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FTA: Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a lifelong public servant, judicial moderate and advocate for human...
09/05/2025

FTA: Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a lifelong public servant, judicial moderate and advocate for humanities and civics education, has died. He was 85 years old.

"Justice David Souter served our Court with great distinction for nearly twenty years," Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement Friday. "He brought uncommon wisdom and kindness to a lifetime of public service. After retiring to his beloved New Hampshire in 2009, he continued to render significant service to our branch by sitting regularly on the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit for more than a decade. He will be greatly missed.

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a lifelong public servant, judicial moderate and advocate for humanities and civics education, has died.

FTA: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used Signal more extensively for official Pentagon business than previously disclose...
05/05/2025

FTA: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used Signal more extensively for official Pentagon business than previously disclosed, engaging in at least a dozen separate chats, people familiar with his management practices said.

In one case, he told aides on the encrypted app to inform foreign governments about an unfolding military operation, the people said. He also used the nongovernmental message service to discuss media appearances, foreign travel, his schedule, and other unclassified but sensitive information, two people said.

In one case, he told aides on the encrypted app to inform foreign governments about an unfolding military operation, people familiar with his management practices said.

FTA: A blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, stopping trains, cutting phone service and sh...
28/04/2025

FTA: A blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, stopping trains, cutting phone service and shutting down traffic lights and ATMs for millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula.

Spanish power distributor Red Eléctrica declined to speculate on the cause and said restoring power fully could take six to 10 hours. Head of operations Eduardo Prieto told journalists it was unprecedented, calling the event “exceptional and extraordinary.”

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said a “strong oscillation” in the European grid was behind the outage but the cause was still being determined. He asked the public to refrain from speculation, and urged people to call emergency services only if really necessary.

A blackout has brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, affecting millions of people. The Spanish power distributor calls it “exceptional and extraordinary."

FTA: A man drove a vehicle into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver, killing at le...
27/04/2025

FTA: A man drove a vehicle into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 20 others, authorities said Sunday.

The vehicle entered the street at 8:14 p.m. on Saturday and struck people attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival, the Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post.

“Nine people were killed and more than 20 were injured in what the Vancouver police are describing as a car ramming attack,” said Prime Minister Mark Carney, who canceled his first campaign event on the final day of the election campaign ahead of Monday’s vote.

The vehicle entered the street at 8:14 p.m. on Saturday and struck people attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival, the Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post.

FTA: Government lawyers say officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) did...
25/04/2025

FTA: Government lawyers say officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) did not have a warrant for Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil's arrest when they took him into custody last month, according to a filing submitted in the case.

Khalil's lawyers say the admission contradicts what officers told Khalil and his lawyers at the time of his arrest and in a subsequent arrest report.

Government lawyers say officers did not have a warrant for Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest when they took him into custody, according to court filings.

FTA: The Trump administration made a sudden about-face Friday and announced in court it will return thousands of foreign...
25/04/2025

FTA: The Trump administration made a sudden about-face Friday and announced in court it will return thousands of foreign students to active status after terminating their records in a federal system earlier this month.

Hundreds of foreign students in the U.S. on F-1 visas said they were informed their SEVIS records were suddenly terminated by DHS.

FTA: A federal judge on Friday ordered ex-U.S. Representative George Santos to serve 87 months, just over seven years, i...
25/04/2025

FTA: A federal judge on Friday ordered ex-U.S. Representative George Santos to serve 87 months, just over seven years, in prison.

The 36-year-old former lawmaker for New York’s 3rd Congressional District pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in August 2024, avoiding a trial scheduled weeks later. He faced a minimum two and maximum 22 years in prison.

Santos admitted he lied to federal and state institutions to get unemployment benefits. He also overstated his income and assets in a financial disclosure statement submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of his second campaign for office.

Santos was expelled from Congress after the House Ethics Committee concluded he exploited his candidacy for personal profit.

FTA: Gunmen killed at least 26 people and injured a dozen others in the disputed Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir o...
23/04/2025

FTA: Gunmen killed at least 26 people and injured a dozen others in the disputed Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, a rare assault on tourists in an area fraught by decades of insurgency and opposition to India’s rule.

The devastating massacre targeted sightseers in a popular tourist destination in Pahalgam, in the mountainous Anantnag district, and is the region’s worst assault on civilians in years. Most of the 26 people killed are understood to be travelers.

Gunmen killed at least 26 people and injured a dozen others in the disputed Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, a rare assault on tourists in an area fraught by decades of insurgency and opposition to India’s rule.

FTA: The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an...
19/04/2025

FTA: The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law.

In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.”

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented.

The Supreme Court has blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law

FTA: Harvard University received an emailed letter from the Trump administration last Friday that included a series of d...
19/04/2025

FTA: Harvard University received an emailed letter from the Trump administration last Friday that included a series of demands about hiring, admissions and curriculum so onerous that school officials decided they had no choice but to take on the White House.

The university announced its intentions on Monday, setting off a tectonic battle between one of the country’s most prestigious universities and a U.S. president. Then, almost immediately, came a frantic call from a Trump official.

The April 11 letter from the White House’s task force on antisemitism, this official told Harvard, should not have been sent and was “unauthorized,” two people familiar with the matter said.

An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

This is chilling. FTA: U.S.-born American citizen was being detained at the request of immigration authorities Thursday ...
17/04/2025

This is chilling.

FTA: U.S.-born American citizen was being detained at the request of immigration authorities Thursday despite an advocate showing his U.S. birth certificate in court and a county judge finding no reason for him to be considered an “illegal alien” who illegally entered Florida.

Juan Carlos Gomez-Lopez, 20, was arrested Thursday evening by Florida Highway Patrol and charged under a state immigration law that has been temporarily blocked since early this month. Details of Gomez-Lopez’s arrest and detention were first reported by the Florida Phoenix news site.

Juan Carlos Gomez-Lopez is being held even though a county judge found his birth certificate “authentic” and said there wasn’t reason to consider him an “illegal alien.”

FTA: Two people are dead and a sheriff deputy's son is in custody after an active shooter was reported at Florida State ...
17/04/2025

FTA: Two people are dead and a sheriff deputy's son is in custody after an active shooter was reported at Florida State University's campus in Tallahassee.

The suspect is the 20-year-old son of a sheriff's deputy who had access to one of her weapons, according to Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil.

At least one person is dead and another is in custody after an active shooter was reported at Florida State University's campus in Tallahassee.

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