HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — A German court on Tuesday rejected a defense request to end the trial of a former Ukrainian army officer who is accuse…

A federal judge has agreed to extend an order blocking the Trump administration’s renovation plans for a century-old public golf course in the nation’s capital. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes issued a preliminary injunction that halts tree-cutting and other work at the East Potomac Golf Course. On Oct. 18, President Donald Trump announced plans on social media to close the golf course for 15 months and redevelop it despite a court challenge. Reyes previously ordered the administration to suspend work on the project until at least Oct. 26.

Defense attorneys for the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk have suggested a 2029 trial date. They say several years are needed to prepare their case. Kirk was a political ally of President Donald Trump who was shot in the neck as he spoke to a crowd of several thousand people at Utah Valley University last year. Defendant Tyler Robinson has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder. An attorney for Kirk’s widow says the defense’s proposal for a 2029 trial is absurd. A state judge held a hearing Friday to consider trial dates but did not make a decision. Prosecutors proposed a trial beginning in January 2028.

A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11. The order Thursday from U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett came as the BBC’s lawyers complained that Trump had delayed his appearance. Lett said Trump must sit for a deposition by Dec. 11 or face sanctions up to dismissal of his lawsuit unless the discovery period is extended past Dec. 18. The judge also ordered the Department of Justice to respond to former special counsel Jack Smith about whether he has permission to be deposed in the case.

Jurors have begun deliberations in the trial of a North Carolina college student 14 years ago. Faith Hedgepeth was a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she was fatally beaten in her off-campus apartment in 2012. Miguel Salguero Olivares was arrested nine years later. He has pleaded not guilty to murder, rape and burglary charges. Prosecutors say Salguero Olivares was a stranger who killed Hedgepeth in a fit of rage and left his DNA behind. The defense said that DNA could have come from a consensual encounter days earlier.

A trial is set for the suspected organizer of a deadly al-Qaida attack on a U.S. warship in the year 2000. But his lawyer wants a military court to determine his competence before proceedings begin. Attorney Allison Ferber Miller argues that Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri suffered traumatic brain injury after being tortured in CIA custody. She says a psychiatrist determined he can't understand the proceedings at a U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Miller asked a federal judge to delay Nashiri's trial until the military court can determine his competence. Seventeen U.S. sailors were killed when an explosives-laden skiff blew up alongside the USS Cole off Yemen's coast.

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York woman accused of receiving weapons training from the Islamic State group was tricked by her father into traveling t…

A state judge has ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook, marking the biggest fine ever against the tech giant. Judge Francis J. Mathew said in Wednesday's ruling that Facebook’s conduct was intentional and executives consistently misled users. New Mexico's attorney general said it should be seen as a warning to tech companies that they will be held accountable. A state jury in September found Meta responsible for millions of violations of state consumer protection laws. The violations stem from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, where user data was harvested for political ads during the 2016 election. Meta is appealing the verdict.