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Supreme Court strikes down limits on party spending in federal elections, backing Republican appeal
WASHINGTON | The Supreme Court on Tuesday erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down a federal election law that is more than 50 years old. Prodded by a Republican-led lawsuit that includes Vice President JD Vance, the court’s conservative justices were again in […]
Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams
WASHINGTON | The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people. The court’s six-justice conservative majority, which has repeatedly ruled against transgender Americans in the past year, ruled that state bans in Idaho and West Virginia don’t violate the […]
Self-exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui gets 30 years in US prison for fraud conviction
NEW YORK | A self-exiled billionaire Chinese business tycoon once believed to be among China’s wealthiest men was sentenced Monday to 30 years in a U.S. prison for a massive financial fraud that a federal judge said cost over 1,000 people worldwide hundreds of millions of dollars. Guo Wengui, who fled China a decade ago […]
He survived 2 natural disasters in Venezuela’s La Guaira. Now he vows never to return
Venezuelan merchant Grian Serrano has survived two of the country’s worst natural disasters: the devastating 1999 mudslides that ravaged the coastal state of La Guaira and, 26 years later, two powerful earthquakes that struck the same region. Bruised around his left eye and across much of his body, 46-year-old Serrano is recovering from the ordeal […]
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Four days to make victims fall in love: How global scammers use US tech to fleece people
The instructions were clear: He had four days to make each victim fall in love. And there were a lot of victims. Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean woman named Ella. On a typical shift, he said, he chatted with more than 100 people […]
Iran says this. The US says that. A look at the trickiest issues in the unresolved conflict
The United States and Iran have less than 60 days to negotiate a permanent end to the war, but they still seem to be at odds over the interim deal they reached this month. It’s not even clear when the two sides will meet again. “The situation is sensitive and complex,” a senior Iranian negotiator, […]
A new law could create a list of immigrants illegally living in Mississippi. Advocates are alarmed
A new Mississippi law will authorize the state’s top law enforcement agency to compile a list of all immigrants illegally living in the state. What’s to be done with that information is a bit open-ended. But the law set to take effect Wednesday is sparking alarm among immigrant advocates, who fear it could become a […]
Grief and optimism clash in scramble to locate survivors 4 days after Venezuela earthquakes
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela | Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira. The government reported 1,450 dead from the quakes Sunday afternoon as it faced growing criticism from Venezuelans that its […]
Thousands of immigrants got scammed by an attorney exploiting humanitarian visas, lawsuits say
Associated Press | An attorney in Washington state promised “miracles” to tens of thousands of immigrants seeking legal status in the United States. Instead, Alexandra Lozano created fake stories of domestic abuse and human trafficking to apply for humanitarian visas without her clients’ knowledge, according to several lawsuits and a legal ethics investigation. They say […]