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In a controversial move, the Trump administration has revived a long-dormant 85-year-old immigration law, using it to criminally charge undocumented immigrants for failing to register with the federal government — a requirement that most immigration attorneys say hasn’t been enforced in over seven decades. The Alien Registration Act of 1940, originally passed during World War…
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NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal has agreed to pay $1.8 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit linked to his endorsement of now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, according to court filings and reports. The case is part of ongoing litigation that has ensnared several celebrity endorsers of the crypto platform, including Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, and…
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Fast-food giant McDonald’s Corporation has reached a confidential settlement in a $10 billion racial discrimination lawsuit brought by Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Networks (ESN), resolving years of litigation that accused the company of systematically excluding Black-owned media from its core advertising budgets. Filed in May 2021, the federal lawsuit alleged that McDonald’s maintained a discriminatory,…
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Authorities in Minnesota are investigating a deadly and politically motivated attack that claimed the lives of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and left State Senator John Hoffman and his wife wounded. Investigators say the suspect impersonated a police officer and used a phony squad vehicle to carry out a pair of…
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The phrase “martial law” evokes images of military personnel patrolling city streets, suspended civil rights, and dramatic disruptions to daily life. Though rare and often associated with foreign authoritarian regimes, martial law is not outside the scope of possibility in the United States. With mounting tensions across Los Angeles—from encampments in MacArthur Park and Skid…
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A 19-year-old British national imprisoned in Dubai for engaging in sex with a 17-year-old girl has formally pleaded for early release, writing a letter of clemency to Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Marcus Fakana, from London, was sentenced to one year in a UAE prison following a holiday romance with another British…
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After more than 24 hours of deeply emotional and graphic testimony, a woman identified in court only as Jane concluded her time on the stand Thursday, June 12, in the federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. The testimony marked a pivotal moment in a case that has drawn national…
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Brandon Moss, an 18-year-old Ramsay High School graduate and Fairfield native, has officially launched his campaign to become the next mayor of Fairfield, Alabama. If elected, Moss would make history as one of the youngest mayors in the state’s history, bringing youthful energy and a platform focused on fiscal reform, business development, and urban renewal.…
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In a move aimed at protecting women—particularly Black and Hispanic women—from health risks linked to everyday personal care products, U.S. Representative Shontel Brown (D-OH) has introduced the HER Act (Health and Environmental Research Act). The bill targets the regulation and research of potentially harmful chemicals commonly found in products like hair relaxers, body lotions, deodorants,…
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In the archives of bizarre legal moments, few top the case of Sarah Harris v. Common Sense. This oddball episode from January 2024 made headlines after the then-34-year-old Indiana woman called 911—not for help, but to file a quality-control complaint… about her meth. That’s right. Harris, of Bedford, Indiana, rang up police twice to report…
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