice.

Justice Christie D’Alessio granted Clarkstown’s request for a temporary restraining order. The town’s legal action claims the house has a certificate of occupancy as a single-family house and has caused environmental problems for neighbors.

D’Alessio ordered the property owner, Yoel Yzvi Templer, to remove the teenage students from the house, which is perched on the mountain above the two-lane South Mountain Road. She gave Templer’s attorney until April 14 to respond to