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WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Apr 3, 2025 at 10:24 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Thursday, April 3, SCOTUSblog (Apr. 3, 2025, 10:24 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/the-morning-read-for-thursday-april-3/ Source link
True crime has become a paint-by-numbers game. The formula is often copied and pasted, and finding a novel approach in the field is rare. With that in mind, you can imagine my skepticism when I saw yet another true crime documentary suggested to me on Netflix. This time, it was The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga touting itself as a “bizarre true-crime tale” in which “an Elvis impersonator’s conspiracy theory sets off a feud that spirals into an attempted presidential assassination.” That’s a lead that will make you take notice. Still, I hated the first episode of the…
For the ones who roll out of bed for breakfast…There are two types of people: those who “don’t do breakfast” and those who’ll roll out of bed for it. If you’re the latter, Dubai won’t disappoint. When it comes to the best breakfast in Dubai, you can keep it classic with eggs and pancakes, ease into the day with a buttery croissant and coffee, or go all in with a Turkish, Spanish, or Mediterranean spread. However you start your morning, there’s plenty worth waking up for. Here are 6 spots to get the best breakfast in Dubai this April.YavaIf you…
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 Unsanitary Conditions: Workers at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants say the Abbott Laboratories facility is engaging in unsanitary practices. Cardboard Funnel: In one case, workers said an employee used a piece of cardboard from a trash bin to funnel coconut oil, a formula ingredient, into a tank during production. Federal Response: One worker complained to the FDA, but it’s unclear how the agency will respond. The Trump administration recently cut 3,500 jobs at…
Robin Levinson King in Boston, Jenna Moon in Washington DC & Bernd Debusmann Jr in FloridaBBC NewsWatch: Thousands rally across the US in anti-Trump protestsCrowds of liberal protesters have amassed in cities across the US to denounce Donald Trump’s presidency, in the largest nationwide show of opposition since Trump took office in January. The “Hands Off” protest planners aimed to hold rallies in 1,200 locations, including in all 50 US states. Throngs of people turned out in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Washington DC, among other cities, on Saturday. Protesters cited grievances with Trump’s agenda ranging from social…
A Palestinian paramedic who was present at an incident in which 15 of his colleagues were killed in southern Gaza last month said he witnessed Israeli troops firing at emergency vehicles that he later saw stained with blood.After several days of uncertainty about the whereabouts of the paramedics, Red Crescent and United Nations officials found the bodies of the 15 emergency and aid workers buried in a mass grave in southern Gaza, accusing Israeli forces of killing them. Another worker is still missing.Munther Abed, a volunteer for the Palestine Red Crescent Society, said he was responding to a call with two colleagues near…
EMERGENCY DOCKET By Amy Howe on Apr 4, 2025 at 4:41 pm The Trump administration came to the court nearly a month ago, on March 13. (Katie Barlow) Lawyers for two different groups of states, as well as lawyers representing immigrants’ rights groups and several pregnant women, urged the Supreme Court on Friday to leave in place three orders by federal judges that prohibit the federal government from implementing an executive order by President Donald Trump ending birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to almost everyone born in the United States. If the Supreme Court intervenes when the Trump…
Home Daily News 2 firms speak out after Trump seeks lawyer… Law Firms 2 firms speak out after Trump seeks lawyer sanctions for ‘unreasonable and vexatious’ suits against US By Debra Cassens Weiss March 24, 2025, 11:20 am CDT President Donald Trump speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on March 14. (Pool photo by the Associated Press) Two law firms have issued statements criticizing President Donald Trump after he issued a memo late Friday calling for sanctions, ethics referrals and reassessment of security clearances against lawyers and firms that engage in “frivolous, unreasonable and vexatious litigation” against…
The Dubai World Cup 2025 is due to start later than planned…If you’re heading to the Dubai World Cup 2025 that’s on today, there is some important information you need to know. There has been a slight scheduling change for the event that’s on today Saturday, April 5th. The event is a highlight in the sporting and social calendar, where sporting excellence, fashion, entertainment, and fine dining mingle together, making it one of the UAE’s unmissable annual social events.The gates will now open at 2.30pm, which is a little later than the 1pm time that was first announced and noted on…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A few weeks ago, my colleague Doris Burke sent me a story from The New York Times that gave us both deja vu. The piece reported that Starlink, the satellite internet provider operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, had, in the words of Trump administration officials, “donated” internet service to improve wireless connectivity and cell reception at the White House. The donation puzzled some former officials quoted in the story. But it immediately struck us as the potential Trump-era…