hearing

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Chow, a lawyer who is representing herself, smiled at supporters who waved enthusiastically from the public gallery as the hearing began, while Lee sat quietly in the dock taking notes with a ballpoint pen.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

“I’m quite frankly troubled by what I see as a brazen disregard,” Commissioner Ray Jackson remarked about Levy during a public hearing, characterizing the situation as “a direct affront to the people of California.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

With a further psychiatric assessment needed by the prosecution a month later, prosecutor Nicola Potts asked Gibson to travel up to Northumberland in person to stop James influencing the hearing.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Here’s a sampling of what ad executives were seeing and hearing this week:

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

“You see, my hearing is fine. As is my memory. You have any other questions?”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman