Deliberates

The jury has retreated to reach a decision regarding Erin Patterson, a 50-year-old Australian woman accused of murdering three members of her estranged husband's family through a toxic meal of beef Wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms. Following a nine-week trial, jurors have commenced deliberations to determine her fate. In his closing instructions, Judge Christopher Beale emphasized the importance of their role: "You must decide whether any of her statements were untrue," he remarked, urging the jurors to evaluate…

The U.S. Supreme Court has commenced deliberations regarding a contentious law that could enforce a ban on TikTok or mandate its sale by January 19, casting a spotlight on the delicate balance between free speech rights and national security issues surrounding the popular short-video application created by the Chinese firm ByteDance. TikTok, alongside its parent company ByteDance and a handful of content creators, is fighting against a piece of legislation passed with overwhelming bipartisan support last year, which was…