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Nearly 130 people have been “summarily executed” by Islamist insurgents in Niger in separate attacks since March, a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.The rights group says gunmen carried out a series of brutal attacks, including a mass murder at a mosque in the western Tillabéri region in June, where more than 70 worshippers were shot dead during prayers.”There were bodies everywhere, one on top of the other,” a local woman, who lost three of her sons in the attack was quoted by HRW as saying.The spate of attacks is a major blow to the credibility of Niger’s military…
Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined hosts Sarah Isgur and David French for a wide-ranging interview on the latest episode of “Advisory Opinions,” The Dispatch’s legal podcast. Recorded in the Lawyer’s Room at the Supreme Court, the roughly 45-minute interview touched on the history of originalism, the increasing contention around the emergency docket, and how “the judiciary is by design a passive branch.” Barrett, drawing from her new book Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution, spoke on her commitment to originalism with Isgur and French – notably, she characterized it not as a “tool of judicial restraint”…
And you won’t use up too many of your hard-earned miles eitherGood news, jet-setters: Emirates Skywards has just unlocked Premium Economy flight rewards. Yep, members can now cash in those hard-earned miles for Classic Rewards and Upgrade Rewards on Emirates’ super popular Premium Economy cabin. So if you feel like you need a little extra comfort and some more space, you can do so without spending a dime in cash.If you’re someone who flies a lot, whether it’s for work or for pleasure, sometimes Economy just doesn’t cut it. If you need a little bit more room, a dining experience…
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. Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. This summer, worried parents called the principal at Chalmers Elementary on Chicago’s West Side to ask if the district had shuttered the school. They had noticed second-floor windows boarded up. But despite years of declining enrollment, the school wasn’t closing. It was undergoing major renovations. Students returning to Chalmers last month found an…
David Gritten andPaul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent, in JerusalemCCTV captures moment of Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in DohaThe Palestinian armed group Hamas has said five of its members were killed in an Israeli air strike in Qatar’s capital, but claimed that an attempt to assassinate its negotiating team “failed”.Hamas said the negotiating team was meeting to discuss the latest US proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip at a residential compound in Doha when it was badly damaged by a series of explosions.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strike was “fully justified” because it targeted senior Hamas leaders who…
Setting the stage for a major ruling on presidential power, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether a 1977 federal law giving the president certain emergency powers allowed President Donald Trump to levy tariffs on nearly all goods imported into the United States through a series of executive orders. In a brief order issued by the court’s Public Information Office on Tuesday afternoon, the court announced that it had granted review in two cases: Learning Resources v. Trump, in which two small businesses had asked the justices to weigh in on Trump’s power to impose the tariffs without…
The UK-born FinTech company has received initial approvals from the UAE’s Central BankRevolut is a digital bank popular for international money transfers and budgeting, with some 60 million customers across its established markets in the UK, Europe, US and India. And it looks like it’s set to launch in the UAE. On September 9, the UK-born FinTech company announced that it had received in-principle approvals from the Central Bank of the UAE for its stored value facilities and retail payment services, paving the way for its regional launch.While Revolut, first founded in 2015, began life as a money exchange platform, it’s…
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Connecticut Mirror. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. A Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles working group will examine portions of the state’s towing law, potentially leading to more extensive reforms than those passed by the legislature last session. The 10-member committee, which met for the first time Monday, must report its recommendations to lawmakers by February. It was originally tasked with examining a more narrow piece of the Connecticut law that requires proceeds from sales of towed cars to be…
Two out of five Supreme Court justices tasked with deciding the fate of the former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, have found the ex-leader guilty of plotting a coup.But Bolsonaro will only be convicted if at least one more justice finds him guilty. The former president has denied all the charges against him. The first justice to cast his vote, Alexandre de Moraes, said there was “no doubt” that there had been a coup attempt after Bolsonaro lost the 2022 presidential election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.The second justice, Flávio Dino, also found Bolsonaro guilty of all…
Second Thoughts is a recurring series by Haley Proctor on the Second Amendment and constitutional litigation. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. Welcome to Second Thoughts, a monthly column that examines issues that arise in constitutional litigation, mostly through the lens of the Second Amendment. I borrow the title from Professor Akhil Amar, the teacher who taught me to love the Constitution. In an article titled Second Thoughts, he analyzed the text and history of the Second Amendment before the text and history of the Second Amendment…