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WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that U.S. Border Patrol agents violated the Constitution when they stopped a car on a freeway near San Clemente because its occupants appeared to be βof Mexican ancestry.β The 4th Amendment protects Americans from unreasonable searches, the justices said then, and a motoristβs βMexican appearanceβ does not…
Kyle Holder’s entire life savings were stolen from her by sophisticated scammers who used artificial intelligence to perfectly manipulate her. Her $300,000 in retirement and savings accounts, saved over decades, disappeared into the cryptocurrency universe in under three months. Holder was one of thousands of Americans swindled out of a total estimated at $20 billion…
The premise of Billy Wilderβs critically acclaimed 1959 comedy, βSome Like It Hot,β starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, is almost as famous as its stars. Two jazz musicians witness a mob hit and disguise themselves as women in order to escape town as members of an all-female band. Hilarity ensues as the…
Police Scotland is investigating “irregularities” in the finances of the Alba Party. The force said a complaint was lodged by the pro-independence party on 26 May, exactly two months after Kenny MacAskill won its leadership contest in light of Alex Salmond’s death. The party said a review of its operations and finances was instigated by…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., ended the first year of President Trumpβs second term with a record of rulings that gave him much broader power to control the federal government. In a series of fast-track decisions, the justices granted emergency appeals and set aside rulings from district judges who…
A trade war is “not the right way to resolve differences” within an alliance, Sir Keir Starmer has said.Β At a Downing Street press conference to address the Greenland crisis, the prime minister appeared to rule out slapping the US with retaliatory tariffs. Politics live: What does the UK do next on Greenland? It comes…
Ministers have lined up insolvency practitioners to prepare for the potential collapse of Thames Water, Britain’s biggest water utility. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Steve Reed, the environment secretary, has signed off the appointment of FTI Consulting to advise on contingency plans for Thames Water to be placed into a Special Administration regime (SAR)….
Price rises in the UK are to be the highest among the G7 club of industrialised nations, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Inflation will be the highest among the club both this year and next, the world’s lender of last resort said in its World Economic Outlook. As a result, the body’s chief…
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Actress Gina Carano, Lucasfilm and its parent company Walt Disney Co. have settled the federal lawsuit filed in which Carano claimed that, in 2021, she was wrongfully terminated from her role in βThe Mandalorianβ after she expressed her conservative political views on social media. The settlement details have not been made public, but Lucasfilm released…
