A judge queried lawyers during closing arguments on Friday about how A.I. should factor into his decision, which is expected by August.Judge Amit P. Mehta has some tough decisions to make about Google.That much was clear on Friday as the federal judge, who sits on the U.S. District Court in...
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After the state forced a Long Island school district to abandon its “Chief” mascot, federal education officials said the policy discriminated against Native Americans.The U.S. Department of Education accused New York officials on Friday of discriminating against Native Americans by banning school mascots that draw from their culture.The move was...
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The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said there was severe damage.One person was killed and at least seven others were injured when a tornado struck several houses in central Kentucky on Friday morning, officials said.Kevin Devine, the emergency management director in Washington County, said that the tornado had hit two or...
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The master recordings to the pop superstar’s earliest work were sold to Scooter Braun in 2019, and acquired a year later by the investing firm Shamrock Capital.It was a business deal that led to one of the most ambitious recording projects in pop: When Taylor Swift’s catalog was sold in...
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The speaker waited more than four months to constitute the Office of Congressional Conduct, preventing it from investigating lawmakers. He has yet to name enough members to allow it to operate at full strength.In the first three months of this year, the independent watchdog that investigates members of the House...
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The extremist group claimed responsibility for two attacks, its first against the new government since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, a war monitoring group said.The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for two bomb explosions in Syria, the first time the extremist group has directly targeted the new government since it...
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The former employee, testifying under the pseudonym Mia, was the second woman to share an account of sexual abuse at trial. Mr. Combs denies sexually assaulting anyone.A former assistant to Sean Combs who said that he berated her, threw objects at her and sexually assaulted her during her years working...
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Officials had largely steered clear of arrests at immigration courts out of concern that they would deter people from showing up for hearings.A hearing on Tuesday at immigration court in Van Nuys, Calif., was supposed to be routine for a young family from Colombia, the first step in what they...
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The Trump administration had asked the court to allow it to end deportation protections for more than 500,000 people facing dire humanitarian crises in their home countries.The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration, for now, to revoke a Biden-era humanitarian program intended to give temporary residency to more...
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Trump’s Deportations Haunt Workers in the Fields of Rural New York Foreign-born workers on New York’s fruit and dairy farms have sequestered themselves to avoid the administration’s deportation net.Trump’s Deportations Haunt Workers in the Fields of Rural New YorkMay 30, 2025Leer en españolIn the vast farmlands of northern New York,...
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Beijing has high hopes for its C919 single-aisle jet after years of delay, but the plane depends on engines, avionics and other gear from Western companies.President Trump’s decision this week to restrict the export of American aerospace technology to China follows years of rising anxiety in Washington about the role...
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Made quickly and with minimal fuss, a park for skateboarders revived a downtown site — and offered a few lessons for urban revitalization.Two years ago, United Nations Plaza was vying for the title of “Saddest Place in San Francisco.” A sunny brick promenade surrounded by government buildings, the plaza had...
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