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Justice Jackson slams Supreme Court’s handling of rush appeal in Louisiana redistricting case

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson offered a blistering critique Monday of the Supreme Court’s handling of a recent high-profile redistricting case, asserting that the court needed to be “really, really careful” in the churn of an election year to avoid appearing political and suggesting it had failed to do so in that case.“Courts are apolitical, not supposed to be issuing rulings that are in the political realm,” Jackson said at an event in Washington hosted by the American Law Institute. “We have to be scrupulous about sticking to the principles and the rules that we apply in every ca

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Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy has no regrets over Trump impeachment vote, even as it cost him his seat

Returning to the U.S. Capitol after a stinging primary reelection loss, Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said Monday evening that he has no regrets about his “momentous” vote to convict President Donald Trump on impeachment charges five years ago. “I voted to uphold the Constitution. It may have cost me my seat, but who cares?” Cassidy told reporters in the Capitol. “I had the privilege of voting to uphold the Constitution, isn’t that a great thing?” Cassidy lost his seat in his state’s Republican primary Saturday after Trump endorsed one

Trump administration proposes admitting more White South African refugees

Fact check: Colorado governor’s misleading rationale for freeing election denier Tina Peters

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Anthropic to let partners share Mythos cybersecurity findings with others

Anthropic said on Monday it is revising its earlier position to allow users of its Mythos cybersecurity model to share information about cyber threats with others who may be exposed to similar vulnerabilities. Mythos, announced on April 7, is being deployed as part of Anthropic's "Project Glasswing," a controlled initiative under which select organizations, including major tech ⁠firms such as Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia and Apple, are permitted to use the unreleased Claude Mythos Preview model for defensive cybersecurity purposes.Mythos' capabilities to code at a high level have given it

RBA worried higher energy costs could quickly lift consumer prices

Landmark regulations against ‘forever’ toxins removed by Trump administration

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Thousands ordered to evacuate as Southern California wildfire threatens homes

Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate Monday as a wind-driven wildfire threatened suburban homes in Southern California. The Sandy Fire was reported around 10 a.m. in hills above Simi Valley, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles. By mid-afternoon it had consumed more than 500 acres (200 hectares) of dry brush and damaged at least one home, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. The flames were pushed by morning gusts that topped 30 mph (48 kph) but were subsiding later in the day, said according to fire department

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Minnesota officials charge ICE agent in shooting of Venezuelan immigrant

Prosecutors in Minnesota on Monday charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent with assault in connection with the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis in January during President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in the city.Christian Castro, 53, was charged with four felony counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and a misdemeanor of falsely reporting a crime, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty told a press conference.Castro was the second federal agent to be charged by Minneapolis officials in connection with Trump's immigration enforcement

Five dead, including two suspects, after shooting at San Diego mosque

Trump says he's called off Iran strike planned for Tuesday at request of Gulf allies

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Mark Fuhrman, former LA police detective convicted of lying during OJ Simpson murder trial, has died

Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the O.J. Simpson murder trial, has died. He was 74. Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles. He reported finding a bloody glove at Simpson’s home but his credibility came under attack during the trial as the defense raised the prospect of racial bias. Under cross-examination, Fuhrman testified that he had never made anti-Black rac

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Three victims killed, two suspects dead after shooting at Islamic Center of San Diego

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- Three victims were killed, and two suspects are dead after a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday, San Diego Police confirmed in a news conference.The San Diego Police Department said all three of the victims were adult men. One of the men was a security guard.The two suspects were identified only as two teenagers. Police said the two suspects appear to have died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.Police said they were initially called at 9:42 a.m. by a mother of one of the suspects. The woman told police she believed her son was su

At least 1 dead in shooting near the Islamic Center of San Diego, sources say

FACT FOCUS: Trump distorts recent revisions of scientific projections of global warming

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Police: Two suspects kill 3 people at a San Diego mosque before killing themselves

Two teenage suspects killed three men in a shooting at a San Diego mosque Monday before killing themselves a few blocks away, authorities said. Police Chief Scott Wahl said a security guard at the Islamic Center of San Diego was among those killed and that the case is being investigated as a hate crime. About two hours before the attack, the mother of one of the suspects called police to report that her son was missing, Wahl told a news conference. She feared he might be suicidal, and she eventually realized that several of her weapons were missing, along with her vehicle.

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Cuba’s president warns of ‘bloodbath’ if US takes military action

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned Monday that a US military assault on Cuba “will cause a bloodbath with incalculable consequences” amid renewed tension between Havana and Washington.“Cuba poses no threat, nor does it have aggressive plans or intentions against any country. It has none against the US, nor has it ever had any, something the government of that nation knows well,” the leader said in a post on X.Díaz-Canel added that Cuba “is already suffering a multidimensional aggression from the US” and that it “has the absolute and legitimate right to defend itself again

On eastern Ukraine's 'Road of Life,' death-delivering drones hunt for targets

Dodging the drones: Aerial attackers stalk Ukrainian troops, and a CNN team, on a key road to the front

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Spanish court orders tax authority to repay Shakira $64 million over wrongful fines

Spain’s tax authority has been ordered to repay Colombian superstar Shakira more than 55 million euros ($64 million) after a court in Madrid ruled that it had mistakenly pursued her for unpaid taxes.Tax officials imposed massive fines on the singer in 2021 after concluding that she had spent more than 183 days in Spain in 2011, and was therefore liable to pay personal income tax, according to a statement from the Audiencia Nacional high court published Monday.However, Shakira was only in Spain for 163 days, meaning she wasn’t a resident of the country for tax purposes, the court added.Shak

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Congo opens more centers to treat rare type of Ebola that has killed nearly 120

Congo will open three Ebola treatment centers in the eastern Ituri province, and the World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to the country, following an outbreak of a rare type of the virus that has killed nearly 120 people. An American doctor in Congo is among the newly confirmed cases of the virus with no approved vaccines or medicines, Congolese officials said Monday, as details emerged about the government's delayed response to the outbreak. The WHO on Sunday declared the Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. As of M

Supreme Court puts off fight over who can sue to enforce what’s left of the Voting Rights Act

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Justice Department announces nearly $1.8B fund to compensate Trump allies in a deal to drop IRS suit

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What to know about Trump’s nearly $1.8B fund to compensate allies claiming political targeting

The Justice Department has announced a nearly $1.8 billion compensation fund for Trump allies who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Biden administration

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Negotiators reach a deal to end strike on North America’s busiest commuter rail system

Negotiators have reached a deal to end a strike that has brought North America’s largest commuter rail system to a standstill

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The Latest: Trump calls off Iran strike planned for Tuesday to allow for ‘serious negotiations’

President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a planned military strike on Iran at the request of several allies in the Middle East because “serious negotiations” are underway

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What to expect in Georgia's primaries

Voting will conclude in the swing state of Georgia in competitive primaries for governor and a U.S. Senate seat that could decide control of the closely divided chamber

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Talks raise hopes of progress in strike at America’s busiest commuter railroad

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls