In 2022, a senior Cambodian official was arrested in New York. Why did the prosecution's case fall apart so spectacularly?
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The Netherlands' digital mininster said the government will be forced to stop using Facebook pages if it doesn't get clarity on its concerns from Meta.
The Dutch privacy watchdog AP on Friday said it was recommending that government organizations should stop using Facebook as long as it is unclear what happens with personal data of users of the government's Facebook pages. People that visit a government's page need to be able to trust that their personal and sensitive data is in safe hands, AP chairman Aleid Wolfsen said in a statement. Junior minister for digitalization Alexandra van Huffelen said Facebook parent company Meta had to make...
PHOENIX -- It was déjà vu all over again. Again. Last September, the Cubs visited Arizona for a series of wild, consequential games. In one, Chicago nearly rallied from down six runs in the ninth inning. In another, the two teams traded extra-inning blows until Arizona finally prevailed in the
There's one reason we still know the name Molly Ringwald 30-plus years after her first burst of fame. John Hughes. Ringwald co-starred in the writer/director's 'The Breakfast Club' (1985) and headlined both 'Sixteen Candles' (1984) and 'Pretty in Pink' 1986), three seminal films from the Reagan Era. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRLQUGq8eE8 The now 56-year-old actress has been trashing the Hughes canon ever since. What makes it worse is that Hughes can no longer defend himself or his signature...
By Amanda Mannen Published: April 12th, 2024
At least eight people were injured after a man driving a U-Haul plowed into several pedestrians and drove onto the sidewalk in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn on Monday morning. Because the feds are threatening to crack down, here are your early links: Central Park pickleball, grunion sex, free MTA bus pilot to end and more. [ more › ]
Summer Lee, Pennsylvania’s first Black congresswoman, has expanded her base. Her primary is a test case in a year progressive candidates face a challenge from pro-Israel fundsThe US representative Summer Lee greeted a cheering crowd of a couple of hundred supporters at the Pittsburgh teachers’ union headquarters on Sunday, with two days left until her Democratic primary.Lee, who made history in 2022 when she became the first Black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania, predicted that...
Officials in the Department of Integration also complained that they had been 'left managing the fallout' of the free flow of animals into the country
While Donald Trump was tied up in court Tuesday, President Joe Biden campaigned in Florida, Trump’s home state, blasting him for foisting this abortion “nightmare” on the U.S. "Let’s be real clear. There’s one person responsible for this nightmare, and he’s acknowledged and he brags about it: Donald Trump," Biden told a Tampa crowd of some 200 people. Florida's six-week abortion ban is set to take effect next week, and a recurring theme throughout Biden’s speech was the importance of voters...