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Justice Department terminates some school desegregation cases without asking court to ensure past discrimination has ended, watchdog group says

nglobix@gmail.com2 weeks ago04 mins

The Justice Department moved to terminate more than a dozen decades-old school desegregation cases without asking the court first to review whether the district successfully ended its past discriminatory practices, a watchdog group has found. A new analysis released by Red Line for Civil Rights, an oversight project of Democracy Forward run by former DOJ…

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Tension along Korean border fuels concern as Kim Jong Un’s sister issues “not a threat, but a clear warning”

nglobix@gmail.com2 weeks ago04 mins

Tension on the Korean Peninsula is once again ratcheting up, with calls for immediate talks between North and South Korea to avert an accidental military confrontation. It follows hostile back-to-back statements from Kim Yo Jung – the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – who said loudspeakers broadcasting anti-South Korea propaganda would…

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What to know about the PHP bug affecting 70% of the world’s websites

nglobix@gmail.com2 weeks ago05 mins

Cybersecurity researchers used an advanced OpenAI artificial intelligence model to identify a longstanding internet vulnerability before hackers could exploit it. That security weakness affects a programming language called PHP, short for “Personal Home Page,” which powers up to 70% of the world’s websites and web applications, including those used by government agencies and social media…

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Zelenskyy accuses Russia of using cluster warheads in deadly strikes hours after U.S. prisoner release

nglobix@gmail.com2 weeks ago03 mins

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of using cluster munitions overnight as it renewed strikes on Kyiv and multiple other locations. At least four people were killed, according to Ukraine’s foreign ministry. Another 34 people were injured, including five children, Zelenskyy said Thursday, hours after Russia released American Stephen Hubbard and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met…

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Airbnb says guests shouldn’t have to strip beds or do some chores, sparking backlash from some hosts

nglobix@gmail.com2 weeks ago02 mins

Airbnb is updating its rules to shield visitors from onerous cleaning tasks it says could negatively impact their stay. The new policy, announced this week, prevents hosts from asking guests to strip beds, start a load of laundry and other household chores Airbnb says “require significant effort or time” and would typically be performed by…

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This teacherless school says AI can teach students in 2 hours a day

nglobix@gmail.com2 weeks ago06 mins

Zane Shah arrives at school at 8:45 a.m., greets his friends and stores his backpack in the assigned cubby. It could be any middle school morning. But one thing about Shah’s school is different: There are no traditional teachers. Shah, 13, is an eighth grader at Alpha School, a network of private, for-profit institutions that…

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Elon Musk’s Starlink and Starshield, and what they mean to Ukraine in the war against Russia

nglobix@gmail.com2 weeks ago09 mins

Over the past week, Ukraine has received a stark reminder of its growing dependence on uninterrupted access to Elon Musk’s Starlink and Starshield networks in its drone-heavy war against Russia, now in its fifth year. Ukraine has a fraction of Russia’s resources, but its aggressive development of drone warfare on defensive and offensive fronts has…

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As Kansas Senate race tightens, Marshall argues opponent is just another Democrat, while Hamilton says he’s “independent-minded”

nglobix@gmail.com2 weeks ago06 mins

The candidates in Kansas’ surprisingly competitive Senate race faced off in a debate Wednesday evening, as Republicans fight to head off the possibility of their first loss in a Kansas Senate contest in nearly a century. Incumbent GOP Sen. Roger Marshall hammered away at what it would mean if he were to lose — that…

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Saudi Arabia spends billions on its military. Why can’t it stop deadly attacks by Iran’s Houthi allies?

nglobix@gmail.com2 weeks ago09 mins

Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia in recent weeks have inflicted severe losses on the kingdom, with missiles hitting energy infrastructure and civilian airports, killing at least 20 people. The Iranian proxy group has struck the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, and is fighting Saudi-backed government forces for control of Yemen’s coastline…

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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to restrict some medical treatments for transgender inmates

nglobix@gmail.com2 weeks ago05 mins

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday left intact a lower court decision that blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new Bureau of Prisons policy that would end certain medical interventions for transgender inmates. In an unsigned, one-line order, the high court rejected an emergency appeal from the Justice Department asking it to freeze the…

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