When the big green sanitation trucks rumbled up, eight of the 10 children living in the Skid Row encampment were away at school, easing the stress on the four sets of parents as they stuffed their belongings into plastic bags and storage boxes and dismantled their tents. Sanitation workers told them they couldn't keep a canopy that sheltered their cooking area or the plastic pallets they used to keep their bedding off the cold concrete. Those minimal comforts were soon swallowed up by the...
(Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday ruled that the Mexican government could move forward with a lawsuit accusing five Arizona gun dealers of participating in the trafficking of weapons and ammunition to drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez in Tucson rejected arguments that a U.S. law that provides the firearms industry broad protection from lawsuits over their products' misuse precluded Mexico's claims against the gun dealers. Those dealers -...
Family members of the eight American hostages who remain in Gaza urged the US and Israel to “focus first and foremost on getting all of the hostages home” during the bilateral meetings on Monday in Washington.“Each passing day could be the last for our innocent family members held hostage by Hamas under horrific conditions, deep in tunnels under Gaza. For some of our loved ones, time has run out, and their bodies are still being held by Hamas. Please, allow us to grieve for...
The new environmental regulations fall short of more ambitious goals
Apple’s bid to dismiss a class action lawsuit over AirTag stalking has failed. As reported by Bloomberg, a judge in California on Friday ruled that the plaintiffs in the lawsuit have “made sufficient claims for negligence and product liability.” “With a price point of just $29 it has become the weapon of choice of stalkers and abusers,” the lawsuit alleges. more
Judge rules that Fani Willis can continue to head the prosecution of Trump, as long as a top deputy steps downA judge in Georgia has ruled that the district attorney Fani Willis can continue to head the prosecution of Donald Trump for trying to undermine the 2020 presidential election in the state, as long as a top deputy steps down.You can read the full decision from Scott McAfee here: Continue reading
New York, March 26, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Russia to immediately release U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich following Tuesday’s court decision to extend his pretrial detention until June 30, 2024. “CPJ strongly condemns the three-month extension of Evan Gershkovich’s detention, just days before the one-year anniversary of his arrest on fabricated charges. Today’s
Reddit and Google’s YouTube were ordered by a New York state judge to face lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for helping enable the avowed white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in 2022 at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store. Justice Paula Feroleto of the Erie County Supreme Court said 25 plaintiffs could try to prove that the social media platforms were designed to addict and radicalize users and gave Payton Gendron knowledge of the equipment and training needed for his racially...
AirTags have proven to be exceptionally good at finding items when they're lost, but it could also be used to track people, too.
When the president declares a national emergency Navy can assist Coast Guard in sending migrants back to their home country before they reach U.S. soil. Haiti is about 600 miles southeast of Miami, and boats of immigrants fleeing the country are commonplace in Florida
Hundreds of internationals in the Netherlands who were hit financially when the government slashed the provisions of the 30% ruling in 2021 have lost their case in a long-running legal battle. That year, the duration of the tax break was cut from eight to five years, a move which also affected people who had arrived in the country after January 2016, and had expected to benefit for the longer period. Law firm Taxperience, which brought the case on behalf of
London court to rule whether WikiLeaks founder can lodge a final appeal