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Sponsored: Music, design and art invite guests to embrace an immersive afternoon at one of the city’s hottest spotsAfter its smash-hit launch in Dubai last month, heated tobacco device Ploom continues to bring immersive experiences to the city with the next edition of The Gallery, transforming the city’s hottest spots into living art spaces.And after its first event at Salvaje, Ploom continues its cultural journey with The Gallery in Dubai this weekend, making a new stop at the Odyssey Sunday brunch at Surf Club on Sunday, November 30. The experience invites attendees to discover how The Gallery concept seamlessly integrates…
As the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet intensified in June, a nurse in Portland, Oregon, left work one midafternoon and drove to a nearby detention facility to voice his opposition. Federal agents had set off smoke grenades, driving away many protesters at the front of the facility, but Vincent Hawkins lifted his megaphone anyway. “You should stop and think about what you’re doing!” The shot came seconds later, a silver projectile launched through the small facility’s closed gate, hitting him in the face. The tear gas canister shattered his glasses, ripped apart his brow, crushed against his eye and concussed him.…
PA MediaUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Dan Driscoll in KyivWhen talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war took an unexpected turn last week, with the leak of a peace plan said to come from the US, the Trump administration dispatched an unlikely figure to attend a flurry of overseas meetings. The youngest-ever army secretary, 39-year-old Dan Driscoll, is often referred to as President Donald Trump’s “drone guy” for his embrace of emerging battlefield technologies. Until recently, he was mostly known for discussions of budgets, supplies and staff issues in the military’s largest branch. Driscoll does not appear have a…
Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.The United States has presented Sudan’s warring parties with a proposal for a truce but neither side has formally accepted it, U.S. envoy Massad Boulos said Tuesday, as the army accused its rivals of staging an attack despite declaring a ceasefire. Boulos said that while there were no objections to the content of the U.S.-proposed plan, the Sudanese army had come back with “preconditions” he described as impossible to achieve.The army’s rival in the war, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), unilaterally…
Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the court. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. In a recent investigative report, New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor revealed that there is growing friction among the Supreme Court’s three liberal justices. Specifically, her article describes a widening rift over how the liberal justices believe they should operate on a 6-3 conservative court. As Kantor tells it, Justice Elena Kagan favors restraint and internal diplomacy. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson,…
Home Daily News Law prof who called for military action and… Law Professors Law prof who called for military action and end to Israel sues over teaching suspension By Debra Cassens Weiss November 20, 2025, 2:57 pm CST The University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law in July 2022. (Photo by LawAnalyzer40526, CC-BY-SA-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) A University of Kentucky law professor who has called for military action against Israel has filed a lawsuit claiming the school violated his constitutional and civil rights when it suspended him from teaching and launched an investigation to determine whether he created…
Record fans and high stakes racing make this Abu Dhabi Grand Prix one for the booksWith ten days to go, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is already shifting the city into high gear. Yas Island feels charged. The air hums as soon as you cross the bridge. Cranes rise, crews rush, and the island moves with purpose. Race weekend is coming fast.The Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix lands soon for the final race of the season. The title fight tightens by the day. Lando Norris holds a thin lead. Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen are right behind…
The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles has fired a longtime employee nearly five years after investigators found he used his position to garner steep discounts on cars he bought from a towing company, according to a termination letter obtained last week. The Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica reported in March on the accusations against Dominik Stefanski and the DMV’s failure to take action against him or the towing company. The story was part of a larger series about how Connecticut’s towing laws have come to favor tow truck companies over vehicle owners and how the DMV’s lack of oversight has allowed…
Watch: Explosions rock Kyiv after overnight Russian strikesRussia and Ukraine launched overnight drone strikes against each other as the US confirmed American officials were set to meet Russian representatives in Abu Dhabi as part of efforts to end the war.Officials in Kyiv said at least six people had been killed in Russian strikes on the city, while Russian officials said at least three had been killed in a Ukrainian strike in the Rostov region.The latest attacks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed proposed changes to the controversial 28-point US peace plan.On Sunday, US and Ukrainian officials met in Geneva…
Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.The Toronto Blue Jays logo was on display during a major boxing match in Japan on Monday, leaving some sharp-eyed viewers intrigued and Major League Baseball (MLB) possibly miffed.Sports fans tuning in to watch the WBC bantamweight title fight — as Takuma Inoue fought Tenshin Nasukawa at Tokyo’s Toyota Arena — could see glimpses of the Blue Jays logo on the corner posts of the ring, as well as on the canvas floor.The Athletic, which first reported the development, described…