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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.The National Institutes of Health is responsible for more than 80% of the world’s grant investment in biomedical research. Its funding has sparked countless medical breakthroughs — on cancer, diabetes, strokes — and plays a fundamental role in the development of pharmaceutical drugs.Scientists compete vigorously for a slice of the more than $30 billion that the agency doles out annually; they can spend years assembling grant applications that stretch thousands…
ReutersAlmost all those on board an Air India flight bound for London Gatwick Airport that crashed shortly after take-off in western India have died, the airline has confirmed.There were 242 passengers and crew on board the plane, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian.Officials earlier said some local people would also have died, given the populated area of Ahmedabad where the plane came down.One passenger, British national Vishwashkumar Ramesh, survived the crash and was treated in hospital for injuries.Details are still emerging, but these are the people so far confirmed by the BBC to have…
Protests in the small Northern Irish town of Ballymena spiralled into acts of anti-immigrant violence this week after two teenagers who spoke Romanian were charged with sexually assaulting a local girl.For three nights, masked rioters burned homes and vehicles in what Ryan Henderson, assistant chief constable for the Police Service of Northern Ireland, called “racist thuggery, pure and simple,” leading to multiple arrests and dozens of injuries.The violence follows the arrest of two 14-year-old boys accused of the attempted rape of a teenage girl. Both of the accused made a court appearance on Monday, where they spoke through a Romanian interpreter.…
The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a family’s lawsuit against the federal government to move forward. With the lawsuit, the family seeks to hold the government liable for a “wrong house” raid by FBI agents. In a unanimous opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the justices held that a federal appeals court in Atlanta applied the wrong legal test in ruling for the government, and they sent the case back to the appeals court for another look. The case has its roots in a 2017 pre-dawn raid by FBI agents on the home in suburban Atlanta where Hilliard Toi…
Say hello to Haya’s Kitchen Meets KAVEWho doesn’t love a supper-club-to-permanent success story? We’ve had many of these delicious tales come out of Dubai in the past few years – Neha Mishra’s A Story of Food to Kinoya, Gabriela Chamorro’s Girl and the Goose, the anonymous-chef-led Hawkerboi, husband-and-wife duo Salam and Tareq’s Dukkan El Baba from Birria Tacos, to name a few.The latest entrant to this club is Haya’s Kitchen, Palestinian chef Haya Bishouty’s culinary baby. What started as Sufra, a Covid-era awakening from corporate slumber, and a series of workshops focused on Palestinian food skills around town, is now a…
ProPublica announced on Thursday that Adriana Pera has been hired as an engagement and tips coordinator, where she’ll work to ensure that the tips that flow into our newsroom remain secure and are routed to the appropriate reporters. Pera was most recently an engagement producer at KPCC/LAist, where she worked on projects related to civics, democracy and education. “Reader tips are the lifeblood of our newsroom, and we’re fortunate to have a journalist as seasoned and thoughtful as Adriana at the helm,” said Tyson Evans, chief product and brand officer. “I’m a firm believer that journalism is better when we…
ReutersAn Air India passenger plane bound for London Gatwick crashed shortly after taking off in Ahmedabad, western India on Thursday.More than 240 people were on board the flight when it was involved in what the airline has called a “tragic accident”.Details are still emerging from the scene. Here is what we know so far.When and where did plane crash?Air India flight AI171 left Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 13:39 local time (08:09 GMT), Air India said.It was scheduled to land at London Gatwick at 18:25 BST.The plane crashed on departure from Ahmedabad – where all operations have since…
Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids and U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to mobilize the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles are spreading all over the U.S. and are expected to continue into the weekend. While many demonstrations against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency have been peaceful, with marchers chanting slogans and carrying signs, others have led to clashes with police, hundreds of arrests and the use of chemical irritants to disperse crowds. In Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott posted on social media that an unspecified number of National Guard troops “will be deployed to locations across the state…
On Thursday, June 12, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. Recommended Citation: SCOTUSblog , Announcement of opinions for Thursday, June 12, SCOTUSblog (Jun. 12, 2025, 1:08 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/06/announcement-of-opinions-for-thursday-june-12/ Source link
Rest stations across the UAE aim to safeguard the health and safety of delivery riders during this seasonAs summer picks up across the UAE, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has announced that over 10,000 air-conditioned rest stations equipped with amenities will be made available for delivery riders as part of the nationwide midday work break.Like every year, the annual midday break has been implemented from 15 June to 15 September, offering respite to outdoor workers during these brutal summer months.According to Gulf News, several key government entities are participating in the implementation of this initiative, including the…