Eighteen Senegalese football supporters convicted over a pitch invasion during the chaotic Africa Cup of Nations final in Rabat in January have denied any wrongdoing. They argued that they had been forced onto the pitch because of a surging crowd or to avoid being spat upon and projectiles thrown towards them.
President Donald Trump's legal team has filed an appeal of a judge's ruling to keep Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in her position after the commander in chief canned her last month. Trump's expected appeal landed on Wednesday, a day after U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb granted Cook's request for a preliminary injunction to block her ouster as she goes to war against the Trump administration in court.
That is an excerpt from the 52-page opinion of United States District Judge Charles R. Breyer in a case brought by California Governor Gavin Newsom, who objected to the Trump administration's federalization of elements of his state's National Guard. On Wednesday, the Trump administration filed a notice to appeal the decision with the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals. The opinion directly affected only 300 California National Guard troops remaining on duty, from the 4,000 originally called up.