George Nyavor
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The Washington, D.C., City Council has greenlit funding in its 2025 budget to establish a reparations task force aimed at addressing historical injustices against Black residents. On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, the D.C. Council approved a $21 billion budget, which includes $1.5 million allocated for the reparations task force. This initiative marks the city’s commitment…
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The Alaska Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that deemed two statutes unconstitutional for directing public funds to private schools. The case revolved around provisions in a state law enacted a decade ago, permitting families enrolled in correspondence school programs to receive reimbursements for education-related expenses. Governor Mike Dunleavy, a staunch supporter of…
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Attorneys representing Rudy Giuliani’s creditors in his bankruptcy proceedings have filed a motion requesting the court to hold the former New York City mayor in contempt and impose sanctions. The motion alleges that Giuliani has repeatedly flouted court orders to produce essential financial documents related to his personal and business finances. According to the motion…
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Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, a couple from West Virginia, face serious charges for allegedly enslaving their adopted Black children, forcing them to perform labor, and confining them in inhumane conditions. This case has raised significant concerns about racial targeting and human trafficking. Lantz, 63, and Whitefeather, 62, were initially arrested in October…
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in Australia as a free man, having resolved through a plea deal a U.S. Justice Department case charging him with obtaining and publishing government secrets on his secret-spilling website. It was a stunning resolution to a polarizing drama that landed at the intersection of press freedom and national security,…
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A federal grand jury in the District of Maryland has indicted a Pennsylvania man for allegedly defrauding the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) out of approximately $16 million in federal grant funds. According to court documents, Hoau-Yan Wang, 67, a tenured medical professor at a public university’s medical school and a paid advisor to…
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Steve Bannon’s legal options have run out as the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his last attempt to avoid prison following his conviction on two counts of contempt of Congress nearly two years ago. Chief Justice John Roberts issued a concise, one-page order confirming the denial. Bannon, convicted in July 2022 and originally sentenced in October…
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The U.S. Supreme Court unintentionally published a draft document on its website Wednesday indicating a forthcoming decision that could temporarily allow emergency abortions to continue in Idaho. The decision pertains to cases Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States, although Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe clarified to NBC News that the official decision…
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In a dissenting opinion issued on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply criticized her colleagues on the U.S. Supreme Court for their ruling in Snyder v. United States, which declared that giving gifts to politicians does not constitute bribery under federal law. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, stated that the…
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A tragic incident unfolded in North Texas as Davonta Mathis stands accused of brutally murdering two convenience store clerks in Mesquite and Dallas. According to police reports detailed in the arrest affidavit, Mathis confessed to the killings, revealing a chilling motive rooted in robbery for lottery tickets to secure housing. Mathis allegedly used a stolen…
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