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Trailer for “Before a Breath” ProPublica’s feature documentary “Before A Breath,” directed by Nadia Sussman, will have its YouTube premiere on Thursday, March 20, at 8 p.m. Eastern. “Before a Breath” is a tender, infuriating and ultimately hopeful story of three mothers who have lost children to stillbirth and are now striving to make pregnancy safer. The film explores an experience shared by thousands of families in the U.S., where more than 20,000 stillbirths occur each year. At least a quarter of those losses are probably preventable. After the stillbirth of her daughter, Debbie Haine Vijayvergiya goes to Washington. She…
James LandaleReporting fromKyiv, UkraineRussian President Vladimir Putin said he agreed with the idea of a ceasefire in Ukraine, but that “questions” remained about the nature of a truce as he set out a number of tough conditions.The Russian president was responding to a plan for a 30-day ceasefire, which Ukraine agreed to earlier this week after talks with the US. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described Putin’s response to the plan as “manipulative” and called for more sanctions on Russia. Meanwhile, the US placed further sanctions on Russian oil, gas and banking sectors.Speaking at a news conference in Moscow on Thursday,…
King Charles presented his Canadian personal attendant and messenger with a new ceremonial sword at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, a symbolic gesture that carries added meaning as the country stares down U.S. President Donald Trump and his increasingly forceful annexationist taunts.It’s the latest move by Charles, the country’s head of state, to show solidarity with Canadians as Trump repeatedly calls for the Commonwealth realm to become the 51st U.S. state, royal watchers say.In the last two weeks alone, Charles has met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a private audience, wore his Canadian medals during a high-profile military visit, planted a red maple…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Mar 13, 2025 at 11:22 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, March 13, SCOTUSblog (Mar. 13, 2025, 11:22 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/the-morning-read-for-thursday-march-13/ Source link
Home Daily News Judge admonished for ‘undignified’ behavior,… Judiciary Judge admonished for ‘undignified’ behavior, including gestures mimicking pumping of breast milk By Debra Cassens Weiss February 20, 2025, 8:55 am CST Judge Julian W. Bailey, a judge of the Orange County Superior Court in California since 2012, has been publicly admonished for commenting on people with brown hair and blond hair and for once mimicking the pumping of breast milk. (Image from Shutterstock) A California judge who commented on people with brown hair and blond hair and once mimicked the pumping of breast milk has been publicly admonished. The California…
And it’s open just in time for St Patricks Day… 3 of 12 There are some amazing Irish bars in Dubai, we know it’s a place to go for the craic and warm hospitality. There’s a new McGettigan’s opening in Dubai and the Irish community will be delighted. Let’s be real, so will every other community. McGettigan’s and Addmind have teamed up to create McGettigan’s at Iris which will be located in Meydan Racecourse.McGettigan’s at Iris is a brand-new outdoor destination that brings the Irish charm to the heart of Meydan with all of the qualities that Dubai Irish bars…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. This story was originally published in our Dispatches newsletter; sign up to receive notes from our journalists. In February, my colleague Ken Schwencke saw a post on the social media network Bluesky about a database released by Sen. Ted Cruz purporting to show more than 3,400 “woke” grants awarded by the National Science Foundation that “promoted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda.” Given that Schwencke is our senior editor for data and news apps, he downloaded the data, poked around and saw some grants that…
US officials have landed in Moscow to discuss a potential ceasefire with Ukraine. Special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived on Thursday morning to try to convince Russia to accept a 30-day ceasefire, which Ukraine agreed to earlier this week in talks with the US.Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said talks were planned with the US, but added: “Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, we’ll tell you about them later.”The American visit comes as the Russian military claimed to have recaptured Sudzha – a key town in the Kursk region that Ukraine invaded last year in a surprise attack.President Vladimir Putin visited…
South Korean military investigators charged two Air Force pilots on Thursday with criminal negligence over an accidental bombing of a village last week during a training exercise, which injured at least 29 people and caused extensive property damage.Defence ministry investigators have confirmed that errors by the pilots when they entered coordinates into the aircraft systems were “direct factors” behind the accidental bombing, the ministry’s Criminal Investigation Command said in a statement.WATCH | Video shows explosion after air force jet mistakenly dropped bombs in Pocheon: Explosion rocks South Korean neighbourhood after jets mistakenly drop bombsA social media video verified by Reuters, which matched the…
Home Daily News Judge texted bailiff, clerk that he can’t… Criminal Justice Judge texted bailiff, clerk that he can’t be in court next day because ‘I just shot my wife,’ jurors are told By Debra Cassens Weiss February 20, 2025, 12:32 pm CST Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson appears during a hearing at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Aug. 15, 2023, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Damian Dovarganes/The Associated Press) A California judge admitted that he shot his wife in a text to court personnel, in a police car and when sitting alone in a…