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South Korean adoption agencies sent children abroad like “luggage” for decades, labelling some as orphans when they had parents and sending alternative babies when infants had died before heading overseas, a truth commission said on Wednesday.After a two-year inquiry, South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which was empowered by the country’s parliament, recommended the government make an official apology, carry out follow-up investigations and put relief measures in place for victims.It said it found human rights violations in the cases of at least 56 adoptees from a petition filed by 367 adoptees who were sent overseas between 1964 and 1999 to…
EMERGENCY DOCKET By Amy Howe on Mar 28, 2025 at 6:48 pm The government came to the court with Department of Education v. California on Wednesday. (Erik Cox Photography via Shutterstock) Eight states, led by California, on Friday urged the Supreme Court to leave in place an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that requires the Department of Education to restore more than $65 million in grants, intended to address teacher shortages, that it ended in February because the funded programs included diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. In a 40-page filing, the states told the justices that there was…
Keep an eye here for live updates of the dates of Eid al Fitr 2025…The exact dates of Eid Al Fitr 2025 are starting to be confirmed all around the world, for the UAE, we’ll have to wait a little bit longer however some countries have already confirmed the dates that apply to their areas. In the UAE, drones are being deployed to assist in the search for the moon.Iran announces date of Eid Al FitrEid Al Fitr will begin on Monday, March 31 in Iran. Pakistan announces first day of EidPakistan has also announced Monday as the first day of…
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 A First for “The First 48”: The exoneration of Edgar Barrientos-Quintana may be the first in the country related directly to the involvement of the television show. Partnerships Soured: Multiple cities ended their relationships with “The First 48” after problems, including Minneapolis; Miami; Detroit; Mobile, Alabama; and Memphis, Tennessee. Criticism From All Sides: Complaints about the show’s impact on criminal prosecutions have come from prosecutors and defense…
Four people have been killed and another 21 injured in a mass Russian drone attack on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the area’s regional head has said.Serhiy Lysak said a restaurant complex and several residential buildings were ablaze after the attack late on Friday.He added that “the enemy sent more than 20 drones” to the city, and that “most of them were shot down”.Images and videos later emerged showing firefighters tackling large fires that had engulfed the buildings that were struck, and smashed glass and other debris scattered on the city streets.Overnight, air sirens were heard sounding in several…
The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez has been denied parole and will continue serving a life sentence for fatally shooting the rising young singer at a Texas motel in 1995, the state’s parole board announced Thursday.Yolanda Saldívar, 64, was up for parole for the first time since the killing of the singer, known to fans as simply Selena.One of the first Mexican American artists to break into the mainstream music scene, Selena shattered barriers for women in Latin music. She was 23 years old and on the verge of crossing over into English-language pop superstardom when…
CASE PREVIEW By Amy Howe on Mar 28, 2025 at 7:44 pm The court will hear Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission on Monday. (Katie Barlow) With most of the 2024-25 term behind them, the justices’ final stretch of oral arguments is stacked with all three religious rights cases of the year. All three cases look to the justices to take up an expansive view of the Constitution’s religious protections. The first of those cases, on Monday, could significantly shift the bounds of which organizations receive religious tax exemptions. In the other two, on April…
One small step for engineering, another potential giant leap for Dubai…Dubai is a city that has, since its very inception, treated engineering conventions with a sort of resting distrust face. If it wants to build a physics-defying, mega-tower, that seems to twist towards the teasing skies, requires a complete reinvention of elevator technology and just generally breaks all the rules of contemporary construction, it will (and has) go ahead and do exactly that. The word ‘Impossible’ was redacted from Dubai’s dictionary a long time ago.CLICK THROUGH THE GALLERY FOR MORE ON MOON DUBAIWhat is the Dubai Moon? 3 of 12…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica. In an aborted plan to roll out the news, the agency would have emphasized the importance of vaccinating people against the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that has spread to 19 states, the…
Ana Faguy & Brandon DrennonBBC News, Washington DCWatch: US drivers react to Trump’s new auto tariffFor two years, Jeannie Dillard has saved what she can on her fixed income to replace the vehicle that was stolen from her home and found totalled a few miles away. She looked around a used car dealership in Virginia on Thursday, peering at sticker prices with a newfound worry: blanket tariffs on foreign cars and car parts that experts warn could drive up prices in the US. They kick in next week.She’d like to buy a car now, she said, but: “I have to…