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TikTok and the U.S. government dig in for legal war
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:00:42 +0000
The Biden administration has worked to distance itself from past ill-fated TikTok ban attempts. Legal scholars say its new law might be just as legally flawed.
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Idaho Goes to the Supreme Court to Argue That Pregnant People Are Second-Class Citizens
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +0000
The state says EMTALA, a law barring discrimination in emergency medical care, interferes with its abortion ban.
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Donald Trump criticized the New York judge for requiring his attendance at his criminal trial on...
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:04:03 +0000
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Harvey Weinstein: New York court overturns 2020 rape conviction
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:58:25 GMT
Court rules judge who oversaw landmark trial was mistaken in allowing women whose accusations were not part of case to testify
The disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on sex crimes was overturned by a New York appeals court on Thursday.
In a 4-3 decision, the state of New York court of appeals ruled that the judge who oversaw Weinstein’s 2020 conviction prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” improper rulings and was mistaken in allowing other women whose accusations were not a part of the 2020 case to testify.
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Laurence Fox ordered to pay £180,000 to two people he called ‘paedophiles’
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:17:25 GMT
High court judge orders actor turned politician to pay £90,000 damages to each individual for social media libel
The actor turned politician Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay £90,000 each in damages to two people he libelled by referring to them as “paedophiles” on social media.
A high court judge made the order in London on Thursday.
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Activist groups not directly involved in Tiwi Island lawsuit must hand over documents to Santos, court rules
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 07:20:16 GMT
Broad terms of subpoenas a ‘chilling’ precedent that could undermine future climate litigation, legal experts say
A federal court judge has allowed Santos to subpoena paperwork held by three activist groups who were not directly involved in a lawsuit against the oil company.
Justice Natalie Charlesworth ruled on Wednesday afternoon that Santos could pursue financial records and communications between activist groups – Sunrise, Jubilee Australia and the NT Environment Centre – and the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) in order to determine whether the company will also pursue the campaign organisations for costs for the lawsuit carried out by the EDO on behalf of Tiwi Island traditional owners.
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Donald Trump Is Being Ritually Humiliated in Court
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:38:09 +0000
At his criminal trial, the ex-President has to sit there while potential jurors, prosecutors, the judge, witnesses, and even his own lawyers talk about him as a defective, impossible person.
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Deepfakes in the courtroom: US judicial panel debates new AI evidence rules
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:14:34 +0000
Panel of eight judges confronts deep-faking AI tech that may undermine legal trials.
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UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:19:56 GMT
Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’
The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of “deliberately destabilising” human rights on the global stage for its own political ends.
In its annual global report, released today, the organisation said Britain was weakening human rights protections nationally and globally, amid a near-breakdown of international law.
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A Prosecutor Asked Texas to Kill Melissa Lucio. Now He Says She Should Be Freed.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 18:05:10 +0000
If the courts agree to vacate the conviction, Lucio will have spent 16 years on death row for a crime that never happened.
The post A Prosecutor Asked Texas to Kill Melissa Lucio. Now He Says She Should Be Freed. appeared first on The Intercept.
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US Congress passes foreign military aid package with $5bn boost for Aukus agreement with Australia
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 08:44:44 GMT
Defence minister Richard Marles welcomes confirmation of congressional funding that ensures US can produce Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines for Australia
A United States funding package authorising more military aid for Ukraine and Israel passed by Congress on Tuesday includes a A$5bn boost for the US domestic submarine-building industry that will directly enable the Aukus agreement.
The funding was a condition of congressional endorsement of the Aukus deal and is aimed at ensuring the US can produce Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines for Australia without undermining its own capability requirements.
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Congress passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app?
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:45:34 GMT
A bill passed by Congress and signed by Biden requires owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban – it’s its biggest threat yet
The House of Representatives passed a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the United States. The Senate passed it less than a week later. Joe Biden signed it a day after the Senate voted yes.
TikTok is facing its biggest existential threat yet in the US. The app was banned in Montana last year, but courts found that prohibition unconstitutional, and it never went into effect.
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New Jersey congressman Donald Payne Jr. dies at 65
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:59:59 +0000
Payne’s seat in a solidly Democratic district was previously held by his father, Rep. Donald Payne Sr., who died in 2012.
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Biden signs $95bn foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:49:38 GMT
President says legislation is ‘going to make the world safer’ after months of congressional gridlock threatened support for Kyiv
Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that rushes $95bn in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, a bipartisan legislative victory he hailed as a “good day for world peace” after months of congressional gridlock threatened Washington’s support for Kyiv in its fight to repel Russia’s invasion.
The Senate overwhelmingly passed the measure in a 79 -18 vote late on Tuesday night, after the package won similarly lopsided approval in the Republican controlled House, despite months of resistance from an isolationist bloc of hardline conservatives opposed to helping Ukraine.
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US bans TikTok owner ByteDance, will prohibit app in US unless it is sold
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:14:11 +0000
Bill gives ByteDance 270 days to sell TikTok or app loses access to US market.
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President Biden Signs Bill That Could Ban TikTok
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:12:59 +0000
The law will give TikTok a year to divest from ByteDance, its Chinese owner.
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What to know about TikTok owner ByteDance as Congress approves possible ban
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:08:17 +0000
The bill would give TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, roughly nine months to sell the platform or see it banned from Apple and Google app stores in the U.S.
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As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:25:12 +0000
The White House brushes off accusations of hypocrisy, courting TikTok while seeking to ban it.
The post As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers appeared first on The Intercept.
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Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don't Kill Imran Khan in Prison
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:04:01 +0000
Supporters worry Khan’s life is in danger and with good reason: The military has a long history of killing deposed leaders.
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The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:59:38 +0000
Over the weekend, President Joe Biden signed legislation not only reauthorizing a major FISA spy program but expanding it in ways that could have major implications for privacy rights in the US.
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Columbia Law School Faculty Condemn Administration for Mass Arrests and Suspensions
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:13:21 +0000
The blanket suspension of student protesters casts “serious doubt on the University’s respect for the rule-of-law values that we teach,” 54 law professors wrote.
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Lawsuit Links Wild UAE-Financed Smear Campaign to George Washington University
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 15:09:48 +0000
The smears spurred Austrian police to raid Islamophobia scholar Farid Hafez’s family home. Then the terrorism charges fell apart.
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Since October, Sen. John Fetterman Has Been Building a Roster of Republican Donors
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 19:32:30 +0000
“Yes I’m a Republican and I exclusively supported John through the Jewish community for his principled actions supporting Israel.”
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U.S. Troops in Niger Say They’re “Stranded” and Can’t Get Mail, Medicine
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:22:11 +0000
U.S. military service members interviewed for a congressional inquiry said intelligence reports about how bad the situation is were being suppressed.
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Columbia Suspends Ilhan Omar’s Daughter One Day After Omar Grilled School Administrators
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:41:47 +0000
The university suspended three students out of hundreds participating in an on-campus encampment to protest the Israeli government.
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The Gaping Hole in Supreme Court Rules for Tracking Links Between Litigants and Influence Groups
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:24:39 +0000
Parties appearing before the Supreme Court can fund the groups that file briefs supporting their arguments — and almost never have to disclose it.
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Columbia Suspended Two Students for Assault on Gaza Rally, School Says in Antisemitism Hearing
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:58:01 +0000
In congressional testimony, school administrators also said they are investigating pro-Israel and pro-Palestine professors.
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Leaked Cables Show White House Opposes Palestinian Statehood
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:08:59 +0000
Despite Biden’s pledge to support a two-state solution, cables argue that Palestine should not be granted U.N. member status.
The post Leaked Cables Show White House Opposes Palestinian Statehood appeared first on The Intercept.
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Big Tech Says Spy Bill Turns Its Workers Into Informants
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:11:29 +0000
One of Silicon Valley’s most influential lobbying arms joins privacy reformers in a fight against the Biden administration–backed expansion of a major US surveillance program.
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University Teams Selected as Finalists to Envision New Aviation Responses to Natural Disasters
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:12:46 +0000
Eight teams participating in the 2024 Gateways to Blue Skies: Advancing Aviation for Natural Disasters Competition have been selected to present their design concepts to a panel of industry experts at the 2024 Blue Skies Forum, May 30 and 31, 2024 at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. Sponsored by NASA’s Aeronautics Research […]
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Evergrande’s liquidation is a new low in China’s property crisis
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:04:03 +0000
A judge in Hong Kong surprises the mainland
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Democrats Question U.S. Claims That Israel Isn’t Violating International Law Using American Weapons
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:03:12 +0000
Biden campaign co-chair Rep. Veronica Escobar co-led a congressional letter questioning the administration's compliance with its own arms transfer memo.
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US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:02:58 +0000
A controversial bill reauthorizing the Section 702 spy program may force whole new categories of businesses to eavesdrop on the US government’s behalf, including on fellow Americans.
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House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program
Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:30:44 +0000
The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend the Section 702 spy program. It passed without an amendment that would have required the FBI to obtain a warrant to access Americans’ information.
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The Marshall Star for April 24, 2024
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:51:43 +0000
NASA Announces 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge Winners NASA announced the winners of the 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) April 22, with Parish Episcopal School, from Dallas, winning first place in the high school division, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville,capturing the college/university title. The annual engineering competition – one of NASA’s longest standing challenges […]
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“Kill All Arabs”: The Feds Are Investigating UMass Amherst for Anti-Palestinian Bias
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0000
The Department of Education is probing claims that the school discriminated against Palestinian and Arab students amid Israel’s war on Gaza.
The post “Kill All Arabs”: The Feds Are Investigating UMass Amherst for Anti-Palestinian Bias appeared first on The Intercept.
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'I get overwhelmed by the noises and crowds of school'
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:03:56 GMT
Newman College in Oldham is one of many schools struggling with the legacy of the pandemic.
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NASA Glenn Joins Big Hoopla STEM Challenge
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:16:46 +0000
NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland joined in the adventure of the Big Hoopla STEM Challenge held at the Dayton Convention Center on March 17. The free family event for kids (K-8) tied together the excitement of college basketball and the power of STEM education. NASA Glenn Deputy Center Director Dawn Schaible participated in the […]
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Columbia Law School Faculty Condemn Administration for Mass Arrests and Suspensions
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:13:21 +0000
The blanket suspension of student protesters casts “serious doubt on the University’s respect for the rule-of-law values that we teach,” 54 law professors wrote.
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Columbia Suspends Ilhan Omar’s Daughter One Day After Omar Grilled School Administrators
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:41:47 +0000
The university suspended three students out of hundreds participating in an on-campus encampment to protest the Israeli government.
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NASA’s DC-8 Completes Final Mission, Set to Retire
Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:24:53 +0000
After 37 years of successful airborne science missions, NASA’s DC-8 aircraft completed its final mission and returned to the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, on April 1. The DC-8 and crew were welcomed back with a celebratory water salute by the U.S Air Force Plant 42 Fire Department after completing […]
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University Teams Selected as Finalists to Envision New Aviation Responses to Natural Disasters
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:12:46 +0000
Eight teams participating in the 2024 Gateways to Blue Skies: Advancing Aviation for Natural Disasters Competition have been selected to present their design concepts to a panel of industry experts at the 2024 Blue Skies Forum, May 30 and 31, 2024 at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. Sponsored by NASA’s Aeronautics Research […]
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