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In the early hours of Saturday 22 February 2025 the following email landed in the inboxes of the entire US federal workforce: From: HR hr@opm.gov Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2025 Subject: What did you do last week? Importance: High Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and … Read more
A Florida jury recently found former sheriff’s deputy Eddie Duran not guilty of manslaughter with a firearm in the fatal shooting of Roger Fortson, a Black US air force airman who was killed inside his apartment after authorities responded to an unfounded report of a domestic disturbance. An Okaloosa county jury acquitted Duran, 38, on … Read more
Since it was introduced by the coalition government in 2011, the triple lock has guaranteed that the UK state pension rises each year in line with whichever is the highest of inflation, average wages, or 2.5%. Burnham said that from April 2030, instead, it would only rise in line with the highest of inflation or … Read more
Inset: Connor Overstreet (GoFundMe). Background: The crime scene in Skyway, Washington (KCPQ/YouTube). A lieutenant with the U.S. Coast Guard was riding electric scooters with friends in Washington state when a man shot him dead, authorities say. Isaiah Bolar, 18, faces a charge of second-degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Connor Overstreet, MyNorthwest reported. He also … Read more
Ethiopian forces regained control of Mekelle’s airport after Tigrayan fighters seized it last month. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian federal forces have retaken the airport in Mekelle, the capital of the northern Tigray region, according to people in the city who spoke to The Associated Press on Saturday, reversing a takeover by Tigrayan fighters that … Read more
Inside the walls of Fort Dix federal prison in New Jersey, no one is living quite like inmate #37452-054. There are men who cook for him and men who clean for him. There are men who make his bed and men who do his laundry. There is even a man who gives him Chinese-style massages. … Read more
Ministers have scrapped plans that would have slashed the number of jury trials in England and Wales and replaced them with a judge sitting alone. The proposals had sparked a fierce backlash from lawyers, who have welcomed the U-turn. But the victims’ commissioner expressed concern about the abandonment of measures drawn up by the then … Read more
New details are emerging in the case of a former Cornell University student who claims she was drugged and gang-raped for multiple hours inside a fraternity house in October 2024. The woman — identified only as Jane Doe, who was 20 at the time of the alleged incident — recently filed a civil lawsuit against … Read more
One year ago, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department over alleged delays in issuing permits to carry concealed guns. It was the first in a flurry of litigation brought by the Trump administration to challenge gun restrictions, a cause championed by the president’s political base. The Civil Rights … Read more
As Americans prepared to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday on the morning of July 4, sobering images flashed across their phones and TV screens. Hundreds of masked men marched the streets of Washington carrying flags and chanting “Reclaim America!” It soon became clear from the logos on their identical baseball caps that the marchers were … Read more