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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Recommended Citation: Zachary Shemtob, The morning read for Tuesday, July 15, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 15, 2025, 9:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/the-morning-read-for-tuesday-july-15/ Source link
Home Daily News Bill Paul, ABA’s first Native American president,… Obituaries Bill Paul, ABA’s first Native American president, dies at 94 By Amanda Robert July 1, 2025, 1:34 pm CDT William G. Paul launched the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund during his time in office. (Photo courtesy of Crowe & Dunlevy) William G. Paul, the ABA’s first Native American president, died on June 24 at the age of 94. Paul, who was known as Bill, led the ABA from 1999-2000. He was a firm believer in increasing diversity in the legal profession. When the ABA’s Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund was…
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article was adapted from David Epstein’s Substack newsletter, “Range Widely,” and references the story “The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene” that he wrote for ProPublica in 2016. That story also became an episode of “This American Life.” Jill Dopf Viles — self-taught genetic detective, the central figure in the most interesting story I’ve ever reported and my friend — passed away last month in Gowrie, Iowa, at 50. I’m heartbroken that Jill did not…
Pop star Charli XCX has confirmed her marriage to George Daniel, drummer of band The 1975, after a video snapped by a passer-by sparked online speculation of a wedding.The pair were spotted posing on the steps of Hackney Town Hall on Saturday afternoon – Daniel in suit and tie and the ‘brat’ idol in white.A TikTok post from the singer several hours later confirmed the nuptials, racking up 3.9m views and thousands of congratulatory comments for “Mr and Mrs XCX”.Charli XCX’s album, Brat, became a global cultural phenomenon on its release last year. Filling social media feeds with viral videos…
A spokesperson for the Tomorrowland music festival says a Canadian woman has died after attending the large gathering in Belgium.Debby Wilmsen said in an emailed statement that a 35-year-old Canadian woman fell ill at the festival on Friday.She said the woman was given first aid and then taken to Antwerp University Hospital, but festival organizers were told Saturday morning that the woman had died.Wilmsen said the Antwerp public prosecutor’s office is investigating the cause of death. The office did not respond to requests for information on the woman.Global Affairs Canada said it is aware of reports that a Canadian woman has died in Belgium but said it…
Texas recently became the third state in two years, following Louisiana and Arkansas, to pass a law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms. Soon after — like the other states that had passed such a law — it was sued over this policy. Like the complaints filed already in Louisiana and Arkansas, the lawsuit against Texas’ Ten Commandments statute was brought by a group of families from multiple religious backgrounds who believe that the law violates the First Amendment. According to the families, students in classrooms with the Ten Commandments posters “will be forcibly subjected to scriptural dictates,…
Home Daily News This midsize firm is in merger talks after… Law Firms This midsize firm is in merger talks after losing over one-third of its lawyers By Debra Cassens Weiss July 1, 2025, 2:42 pm CDT Morris, Manning & Martin has said it is in merger talks with a BigLaw firm after losing more than one-third of its lawyers this year. (Photo from Shutterstock) Morris, Manning & Martin has said it is in merger talks with a BigLaw firm after losing more than one-third of its lawyers this year. The latest group to leave Morris Manning consists of 22…
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is preparing to shut down seven major investigations and cases concerning alleged housing discrimination and segregation, including some where the agency already found civil rights violations, according to HUD records obtained by ProPublica. The high-profile cases involve allegations that state and local governments across the South and Midwest illegally discriminated against people of color by placing industrial plants or low-income housing in their neighborhoods, and by steering similar facilities away…