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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. This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues. Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent much of his career, which has taken him to the heights of Republican politics, trailed by a raft of criminal and civil accusations. But in the final days of the Biden administration, The Associated Press…
A Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has killed at least 18 people and left dozens wounded, Ukrainian officials have said.Nine of the dead were children, said President Volodymyr Zelensky, who grew up in Kryvyi Rih. Local officials said a ballistic missile had hit a residential area. Images showed at least one victim lying in a playground, while a video showed a large section of a 10-storey block of flats destroyed and victims lying on the road.Russia’s defence ministry later claimed a “high-precision missile strike” had targeted a meeting of “unit commanders and Western instructors”…
U.S. President Donald Trump extended a deadline by 75 days for Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell U.S. assets of popular short video app TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban that was supposed to have taken effect in January under a 2024 law.”The deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed,” Trump said on social media, explaining why he was extending the deadline he set in January that was supposed to have expired on Saturday. “We hope to continue working in good faith with China, who I understand is not very happy about our reciprocal tariffs.”China now faces a 54 per cent tariff on…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Apr 4, 2025 at 10:15 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Friday, April 4, SCOTUSblog (Apr. 4, 2025, 10:15 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/the-morning-read-for-friday-april-4/ Source link
Home Daily News Merely misleading statements aren’t illegal… U.S. Supreme Court Merely misleading statements aren’t illegal under false statements law, Supreme Court says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 24, 2025, 3:41 pm CDT A federal law that makes it a crime to knowingly make false statements to influence the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. does not punish statements that are merely misleading, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday. (Photo by Allison Robbert/The Washington Post) A federal law that makes it a crime to knowingly make false statements to influence the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. does not punish statements that are merely…
Sand, sea, and zero spend…Not every great beach day in Dubai comes with a price tag. Some of the city’s best stretches of sand are completely free. Whatever you’re in the mood for – a quiet day by the water, a scenic swim, or a lively spot for people-watching – these free beaches in Dubai have it all. Here are 7 of the best free beaches in Dubai 2025 where the only thing you need to bring is yourself, a towel, and maybe some sunscreen.Click through the gallery 3 of 12 Kite BeachFor those who like a bit of action…
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…