Thursday, February 5, 2026
Oregon must dismiss more than 1,400 cases due to attorney shortage, court rules
Severe lack of public defenders has meant people charged with crimes have been routinely unable to fight their cases
The Oregon supreme court has ruled that a large number of criminal cases across the state must be dismissed due to a severe shortage of public defenders, a major decision that attorneys say will impact more than 1,400 pending cases.
The problem has been years in the making and has become a significant constitutional crisis, as people charged with crimes are routinely unable to fight their cases as they wait weeks, months or sometimes years for the state to appoint them lawyers. The attorney shortage – due in part to the increasing difficulty of recruiting attorneys for the low-salary, high-caseload jobs – has meant that people have had cases hanging over them for extended periods of time, impacting their housing, employment and families, advocates say.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/05/oregon-supreme-court-ruling-attorney-shortage
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Son of Norway's Crown Princess gives evidence as rape trial continues
The BBC's Paul Kirby reports from outside the court in Oslo, where Marius Borg Høiby denies rape and many other serious charges.
Google parent earnings beat projections amid plans to invest deeply in AI
Alphabet reports $34.5bn profit and revenue soars 48% in recent quarter as it plans a sharp increase in AI spending
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, beat Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, and is planning a sharp increase in capital spending in 2026 as it continues to invest deeply in AI infrastructure.
Alphabet on Wednesday reported profit of $34.5bn in the recently ended quarter, as revenue from cloud computing soared 48%.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/04/google-alphabet-earnings-report
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
New York to create team of legal observers to document ICE raids
Attorney general Letitia James says observers will monitor if Trump enforcement ‘remains within bounds of the law’
New York is creating a team of legal observers that will don purple vests to monitor and record the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement officers as they seek to detain and deport migrants, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesday.
The announcement follows weeks of sometimes violent tumult in Minneapolis, where Donald Trump has deployed thousands of armed, masked agents as he tries to deport more migrants than any of his predecessors.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/03/new-york-legal-observers-ice-raids
Monday, February 2, 2026
Thousands of pages identifying Epstein victims taken down, says justice department
Several documents and ‘media’ may have inadvertently exposed sensitive information of victims, drawing outcry
The justice department said on Monday it had taken down several thousand documents and “media” that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information since it began releasing the latest batch of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday.
It blamed the release of sensitive information that drew an outcry from victims and their lawyers on mistakes that were “technical or human error”.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/epstein-victims-information-doj
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