#BBC #News Suspected sabotage causes major Netherlands rail disruption https://w.st/sgZvK
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ProPublica uncovered the machinery of the Dominican Republic baseball factory and the lenders and trainers who exploit players as young as 11.
Here are the key findings from our reporting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/dominican-republic-baseball-major-league-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DominicanRepublic #Baseball #MLB #MajorLeagueBaseball #Children #Sports
How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? We Made a Tool to Help You Find Out.
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Our reporters mined a trove of data that revealed detailed demographic information about private schools. That helped us find illuminating stories about how those schools divide communities.
Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens.
Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-collins-georgia-senate-truck-crashes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Georgia #Congress #Immigration #Trucks #Transportation #Driving
The police found seventeen photographs of me sleeping.
They asked who took them.
I recognized the bedroom.
I recognized the dates.
What I didn’t recognize was the child lying beside me.
In the last photo, I was gone.
He was wearing my face.
#horror #horrorcommunity #microfiction #readers #bookstodon #news #darkfiction
Kommentar: Ach, die besorgten „KI“-Bros
Seit Tagen wird wieder darüber debattiert, ob „KI“ zu gefährlich ist. Die Warnungen sind nicht neu und die Branche hat andere Interessen, kommentiert tante.
#Anthropic #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Kommentar #OpenAI #Wirtschaft #Wissenschaft #news
NEW: Citing ProPublica’s reporting, leaders of Oregon’s House and Senate housing committees say they want to eliminate a law that exempts the detailed financials of subsidized housing projects from public disclosure requirements.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-lawmakers-seek-to-open-housing-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oregon #Government #Law #Transparency #Housing #Records
River that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events
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River that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events
NEW: On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated.
But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is.
Let’s go on an investigative, visual tour.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DonaldTrumpJr #Wedding #Photo #Journalism #Russia #Putin #Politics #Trump #Law #Ethics
The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said that the EU should treat illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian Territories in the same way as it treated Russia’s invasion of Crimea.
Kallas told The Irish Times on Friday that Europe could not be taken seriously as long as it remained divided on a response to the actions taken by the Israeli government and violent settlers.
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#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News
Papa Johns, Propaganda and Putin: How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
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Thomas Dans’ opining on foreign policy, which has included a push for the U.S. to reestablish ties with Russia and annex Greenland, is “far beyond” the U.S. Arctic Research Commission’s scientific mandate, said a previous commission chair.
https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-dans-arctic-research-commission-trump-russia-propaganda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Arctic #Science #Research #Russia #Greenland #Politics #Trump
Arizona Made Its English Fluency Test Easier to Pass. Experts Say It Will Harm Students’ Ability to Succeed.
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When students score high enough on a state test, they’re considered fluent in English. But experts say thousands of students are leaving Arizona’s program for teaching English before they know the language well enough to succeed.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-english-language-test-azella?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Arizona #English #Language #Students #Education #Teaching
Sports reporting is shrinking. But at ProPublica, we’re diving in.
We won’t cover the games, but we’ll be keeping score — of which powerful people are winning, of who’s being hurt and of which systems can be held accountable.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-sports-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
NEW: Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding
Rep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious national security and public corruption concerns” and requested the president’s son provide financial and other records about the arrangement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-payments-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Congress #DonaldTrumpJr #Trump #Russia #Putin #Security #Ethics #Law
“A Clear Watering Down”: Drug Transparency Bill Stripped of Critical Provisions Ahead of Senate Vote
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The Clear Labels Act was designed to alert consumers to where their drugs are coming from. After two major changes to the bill, experts worry it won’t be as effective.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clear-labels-act-drug-safety-senate-vote?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #FDA #Drugs #Transparency #Law #Senate #Health #Safety #Government
Tennessee Lawmakers Demand Answers on Safety in State Youth Prisons
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Lawmakers cited a recent WPLN and ProPublica investigation that found that juvenile justice facilities run by Tennessee businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse and other serious incidents to the state as required.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-private-youth-prisons-dcs-letter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Tennessee #Prison #Children #Abuse #CriminalJustice #Justice #Law
The United States, Denmark and Greenland have entered into an agreement for the U.S. to develop a significant military presence on Greenland, while prohibiting U.S. adversaries from building their own bases on the island, Donald Trump said on Friday.
#greenland #us #denmark #trump #geopolitics #news #security #arctic #arctictoday
NEW: A federal judge has ruled that Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies continue to search and arrest Latino drivers at a higher rate, echoing the racial disparities that prompted court oversight of the department nearly two decades ago.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-sheriff-oversight-judge-ruling?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #MaricopaCounty #Arizona #AZ #Immigration #Police #Law
Israeli forces blow up former regime military sites in southwestern Syria, shell Quneitra countryside
Southwestern Syria has seen repeated Israeli raids, arrests, land clearing and shelling, Damascus says An Israeli tank crosses…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Syria #IsraeliforcesblowupformerregimemilitarysitesinsouthwesternSyria #shellQuneitracountryside
https://www.europesays.com/iran/300180/
UEFA rejects Ireland request to keep Israel out of future draws
UEFA has rejected a request from the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to prevent Ireland and Israel from…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Israel #Ireland #Soccer #uefa
https://www.europesays.com/iran/300174/
Korean Remake of "The Intern" Debuts No. 1 at Box Office https://www.byteseu.com/?p=2384124 #KBS #KBSNews #KBSToday #Korea #KoreaNews #News #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaNews
US Politics Live updates: ‘Do I annihilate them?’: Trump weighs ending Iran war with one major strike
The ruling parties in Russia and Germany have fared very differently after elections in the two countries. In…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iran
https://www.europesays.com/iran/300192/
Donald Trump considers ‘blowing up entire nation’ of Iran as Tehran gears up for imminent escalation
Donald Trump has suggested he could “blow up the entire nation” of Iran reports the chaos in the…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Tehran #DonaldTrump #Iran #Politics #US #USpolitics #War #WorldNews
https://www.europesays.com/iran/300188/
Iran threatens unrestricted response to new US strikes — Al Jazeera
Iran said it had received information about possible US preparations for a new round of strikes and warned…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iran
https://www.europesays.com/iran/300184/
Trump announced “very important developments” in the war with Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump said that he is in a “decision-making mode” regarding Iran and announced major developments…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iran
https://www.europesays.com/iran/300182/
