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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. Reporting Highlights Mayoral Protection: New York City Mayor Eric Adams has embraced a problematic NYPD unit led by longtime allies. NYPD Alarms: When department insiders raised red flags about the unit, the team’s leaders complained to the mayor. Adams Footage: The relationship between Adams and the unit was so tight that the mayor was given access to a special livestream feed from the team’s body-worn cameras. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on…
Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondentWatch: Rodrigo Duterte questions ICC warrant for his arrestPhilippine police have arrested former president Rodrigo Duterte after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over his deadly “war on drugs”.The 79-year-old was taken into police custody shortly after his arrival at Manila airport from Hong Kong on Tuesday. Latest reports from local media say he is on board a private jet on the airport tarmac. Earlier, his daughter said he was being “forcibly” sent to the Hague in the Netherlands, where the ICC sits. A press conference from the…
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was served an Interpol arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on his arrival at Manila’s main airport on Tuesday, the government said.The ICC has said it would pursue an investigation of suspected crimes against humanity related to Duterte’s role in overseeing a bloody “war on drugs” that killed thousands of Filipinos.Duterte had said on Monday in Hong Kong that he was ready to be arrested if the ICC issued a warrant and has repeatedly defended the anti-drugs crackdown. He has denied ordering police to kill drug suspects unless in self-defence.The office of President…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Mar 10, 2025 at 9:18 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Monday, March 10, SCOTUSblog (Mar. 10, 2025, 9:18 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/the-morning-read-for-monday-march-10/ Source link
Home Daily News Top military lawyers are fired; will replacements… Military Law Top military lawyers are fired; will replacements allow more aggressive battlefield approach? By Debra Cassens Weiss February 24, 2025, 10:03 am CST Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference in Poland on Feb. 14. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via the Associated Press) The secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense is looking for new judge advocates general for the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, he said in an announcement Friday. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth fired the lawyers currently in those top JAG…
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This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Connecticut Mirror. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. The Connecticut legislature is working to overhaul the state’s towing laws to protect consumers and lengthen the time before a towed vehicle can be sold. Drivers, landlords and towing industry leaders testified at the state Capitol on Monday during a public hearing before the state Transportation Committee. It is among the early actions that House Bill 7162 must undergo in the legislative process. The bill comes in response to…
BBCAn argument in the White House tore apart the US alliance with Ukraine, shook European leaders and highlighted JD Vance’s key role in forcefully expressing Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The vice-president has come out punching on the global stage – so what is it that drives his worldview?Vance’s first major foreign speech, at the Munich Security Conference in mid-February, caught many by surprise.Rather than focusing on the war raging in Ukraine, the US vice-president only briefly mentioned the bloodiest European conflict since World War Two.Instead, he used his debut on the international stage to berate close US allies about immigration…
The father of 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, who went missing in the popular Dominican Republic tourist town of Punta Cana while on spring break with friends, said he has asked authorities to widen their investigation.Konanki was last seen before dawn on March 6 at a beach near the resort where she was staying, according to civil defence officials.”It’s four days, and if she was in water, she would likely have been strewn to shore,” her father Subbarayudu Konanki told WTOP-FM.”She’s not found, so we’re asking them to investigate multiple options, like kidnapping or abduction.”Members of the Dominican…
SCOTUS NEWS By Amy Howe on Mar 10, 2025 at 11:10 am The court took up two cases in a regularly scheduled list of orders on Monday. (Katie Barlow) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” – that is, the effort to “convert” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. That announcement came as part of a list of orders released on Monday morning from the justices’ private conference last week. Less than a year and a half ago, the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a Washington…