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Watch: President Trump’s name added to facade of Kennedy CenterDemocratic US Representative Joyce Beatty has filed a lawsuit seeking to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Last week, the board of the Kennedy Center – which Trump filled with allies – voted to rename the performing arts centre the Trump-Kennedy Center. Beatty is one of several Democratic lawmakers designated as members of the board by US law. She claimed in her lawsuit that the renaming was illegal because changing the name requires “an act of Congress”. The suit says Beatty had…
Watch Pope Leo XIV lead Christmas Eve mass, his first as pontiff, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Source link
Each holiday season, as peppermint mochas return to coffee shop menus and mall Santas take their posts, a familiar kind of religious freedom conflict appears in the news: disputes over nativity scenes. Specifically, communities across the country have battled and are battling over whether depictions of the biblical story of Jesus Christ’s birth belong in seasonal displays on public land. This crèche conflict continues despite two Supreme Court rulings on the topic. Twice in the 1980s, the justices considered whether nativity scenes on public property violate the First Amendment’s establishment clause, which, among other things, bars the government from treating…
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From beachfront brunches to elegant lunches, here is where to spend Christmas in Abu DhabiChristmas in Abu Dhabi is a magical time. Corniche Street is lit up with trimmings, jingle bells ring through the grocery stores and Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You refuses to take a day off in the malls. It really is the most wonderful time of the year. It is the season of love, kindness and togetherness, and with this year being the year of community, it feels right to share Christmas in Abu Dhabi with yours at one of the capital’s magical…
Reporting Highlights System Failure: Eunice Whitman’s boyfriend spent seven years in jail on bad evidence, and no one has stood trial in her murder. Lost Opportunity: Many potential suspects could have been examined more closely, defense attorneys say. Doing so gets harder each year. A Light Gone: Whitman’s family still visits her grave on her birthday each year. They feel embittered by the lack of justice for her killer. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. Marcy McDannel slid a photograph across the steel jailhouse table to the convicted killer and watched his…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has given details of an updated peace plan that offers Russia the potential withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the east that Moscow has demanded.Giving details of the 20-point plan agreed by US and Ukrainian negotiators in Florida at the weekend, Zelensky said the Russians would respond on Wednesday once the Americans had spoken to them.Describing the plan as “the main framework for ending the war” Zelensky said it proposed security guarantees from the US, Nato and Europeans for a co-ordinated military response if Russia invaded Ukraine again.On the key question of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas, Zelensky said…
Listen to this articleEstimated 5 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.It’s rare for anyone to say they’ve lived through one mass shooting, let alone two.But at just 20 years old, Zoe Weissman now belongs to a club that no one would ever choose to join.The sophomore says she was in her dorm room on Brown University’s campus Dec. 13, when she got a frantic phone call from a friend. Weissman says she suspected right away that there’d been a…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place a ruling by a federal judge in Chicago that bars the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops in Illinois. In a three-page unsigned order, the justices turned down the government’s request to put the temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge April Perry on Oct. 9 on hold while litigation continues in the lower courts. “At this preliminary stage,” the court said, “the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois.” It was the second loss for the…
Legal industry analyst Ari Kaplan hosted his inaugural Ari Kaplan Advisors Legal Tech GC/CLO Roundtable to reflect on the legal industry in 2025 and discuss key challenges, trends and opportunities likely to affect strategic priorities in 2026. Ari Kaplan: Welcome to the inaugural legal tech general counsel roundtable. For many years, I have focused on developments in legal technology and provided research for the annual general counsel report produced by Relativity and FTI. I thought convening a discussion among leading GCs and CLOs at legal technology companies could yield insights that benefit our entire community. Beth Kallet-Neuman: I am Beth…