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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. The Texas Senate has unanimously passed legislation that aims to prevent maternal deaths under the state’s strict abortion ban. Written in response to a ProPublica investigation last year, Senate Bill 31, called The Life of the Mother Act, represents a remarkable turn among the Republican lawmakers who were the original supporters of the ban. For the first time in four years, they acknowledged that women were being denied care because of confusion about the law and took action…
A fourth round of Iran-US talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme has been postponed.Iran said the two countries, along with facilitators Oman, had jointly decided to postpone Saturday’s meeting in Rome for “logistical and technical reasons”. The US said the timing of the talks had not been confirmed in the first place.It came as US President Donald Trump threatened action against those buying Iranian oil or petrochemicals on Thursday, after Washington introduced fresh sanctions this week on companies it said had links to Tehran.Trump pulled the US out of a previous nuclear agreement between Iran and five other world powers in…
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he is nominating national security adviser Mike Waltz to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. This came shortly after sources said Waltz would be leaving his post, just over 100 days into the new administration.Trump also said in a social media post that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as interim national security adviser.Waltz, 51, was among a number of officials under fire after it was revealed that Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was mistakenly included on an unclassified Signal chat in which details about imminent airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen were discussed.Waltz’s deputy, Alex…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that an air traffic controller who was called up to serve on active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard “during a national emergency” is entitled to have the government pay him the difference between his civilian salary and his military pay, without having to show that his service was connected to a specific emergency. By a vote of 5-4, the court rejected the government’s narrower interpretation of the law at issue in the case, which would make it harder for reservists like Coast Guard reservist Nick Feliciano to recover differential pay. The justices splintered in an…
Home Daily News Attrition rate is ‘markedly higher’ for associates… Careers Attrition rate is ‘markedly higher’ for associates of color, NALP Foundation says By Debra Cassens Weiss April 29, 2025, 9:19 am CDT The attrition rate for associates in law firms was 20% in 2024, up from 18% in 2023 but still lower than the historic high of 26% in 2021, according to the NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education. (Image from Shutterstock) The attrition rate for associates in law firms was 20% in 2024, up from 18% in 2023 but still lower than the historic high of…
Setting the standard yet again…Abu Dhabi, the world’s safest city for nine years in a row , continues to raise the bar with respect to safety and efficiency. And now, those checking in to a top-tier hotel in the UAE capital will notice the implementation of cutting-edge, facial recognition technology that will ensure faster, more secure, and more efficient check-ins. But that’s not all, it will apply to both hotel guests and employees.The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), in collaboration with the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security (ICP), will oversee the…
This article was produced by ProPublica in partnership with The Oregonian/OregonLive. Sign up for Dispatches, to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. In Phnom Penh’s hot season, when the Cambodian capital’s sweltering, subtropical air routinely soars to 100 degrees, more workers than usual visited the infirmaries inside a factory that made baby clothes for Nike, the world’s largest athletic apparel brand. As many as 15 people a month typically became too weak to work in May and June, according to a medical worker employed by the factory. Even at other times of year, she said,…
Israel’s fire service says more than 150 teams are continuing to battle what are said to be the worst wildfires in the country’s history.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a national emergency when several blazes broke out on Wednesday outside Jerusalem. He said strong winds and dryness had created “a deadly combination”.Several towns have been evacuated. However, main roads which were closed into the city have now been reopened to traffic.The Magen David Adom ambulance service has said it has treated 23 people, mostly for smoke inhalation and burns.Israel has requested international help, including firefighting planes, to help put out the…
Canadian teachers are taking students to the Netherlands to walk the same ground as soldiers from their hometowns who helped liberate the country from German occupation in 1945 — making history feel real for a generation born decades after the war. Source link
Another day at the Supreme Court and, suitable for the way this term has gone, another case that pretty clearly does not belong before the court. The justices granted review in Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis to decide whether a district court can certify a class action that includes claimants who in fact have not suffered any cognizable injury. Here, for example, a group of blind individuals filed suit against Labcorp when it installed automated check-in kiosks in its facilities in the COVID-19 era. The class contends that the kiosks discriminate against the blind, and the parties spent a lot…