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The Major Supreme Court Cases of 2024No Supreme Court term in recent memory has featured so many cases with the potential to transform American society. In 2015, the Supreme Court limited the sweep of the statute at issue in the case, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In 2023, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked efforts to severely curb access to the pill, mifepristone, as an appeal moved forward. A series of Supreme Court decisions say that making race the predominant factor in drawing voting districts violates the Constitution. The difference matters because the Supreme Court has said that only racial gerrymandering may be challenged in federal court under the Constitution.

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A video showing the aftermath of the strike that killed Shahed captured her sprawled on the ground next to her friends, her pink pants impossible to miss. Every time she came in, she said, ‘Mom.’ I would say, ‘My soul, my soul,’” Awda Talla told CNN. An analysis of the site of the attack, documented by a freelance journalist working for CNN in Gaza, paints a very different picture of Israeli military responsibility. Israeli military’s shifting responseCNN has pressed the Israeli military for details about the strike, which took place on April 16 at about 3:40 p.m., according to video evidence. The Israeli military declined to provide any additional evidence to back up its claims.

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☆ Election 2024 Trump holds a rally in North Carolina, capping off the first week of his trial.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

That changed on Thursday, when Mr. Brown appeared to address Mr. Gunter for the first time, at a private fund-raising event in Sparks, Nev., after Mr. Gunter accused him in ads and appearances of being disingenuous and not sufficiently pro-Trump. A group backing Mr. Brown’s campaign, the Duty First PAC, ran its first television ad this week since last year, a $322,000 reservation, according to the tracking firm AdImpact. Mr. Brown’s campaign declined to comment on Mr. Gunter. Mr. Trump made several posts seeming to express his approval for Mr. Brown on Truth Social, his social media platform, this month. Mr. Gunter said he was “running that place like clockwork,” and that the government report was “bogus.”

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☆ Justices Seem Likely to Side With N.R.A. in First Amendment Dispute
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared on Monday to embrace arguments by the National Rifle Association that a New York State official violated the First Amendment by trying to dissuade companies from doing business with it after a deadly school shooting. The dispute, which began after a gunman opened fire in 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., was one of two cases on Monday that centered on when government advocacy crosses a line to violate the Constitution’s protection of free speech. After the shooting, which killed 17 students and staff members, Maria Vullo, then a superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, said banks and other insurance companies regulated by her agency should assess whether they wanted to continue providing services to the N.R.A. The gun rights group sued, accusing Ms. Vullo of unlawfully leveraging her authority as a government official.

Persons: Marjory Stoneman, Maria Vullo, Ms, Vullo Organizations: National Rifle Association, New York State, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, New York State Department of Financial Services Locations: Parkland, Fla

☆ Piety and Profanity: The Raunchy Christians Are Here
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Ruth Graham | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The “Conservative Dad’s Real Women of America” 2024 pinup calendar features old-school images of sexiness — bikinis, a red sports car, a bubble bath. The models are influencers and aspiring politicians familiar to the very online pro-Trump right. In one image, a BlazeTV host in a short skirt lights a copy of The New York Times on fire with a cigar. Published by a “woke-free beer” company hastily launched last year as an alternative to Bud Light, the calendar was clearly meant to provoke liberals. Instead, it sparked a heated squabble on the right over whether “conservative dads” who happen to be Christians should reject the calendar on moral grounds, or embrace it as an irreverent win for the good guys.

Persons: Dana Loesch, “, Bud Light, Allie Beth Stuckey, podcaster Organizations: Conservative Dad’s Real, Trump, New York Times Locations: America

That same day, Mr. Trump’s campaign announced that the former president would appear alongside Mr. Moreno on Saturday in Dayton, widely interpreted as a sign that Mr. Moreno could benefit from an 11th-hour boost. Simultaneously, Mr. Moreno and his backers have portrayed Mr. Dolan as not sufficiently supportive of Mr. Trump. After Mr. Trump overwhelmingly won the former battleground state in 2016 and 2020, Ohioans sent J.D. Image Mr. Moreno has been endorsed by, and campaigned with, several Republicans with ties to Mr. Trump, including Gov. Mr. LaRose and Mr. Moreno have banded together to attack Mr. Dolan as disloyal to Mr. Trump, while both Mr. Dolan and Mr. LaRose have accused Mr. Moreno of shifting his views on everything from gun control to Mr. Trump himself.

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☆ After Letitia James Wins Big in Courtrooms, She Celebrates in Public
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Jesse Mckinley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This has been a very good year for Letitia James. Over the past month, Ms. James, New York’s attorney general, has racked up hard-fought victories over two formidable opponents. First, in mid-February, her office won a staggering $454 million judgment against former President Donald J. Trump in a civil fraud trial stemming from accusations that he had inflated his net worth. A week later, Ms. James, a Democrat, prevailed again, this time against the National Rifle Association and its longtime leader, Wayne LaPierre, who was found personally liable for more than $5 million in misused funds. Ms. James, who won a second term handily in 2022, is seemingly reveling in her reputation as an antagonist of right-wing political figures, some of whom have reacted to her public pronouncements with fury.

Persons: Letitia James, James, Donald J, Trump, Wayne LaPierre, Nick Suplina Organizations: National Rifle Association, Safety Locations: James , New

☆ Guns and Goodies: How LaPierre Spent the N.R.A.’s Money
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Liset Cruz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Its leader, Wayne LaPierre, was the face of obdurate resistance to regulations on firearms. Behind the scenes, however, Mr. LaPierre had a taste for the good life, spending the group’s money on luxuries like Bahamian vacations. CLOTHES: Between 2004 and 2017, Mr. LaPierre spent nearly $275,000 on suits from a luxury Beverly Hills boutique, Zegna. Mr. LaPierre said he bought them on the recommendation of an N.R.A. contractor who “hated my clothing.” Mr. LaPierre had argued that the suits were just “costumes I wore on TV,” albeit extremely expensive ones.

Persons: Letitia James, Wayne LaPierre, LaPierre, “, Mr Organizations: New, National Rifle Association, Beverly Hills

The jury, after a week of deliberations, found that the group’s former leader, Wayne LaPierre, had used N.R.A. Mr. LaPierre has repaid some of that sum, but must still repay $4.35 million. In addition to Mr. LaPierre, the defendants included the group’s former treasurer, Wilson Phillips, and its general counsel, John Frazer. Mr. Phillips must repay $2 million. “Today, LaPierre and the N.R.A.

Persons: Wayne LaPierre, LaPierre, Wilson Phillips, John Frazer, Phillips, Letitia James Organizations: National Rifle Association Locations: Manhattan, “

☆ Lawyers in N.R.A. Trial Deliver Closing Arguments, Sending Case to Jury
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Jesse Mckinley | Liset Cruz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Lawyers for New York State concluded their case against the National Rifle Association on Thursday, bringing an end to a closely watched civil showdown that accused leaders of the nation’s most prominent gun rights group of financial misconduct and corruption. Over the last six weeks, lawyers for New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, have outlined a case that paints the N.R.A. as a mismanaged organization with little fealty to its mission of defending the Second Amendment or to the gun owners who prize that right. funds to pay for private jets, luxury vacations, and the occasional spin on a superyacht. “This case is about corruption: Misuse of funds spent on jets, black cars, five-star hotels, hundreds of thousands of dollars of suits, million-dollar deals to insiders, payments to loyal board members and pervasive violations of internal controls,” Ms. Connell said to the nearly full courtroom in Manhattan.

Persons: Letitia James, Monica Connell, “, Wayne LaPierre, Ms, Connell Organizations: New York State, National Rifle Association, New Locations: Manhattan

In a head-spinning day of court action on Monday, a lawyer for the National Rifle Association grilled its longtime chief, Wayne LaPierre, about his lavish spending. But the legal fireworks appeared to be part of a strategy to the bolster the contention of Mr. LaPierre and the N.R.A. Mr. LaPierre, 74, is a defendant in the lawsuit brought in 2020 by the New York attorney general, Letitia James. There were also trips where Mr. LaPierre and his family were hosted by N.R.A. And there was prodigious spending on charter flights; Mr. LaPierre didn’t dispute that some of the flights were solely for relatives.

Persons: Wayne LaPierre, LaPierre, Letitia James, John Frazer, Wilson Phillips Organizations: National Rifle Association, New, Beverly Hills, N.R.A Locations: New York, Beverly, Bahamas

☆ Is the Holiday Shopping Season Going to Be a Success? The Answer Is Murky.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( J. Edward Moreno | More About J. Edward Moreno | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

kept its forecast that holiday sales — from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31 — would grow 3 to 4 percent this year. Mastercard, for example, said sales both in stores and online rose 2.5 percent on Nov. 24, from a year earlier. Like Mastercard’s estimate, the retail consultancy forecast that — adjusted for inflation — sales slipped slightly, Mr. Johnson said. If stores have too much inventory on hand, they may have to cut prices more than expected, which would erode their profits. “Really for the first time in four quarters, we are seeing retailers get inventories better aligned with sales,” Mr. Yruma said.

Persons: ” Matthew Shay, ”, Craig Johnson, Johnson, Edward Yruma, Piper Sandler, Mr, Yruma, “ Organizations: National Retail Federation, Mastercard, Growth Partners, Target

Steam feeding into the Unit 3 turbine generator of the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Ga. “The United States is now committed to trying to accelerate the deployment of nuclear energy,” John Kerry, President Biden’s climate envoy, said in September. One recent Pew survey found that 57 percent of Americans favor more nuclear plants, up from 43 percent in 2016. A NuScale engineer gave a tour of a control room simulator, modeling the company’s plans for new nuclear reactors, in 2013. “The demand for clean energy is almost unprecedented,” said Maria Korsnick, president of the Nuclear Energy Institute, an industry group.

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☆ ‘Watch Night’ Review: For Spacious Skies, for Rancorous Waves of Hate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Elisabeth Vincentelli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Some of them are imprinted with the text of the Second Amendment, others a rallying cry: “We fight fascists.” Among the most eye-catching is an ad for N.R.A. memberships, with its promise of “$5,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance.”But what about intentional deaths? “Watch Night,” a new multigenre hybrid show, is interested in those, specifically the ones fueled by homegrown prejudice. He wrote the libretto for “We Shall Not Be Moved” (2017), an opera inspired by the police bombing in 1985 of a Philadelphia house occupied by Black activists, with an artistic team that included Jones and Lauren Whitehead, the “Watch Night” dramaturg. Unfortunately, those experiences have not helped focus this new production.

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☆ Infosys asks some workers to return to office 10 days a month: source
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Dhanya Skariachan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Infosys logo is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 1 (Reuters) - India's No.2 software-services exporter Infosys Ltd (INFY.NS) has asked some of its employees to work from office 10 days a month, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Narayana Murthy courted controversy by urging young Indians to work 70 hours a week for the development of the country. Larger rival Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) has already asked workers to return to the office for five days a week. Tech giants Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google have also told workers to work from office for at least a few days every week.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Salil Parekh, N.R, Narayana Murthy, Dhanya Organizations: Infosys, REUTERS, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech, Amazon.com Inc, Google, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada

☆ Billionaire businessman says young Indians should work 70 hours a week
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Narayana Murthy said young Indians should work 70 hours a week. I want to work 70 hours a week," N.R. But Indians already work some of the longest hours of any nationality, averaging around 47.7 hours per week per employed person, according to the ILO. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, tech entrepreneur Vishal Gondal wrote: "Respectfully, Narayana Murthy ji, while hard work is crucial, a 70-hr work week may risk burnout and stifle creativity." Respectfully, Narayana Murthy ji, while hard work is crucial, a 70-hr work week may risk burnout and stifle creativity.

Persons: N.R, Narayana Murthy, —, Mohandas Pai, Murthy, Forbes, Pai, Vishal Gondal Organizations: Infosys, Service, T.V, International Labour Organization, ILO, India, United, Emirates Locations: India, Qatar, Congo, Lesotho, Bhutan, Gambia

☆ Infosys’ billionaire founder says Indians need to work 70 hours a week to succeed
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New Delhi CNN —One of India’s most revered entrepreneurs believes that young people need to put in exceptionally long hours at work if they want to see the country become a global economic powerhouse. Narayana Murthy, co-founder of the software behemoth Infosys, said India needs “highly determined, extremely disciplined and extremely hardworking” youngsters, who should put in 70 hours a week at work. Murthy, whose wealth is estimated at over $4 billion by Forbes, co-founded Infosys in 1981. “India’s work productivity is one of the lowest in the world.”He added that Indians should learn from policies that helped other emerging markets, particularly China. Over the past few years, several surveys have shown that Indians feel they are among the most overworked and underpaid people in the world.

Persons: Narayana Murthy, “, ” Murthy, Mohandas Pai, Murthy, Rishi Sunak, they’ve Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Infosys, YouTube, Forbes, British, International Monetary Fund, CNN Locations: New Delhi, India, China, United States

Image Palestinians wounded in Ahli Arab Hospital blast were later treated at another hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. Israel said the strike on the hospital parking lot was caused by a misfired Palestinian rocket, citing intelligence intercepts and videos of the sky above Gaza at the time. Al Jazeera, a Qatari news channel, concluded that a Palestinian rocket had been intercepted by an Israeli air defense missile. Scores of public institutions in northern Gaza, including hospitals like the Ahli Arab hospital, were warned by Israel to evacuate. American intelligence agencies have assessed that the blast killed 100 to 300 people.

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☆ Hamas militants likely used North Korean RPGs and assault rifles in the October 7 attacks on Israel, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hamas militants who carried out the October 7 attacks on Israel may have used North Korean weapons. Israel captured a number of North Korean F-7 rocket-propelled grenades during the fighting. North Korea denied the claims, but it has long been linked with supporting Palestinian militant groups, experts say. AdvertisementAdvertisementHamas militants likely used some weapons from North Korea in the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel, arms experts have said. "North Korea has long supported Palestinian militant groups, and North Korean arms have previously been documented amongst interdicted supplies," N.R.

Persons: —, Jones Organizations: Service, Associated Press, Korea's, Chiefs, Staff, The Washington Post, Armament Research Services, Korean Central News Agency Locations: Israel, Korean, Korea, North Korea, North, Iran, Russian, Pyongyang, United States, Russia, Ukraine

☆ State Dept. Contractor Is Accused of Stealing Satellite Imagery of Africa
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Adam Goldman | More About Adam Goldman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

While the complaint does not disclose what country Mr. Lemma was working for, U.S. officials identified it as Ethiopia and described the suspected spying as narrow in focus. In a statement, the State Department said it would work with intelligence agencies and conduct a review of the national security and foreign policy implications of the case. According to a court filing, Mr. Lemma had been employed by the State Department since at least 2021, working during the evenings at a secure facility in Washington. At the State Department, Mr. Lemma served as an information technology administrator in its intelligence arm, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, known as I.N.R., and had access to classified systems, the filing said. The intelligence arm handles some of the most sensitive American intelligence, which is used to better inform ambassadors and other senior diplomats.

Organizations: State Department, Justice Department, of Intelligence, Research Locations: Ethiopia, Washington, Eritrea

How did the National Rifle Association, America’s most influential gun-rights group, amass its power? A New York Times investigation has revealed the secret history of how a fusty club of sportsmen became a lobbying juggernaut that would compel elected officials’ allegiance, derail legislation behind the scenes, and redefine the legal landscape. Mike McIntire, an investigative reporter for The Times, sets out the story of the N.R.A.’s transformation — and the unseen role that members of Congress played in designing the group’s strategies.

Persons: Mike McIntire Organizations: Rifle Association, New York Times, The Times

☆ The Secret History of Gun Rights: How Lawmakers Armed the N.R.A.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Mike Mcintire | More About Mike Mcintire | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Long before the National Rifle Association tightened its grip on Congress, won over the Supreme Court and prescribed more guns as a solution to gun violence — before all that, Representative John D. Dingell Jr. had a plan. First jotted on a yellow legal pad in 1975, it would transform the N.R.A. from a fusty club of sportsmen into a lobbying juggernaut that would enforce elected officials’ allegiance, derail legislation behind the scenes, redefine the legal landscape and deploy “all available resources at every level to influence the decision making process.”“An organization with as many members, and as many potential resources, both financial and influential within its ranks, should not have to go 2d or 3d Class in a fight for survival,” Mr. Dingell wrote, advocating a new aggressive strategy. “It should go First Class.”To understand the ascendancy of gun culture in America, the files of Mr. Dingell, a powerful Michigan Democrat who died in 2019, are a good place to start. That is because he was not just a politician — he simultaneously sat on the N.R.A.’s board of directors, positioning him to influence firearms policy as well as the private lobbying force responsible for shaping it.

Persons: Long, John D, Dingell Jr, Mr, Dingell, — Organizations: National Rifle Association, Supreme, Michigan Democrat Locations: America, Michigan

☆ Twitter Criticized for Allowing Texas Shooting Images to Spread
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Benjamin Mullin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Like other social media companies, Twitter has once again found itself in a position akin to that of traditional newspaper editors, who wrestle with difficult decisions about how much to show their audiences. Unlike newspaper and magazine publishers, however, tech companies like Twitter must enforce their decisions on a huge scale, policing millions of users with a combination of automated systems and human content moderators. Other tech companies like Facebook’s parent, Meta, and YouTube’s parent, Alphabet, have invested in large teams that reduce the spread of violent images on their platforms. Twitter, on the other hand, has scaled back its content moderation since Mr. Musk bought the site late last October, laying off full-time employees and contractors on the trust and safety teams that manage content moderation. Graphic content was never completely banned by Twitter, even before Mr. Musk took over.

☆ How N.R. Narayana Murthy founded Infosys
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow N.R. Narayana Murthy founded InfosysHe's been called the "father of India's IT sector." Narayana Murthy talks to CNBC's Tanvir Gill about the early days when he founded the IT giant, Infosys.

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