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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. Reporting Highlights Big Money: College athletes can make money from the use of their name, image and likeness — known as NIL. No Oversight: Athletes are supposed to disclose their NIL deals. But at the University of Illinois, that has failed to happen, a violation of state law. Vulnerable Athletes: By not holding athletes accountable, U of I administrators are failing to protect them from financial and other pitfalls.…
Jean MackenzieSeoul correspondentWatch: South Korean court removes President Yoon from officeSouth Korea’s president has been removed from office after the Constitutional Court voted unanimously to uphold his impeachment.Yoon Suk Yeol was suspended from duty in December after being impeached by parliament, following his failed attempt to impose martial law.The ruling on Friday was met with tears of joy and sadness among Yoon’s critics and supporters, who had gathered in various parts of Seoul to watch the verdict live.A snap election to vote for Yoon’s replacement must be held by 3 June.What next for South Korea?After months of anxiously waiting, South…
It started 10 years ago, when a German journalist received a message from an anonymous sender: “Hello. This is John Doe. Interested in data?”What followed in the days and months after was a leak of more than 11 million files from a Panamanian law firm — the leak that came to be known as the Panama Papers when it was revealed to the world in April 2016.The confidential documents exposed hidden bank accounts, billions of dollars in shady money flows and the real owners behind thousands of offshore shell companies based in tax havens like the British Virgin Islands, the…
RELIST WATCH By John Elwood on Apr 3, 2025 at 12:18 pm The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Over the past couple of conferences, the Supreme Court has continued to clear out the rolls of relisted cases. Remarkably, the Supreme Court denied review without comment in the most recent newly relisted case, Escobar v. Texas, in which Texas conceded that erroneous DNA evidence had contributed to the defendant’s conviction for capital murder. The court denied review on March 24 in Franklin…
Home Daily News Federal judge who sought female attorneys… Judiciary Federal judge who sought female attorneys among class counsel has acknowledged sex-bias concerns, order says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 25, 2025, 9:21 am CDT A federal judge who called for female attorneys to be “adequately represented” on the leadership team for plaintiffs in multidistrict contraceptive litigation has “acknowledged the concerns created by her statements.” (Image from Shutterstock) A federal judge who called for female attorneys to be “adequately represented” on the leadership team for plaintiffs in multidistrict contraceptive litigation has “acknowledged the concerns created by her statements,” according to…
Dubai’s beaches are calling…While the weather’s still on the pleasant side, it’s the perfect time to hit up Dubai’s beachfront restaurants. Whether you’re lounging by the pool, enjoying a long, leisurely lunch, or sipping cocktails on a sun-bed, here are 14 of the best beachfront restaurants in Dubai to enjoy before it’s too hot.Click through the gallery 3 of 12 African QueenAfrican Queen, the iconic St Tropez restaurant revived by the founders of Beefbar, is now in Dubai at J1. This stunning spot blends French Riviera vibes with African flavours, offering Mediterranean dishes like truffle pizza cooked over a wood…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The first time I saw Andrew Rabinowitz, it was in April 2017 at Baltimore District Court, where he was representing a property management company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law. That day, the company had three cases against tenants at Dutch Village, one of the many large apartment complexes the Kushner Companies owned in the Baltimore area. One tenant was a Morgan State University student facing struggles typical of residents in the Kushner…
Denmark will not give up Greenland to the US, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said during an official visit to the Arctic Island.Responding to repeated threats from Donald Trump, Frederiksen offered closer collaboration on security but told the US president: “You can’t annex other countries.”Frederiksen stood alongside Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and his predecessor Mute Egede in a show of support and unity in the face of US threats on Thursday.Her three-day trip to the territory follows last week’s controversial visit by a US delegation headed up by Vice President JD Vance, which was widely criticised in both…
Mere hours after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit central Myanmar last Friday, the head of the military junta controlling the country, Min Aung Hlaing, pleaded for any and all international assistance to be sent quickly to the isolated country. Hlaing claimed he had “opened all ways for foreign aid,” as he asked for countries and organizations to “come and help” with desperately needed rescue efforts after the quake buckled roads and toppled thousands of buildings, trapping an untold number of people. Nearly a week after the earthquake, the death toll was at 3,145 people, with more than 4,500 people injured and…
EMERGENCY DOCKET By Amy Howe on Apr 3, 2025 at 1:38 pm The court could rule in Office of Personnel Management v. American Federation of Government Employees at any time. (Aashish Kiphayet via Shutterstock) A group of nonprofits challenging the layoffs of thousands of probationary employees urged the Supreme Court to leave in place an order by a federal judge in San Francisco that would require the federal government to reinstate more than 16,000 employees who were fired by six agencies in February. “It strains credulity that returning employees to work would cause irreparable harm to the Government,” the group…