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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. Reporting Highlights Unexpected Role: Flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers. Then Global Crossing Airlines started expanding into federal deportation flights. Human Struggles: Some flight attendants said they ignored orders not to interact with detainees. “I’d say ‘hola’ back,” said one flight attendant. “We’re not jerks.” Safety Concerns: Flight attendants received training in how to evacuate passengers but said they weren’t told how to usher out detainees whose hands and legs were…
An Israeli air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs has killed at least three people, Lebanon’s health ministry says, putting further pressure on a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.The attack was the second on the area known as the Dahieh, where Hezbollah has a strong presence, in recent days, despite the truce that came into force in November.The Israeli military said it had targeted a Hezbollah operative who had helped Hamas plan an attack against Israeli civilians. There has been no reaction from Hezbollah. Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun condemned the strike, calling it a dangerous warning.The…
A B.C. man is in custody in Washington state, accused of acting as a middleman in a years-long conspiracy to smuggle U.S. technology through Canada in a bid to bypass laws meant to limit Pakistan’s nuclear ambitions.According to an indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota, Mohammad Jawaid Aziz and two unnamed co-conspirators allegedly obtained thousands of dollars worth of banned equipment for Pakistan’s military and weapons programs through a series of front companies.The court documents claim Aziz — also known as Jawaid Aziz Siddiqui — was targeted in a sting by an undercover U.S. government agent who acted as an employee of a…
OPINION ANALYSIS By Ronald Mann on Mar 31, 2025 at 4:43 pm (Katie Barlow) United States v. Miller presents the kind of simple facts that populate law-school hypotheticals. A business is in financial distress. The shareholders (who control the business) use some of its funds to pay off their own debts, including taxes owed to the federal government. When the business files for bankruptcy, the creditors of the business justifiably complain that the shareholders should not have used the business’s money to pay off the shareholders’ personal tax liabilities. Can the Internal Revenue Service keep the money? The Supreme Court…
Home Daily News Refugee ban can’t be enforced against those… Immigration Law Refugee ban can’t be enforced against those who received conditional approval, 9th Circuit says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 26, 2025, 2:29 pm CDT A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees for U.S. admission during a legal challenge but said the government can’t keep out refugees who received conditional approval before the resettlement program was halted Jan. 20. (Image from Shutterstock) A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees for U.S. admission during…
Why buy when you can rent…There are so many events in Dubai, it would be impossible (and expensive) to buy a new outfit every time. An amazing way to avoid this is the great fashion rental platforms in Dubai, they are better for the purse and better for the planet. If you’re heading to an event such as the Dubai World Cup races, a wedding or even just a brunch, there are options for all sizes and tastes.EndlessEndless was set up when founder Rosie Gunn left her job as a fashion buyer to address a relevant issue in the fashion…
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. One thing I’ve learned over more than three decades of work as an investigative editor and reporter: There’s plenty of waste, fraud and abuse in government agencies. The problem is finding it. Some things that look suspicious at first glance make sense when you understand how a system really works. And that understanding doesn’t come easily. If you hope to identify serious shortcomings in an agency, ones that add…
The military government in Myanmar has said at least 2,000 people were killed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit last Friday. “A death toll over 10,000 is a strong possibility,” according to the US Geological Survey.The Burmese army, which has previously downplayed civilian casualties after other large natural disasters, is not allowing foreign journalists into the country. From neighbouring Thailand, BBC Verify’s Nick Beake has been building a picture of the impact of the quake in the worst affected areas that we know about. Produced by Thanyarat Doksone. Graphics by Mesut Ersoz. Verification by Benedict Garman, Paul Brown, Kumar…
Israel has proposed an extended truce in Gaza in exchange for the return of about half the remaining hostages, Israeli officials said on Monday, as the military issued new evacuation orders and said “intense operations” were planned in the south of the enclave.The latest proposals would leave open a final agreement over ending the Israel-Hamas war, which has destroyed wide swathes of Gaza, killed tens of thousands of people and displaced almost the entire population since it began in October 2023.The proposals foresee the return of half the 24 hostages believed to still be alive in Gaza, and about half the…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Mar 31, 2025 at 10:04 am The justice will hear oral arguments in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission and Rivers v. Guerrero this morning. Catholic Charities is one of three religious rights cases the justices will hear in the final weeks of the 2024-25 term’s arguments. The social ministry arm of the Catholic diocese in Wisconsin urges the justices to rule that the state violated the group’s constitutional rights when Wisconsin failed to give it a religious tax exemption from state unemployment tax. Each weekday, we select a…