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On Thursday, a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter claimed that the Department of Homeland Security demanded access to her mobile phones when she was crossing the border at the Los Angeles airport. The case highlights the powers that border agents purport to have, and how vulnerable sensitive information can be when taken through airports…
In December of 2015, a woman named only as Jenny was a star witness in the case against serial rapist Keith Hendricks, who was eventually given two life sentences for his crimes. Jenny is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and when she took the stand, the trauma of being questioned caused a mental breakdown. She ran…
On Tuesday the forces retook one the terror group’s headquarters, which was located in a hospital, being used as a command center and logistics hub. But progress into Manbij city has been slow, with landmines littering the roads in and snipers attacking advancing troops. Many Isil fighters are still holed up in the city, and…
Gawker Media, which went into Chapter 11 to avoid paying a $140 million invasion-of-privacy verdict to Hulk Hogan, can’t extend the bankruptcy court’s protection to its founder, Nick Denton, triggering what is likely to be his own personal bankruptcy. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. LEARN MORE Source: Gawker Can’t Shield Founder From…
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan places the blame for this weekend’s failed coup attempt on an Islamic preacher and one-time ally, Fethullah Gulen (above), who now resides in Pennsylvania with a green card. Erdogan is demanding the U.S. extradite Gulen, citing prior extraditions by the Turkish government of terror suspects demanded by the U.S.: “Now we’re saying deliver this guy…
Justice Ginsburg’s Gaffe – She […] Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the US Supreme Court, this week offered both some controversial comments about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and an apology for them. (Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) What a week for the separation of powers! Not since December 2000, when a…
Image copyright AP A shooting in the US city of Baton Rouge has left three police officers dead and three more injured, one critically. The gunman was shot dead at the scene. This is what we know so far about what has happened. Baton Rouge shooting: As it happened What happened? The shooting was near…
The Tamir Rice Story: How to Make a Police Shooting Disappear Maybe you heard about the Tamir Rice case and wondered: How does a 12-year-old boy with a toy gun on a playground get shot to death on-camera by the police without anyone getting charged? Put another way: How does a small group of…
Another week, another police shooting in the United States. So far this year, 569 people have be killed by US police, according to The Guardian’s count. Police brutality is a horrific normality and, in more ways than one, black men being shot by police has become the modern-day equivalent of lynching. But, of course, it…
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Saturday there were indications the attacker had been “radicalized very rapidly.” CNN learned Sunday that Bouhlel sent a text message shortly before Thursday’s attack to an unknown recipient saying, “Bring more weapons 5 to C,” according to a representative for the Paris prosecutor’s office. It appears Bouhlel also had…