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You May want to check this list out…Month number cinco is here, as is a brand new weekend. On that note, here are 8 things to do in Abu Dhabi.Friday, May 2Laugh it up with Kevin HartFormer Chief Island Officer, Kevin Hart makes his return to Yas Island this Friday, bringing his comedic genius and unique style of stand-up to the Etihad Arena once again. The Emmy and Grammy-nominated comedian is also a very successful actor, and is one of the biggest names in Hollywood thanks to his starring roles in films including Central Intelligence, Jumanji and The Secret Life…
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Reporting Highlights High Suicide Rate: U.S. farmers are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population. In Utah, they die by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in the state. Temporary Help: A federal program offering Utah farmers free therapy was so successful that it ran out of money in four months. But lawmakers have chosen not to continue funding it. Stressors Facing…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a judicial inquiry into allegations of political interference in the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes.The announcement comes three decades after the end of white-minority rule – and after a group of survivors and victims’ relatives sued Ramaphosa’s government over a perceived lack of justice.The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), set up in 1996, uncovered apartheid-era atrocities like murder and torture, but few of these cases progressed to trial.Announcing the new inquiry, a presidential statement said Ramaphosa is “determined that the true facts be established and the matter brought to finality”.The investigation is the outcome…
Iran executed a man on Wednesday that it said worked for Israel’s foreign intelligence agency and played a role in the 2022 killing of a Revolutionary Guard colonel in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported.The report identified the man as Mohsen Langarneshin and said he was hanged. It called him a “senior spy” for the Mossad who provided “technical support” in the assassination of Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, shot five times by gunmen on a motorbike outside his home in Tehran.The agency said the Mossad recruited Langarneshin in 2020 and that he met with Israeli intelligence officers in Georgia…
The court will issue one or more opinions again this morning at 10 a.m. EDT. Join us for the live blog. The justices will then hear oral argument in a major dispute over attempts to open the nation’s first religious charter school. The court will consider whether a virtual Catholic charter school that would “fully embrace” the Catholic Church’s teachings can be established in Oklahoma. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Wednesday, April 30, SCOTUSblog (Apr.…
Home Daily News Harvard Law Review investigated for alleged… Law Schools Harvard Law Review investigated for alleged ‘spoils system’ that uses race in article selection By Debra Cassens Weiss April 29, 2025, 12:13 pm CDT The federal government has opened an investigation into the Harvard Law Review “based on reports of race-based discrimination permeating the operations of the journal,” according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Image from Shutterstock) The federal government has opened an investigation into the Harvard Law Review “based on reports of race-based discrimination permeating the operations of the journal,” according to an April…
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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. A federal employee who is helping the Trump administration carry out the drastic downsizing of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau owns stock in companies that could benefit from the agency’s dismantling, a ProPublica investigation has found. Gavin Kliger, a 25-year-old Department of Government Efficiency aide, disclosed the investments earlier this year in his public financial report, which lists as much as $365,000 worth of shares in four companies that the CFPB can regulate. According to court records and…
Tiffanie Turnbull, Katy Watson and Simon Atkinsonin Sydney and MorwellPaul TyquinErin Patterson is facing three counts of murder, and one of attempted murderAn Australian woman accused of cooking a fatal mushroom meal admits to picking wild funghi, lying to police and disposing of evidence, a court has heard, but will argue the “tragedy” was a “terrible accident”.The Supreme Court trial of Erin Patterson, 50, began in the small Victorian town of Morwell on Wednesday and is expected to last six weeks.She is charged with the murder of three relatives and the attempted murder of another, with the case centring on…
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