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Israel Eliminates Two Hamas Commanders Involved in October 7 Massacre

Out of estimated 5,000 Gaza terrorists who invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, over 2,700 have been eliminated. Just days after Israel officially acknowledged the existence of a specialized unit create...

2026-08-14

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Long-awaited LA River bike path through downtown pedals ahead — slowly

While everyone agrees on the need for a safe cycling corridor in downtown LA, community organizers and cycling advocates have different views on what it should look like.

2026-08-14

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Hakeem Jeffries Is Reading The Room, Wants ‘Dramatic’ Supreme Court Reform

He called the conservative majority on the Court 'basically a subsidiary of the MAGA Republican Party.'The postHakeem Jeffries Is Reading The Room, Wants ‘Dramatic’ Supreme Court Reformappeared first ...

2026-08-14

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UN urges warring parties to protect civilians amidst continued attacks and escalating displacement in Sudan

The United Nations issued a statement Wednesday urging warring parties in Sudan to take tangible action to protect civilians as attacks continue in the country’s Blue Nile and North Kordofan states. T...

2026-08-14

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Understanding the court’s next major case on asylum seekers: Wassily v. Blanche

This coming term, in Wassily v. Blanche , the Supreme Court will decide whether asylum beneficiaries are barred from obtaining lawful permanent residency if their asylum status has been terminated. Wa...

2026-08-14

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Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty to Stalking Charges Tied to Murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO

“I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan.” Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to stalking charges connected to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City in 2024. “I shot Mr. Thompson in M...

2026-08-14

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Italian police recover stolen Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse worth over $10 million

The theft is the latest in a series of robberies targeting major museums in Europe.

2026-08-14

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The Fake Free Speech President Has Unleashed ICE On Its Critics

From the what-free-speech? deptThe postThe Fake Free Speech President Has Unleashed ICE On Its Criticsappeared first onAbove the Law.

2026-08-14

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Who exactly are the “friends of the court”?

On Oct. 13, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Beaird v. United States , a case brought by a Texas man challenging an increase to his sentence for having a gun after a prior felony conviction. Li...

2026-08-14

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Georgetown Federal Work-Study Comes With Required DEI Training

“This dialogue series centered on race is the critical first step in the process of building awareness, knowledge, and skills to create impactful change” Georgetown is a hotbed of ‘woke’ despite being...

2026-08-14

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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case over killing of healthcare CEO

Mangione was charged in both state and federal court with shooting and killing 50-year-old Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024.

2026-08-14

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Morning Docket: 08.14.26

* Judge threatens DOJ with contempt in Epstein files coverup case. [All Rise News]* Holland & Knight brings in former partner to defend against $1.2B malpractice case. [Bloomberg Law News]* Litigant h...

2026-08-14

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Luigi Mangione to plead guilty in federal case over killing of healthcare CEO

Mangione was charged in both state and federal court with shooting and killing 50-year-old Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024.

2026-08-14

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Ireland’s painful reckoning: 99 infants unearthed so far at site of Catholic mother and baby home

In Tuam, a sleepy Irish town, forensic specialists are finding the skeletons of babies buried inside a sewer system of a Catholic institution for unwed pregnant girls and their babies.

2026-08-14

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Far side of moon could unlock a hidden chapter of the universe

A proposed mission might offer clues about dark matter and how hydrogen came together to form the first stars and galaxies.

2026-08-14

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Trump asks Supreme Court to bulldoze stop-work order on White House ballroom

Trump's wish to reshape the symbol of the American presidency joins a long list of high court appeals testing the limits on executive power.

2026-08-14

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California’s ‘Sustainability’ Bureaucracy Takes a Big Sip from Napa Valley’s Iconic Vineyards

“Sustainability” has essentially become the bureaucratic equivalent of a blank check, invoked to justify new fees and new layers of government management. “Sustainability” once had a real meaning: usi...

2026-08-14

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Farage beats Binface for UK Parliament seat as financial probe resumes

The far-right firebrand won comfortably but fell short of expectations with his party falling in polls. Satirical candidate Count Binface took almost 27% of the vote,

2026-08-14

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Mao ZeTrump’s Great Leap Backward

Trump Term Two is resembling nothing so much as Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward, which created a famine that killed 38 million people, and his Cultural Revolution, which killed 2 million more.

2026-08-14

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Ph.D. Admissions Down 15% Over Past Year Amid Drop in International Applications

“The data also show that, while domestic students submitted a higher number of applications (+3%) to doctoral programs, international student applications to Ph.D. programs declined by 21%” Lots of pe...

2026-08-14