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Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza. The full effects of that are not immediately clear, but the territory’s desalination plants receive power for producing drinking water.Sunday’s announcement comes a week after Israel cut off all supplies of goods to the territory to more than two million people. It has sought to press Hamas to accept an extension of the first phase of their ceasefire. That phase ended last weekend.Israel wants Hamas to release half of the remaining hostages in return for a promise to negotiate a lasting truce.Hamas has pressed to start negotiations on the ceasefire’s…

Home Daily News Job protections for administrative law judges… Administrative Law Job protections for administrative law judges are unconstitutional, DOJ concludes By Debra Cassens Weiss February 24, 2025, 2:17 pm CST The U.S. Department of Justice has concluded that “multiple layers of removal restrictions” for administrative law judges are unconstitutional. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The U.S. Department of Justice has concluded that “multiple layers of removal restrictions” for administrative law judges are unconstitutional. The decision was revealed in a Feb. 20 press release from the DOJ, a Feb. 20 letter to Republican U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa and a…

Take note of the new process…  The UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has announced revisions to the recognition (previously known as attestation) of foreign university degrees. According to Gulf News, under the new regulations, the ministry will grant conditional recognition to degrees obtained through distance learning, open education, online education, and correspondence education, provided they meet specific criteria set by a dedicated ministerial committee.The ministry released a statement that highlighted the importance of abiding by the new regulations for students who have obtained their degree through non-traditional study modes.Streamlining the processThe streamlined process now includes two stages:…

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with KYUK and NPR’s Station Investigations Team, which supports local investigative journalism. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Reporting Highlights Unwilling to Invest: Over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests from rural school districts to fund repairs at their crumbling schools. Absent Landlord: Just under half of Alaska’s rural schools are owned by the state, which is required by law to pay for construction and maintenance projects. Continued Inequality: The students in Alaska’s rural…

US President Donald Trump has refused to say whether the US economy is facing a recession or price rises in the wake of his administration’s flip-flopping on tariff threats against some of its closest trading partners.Asked if he was expecting a recession this year, Trump said there was a “period of transition” taking place.Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, however, insisted there would be no contraction in the world’s largest economy, while acknowledging that the price of some goods may rise.It comes after a volatile week for US financial markets as investors grappled with uncertainty from his administration’s U-turn on some key…

Russian special forces crept for miles through a gas pipeline near the town of Sudzha in an attempt to surprise Ukrainian forces as part of a major offensive to eject them from the western Russian region of Kursk, pro-Russian war bloggers said.The ruse was among moves aimed at cutting off thousands of Ukrainian soldiers in the region ahead of Ukrainian talks with the United States on a possible peace deal to end the war.Ukrainian troops seized about 1,300 square kilometres of Russia’s Kursk region in August in what Kyiv said was an attempt to gain a bargaining chip in future…

Home Daily News Allegations that murder defendant was ‘a… Criminal Justice Allegations that murder defendant was ‘a drug ho’ who practiced witchcraft leads to tossed conviction By Debra Cassens Weiss February 25, 2025, 9:15 am CST The New Mexico Supreme Court has overturned a woman’s 2022 murder conviction and barred a retrial because of “severe and pervasive prosecutorial misconduct, exacerbated by a lackluster defense.” (Image from Shutterstock) The New Mexico Supreme Court has overturned a woman’s 2022 murder conviction and barred a retrial because of “severe and pervasive prosecutorial misconduct, exacerbated by a lackluster defense.” The state supreme court tossed…

Travelling close to half the speed of sound…We’ve put together a consolidatory dispatch from the front line of the passenger train that will link 11 hubs across the seven emirates of the UAE. 3 of 12 Etihad Rail Passenger rendered images 10Etihad Rail Passenger train FEATEtihad-rail-mountains-hajjarEtihad Rail Screen Shot 2022-05-11 at 1.08.13 PMEtihad Rail UAE Inspection Staff Train interior Design- 20210908-Ver copyEtihad Rail Passenger rendered images 2Etihad Rail Passenger rendered images 8Etihad Rail Passenger rendered images 1Etihad Rail Passenger rendered images 5Etihad Rail Passenger rendered images 4Etihad Rail Passenger rendered images 3 It’s part of an expansive project with future…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. In an unprecedented move to funnel more public tax dollars toward groups that oppose abortion, Republican lawmakers in Missouri are advancing a plan to allow residents to donate to pregnancy resource centers instead of paying any state income taxes. The proposal would establish a 100% tax credit, up from 70%, and a $50,000 annual cap per taxpayer. The result: Nearly all Missouri households — except those with the highest…

Yaounde, Cameroon – Samuel Eto’o, the illustrious Cameroonian footballer and current president of the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT), has successfully appealed a ban that barred him from participating in the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) executive committee elections. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in his favor, allowing the 43-year-old to stand as a candidate in the upcoming elections scheduled for March 12 in Cairo.Eto’o’s initial exclusion stemmed from a six-month ban imposed by FIFA in September 2024, following an incident during the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup match between Brazil and Cameroon. The FIFA Disciplinary Committee found…