Comment on this story Comment Two years ago, Silicon Valley’s biggest technology giants faced criticism from activists and voter suppression experts for not moving sooner to restrict former president Donald Trump’s accounts after his repeated misleading claims disputing the legitimacy of the 2020 election. Now, a coalition of 60 consumer and civil rights groups says...
BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya on Thursday said he will file criminal and civil proceedings against ‘The Wire’, as he accused the news portal of using “forged documents with a view to malign and tarnish” his reputation. The Wire in a series of news reports, now retracted, had alleged that Meta,...
Oregon’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Tina Kotek, appears to be responding to the building momentum for Republican candidate Christine Drazan in their heated race by turning on her own party and launching attack’s on the state’s current Democratic governor, Kate Brown. Kotek’s attacks on Brown, while mild, have come in the final weeks of campaigning as...
ATLANTA — A federal jury on Wednesday returned a guilty verdict on six of seven charges against a suspended Georgia sheriff accused of violating the constitutional rights of people in his custody by unnecessarily strapping them into restraint chairs. Prosecutors said Victor Hill, who was suspended as Clayton County sheriff after his indictment last year,...
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A federal jury has found Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill guilty of violating civil rights of jail detainees. He was found guilty on six of his seven charges, and not guilty on one of those charges. The jury began deliberations Friday afternoon and have continued throughout the week until they reached...
Jordan Klepper previewed his upcoming midterms special, airing next Tuesday on Comedy Central, by looking ahead to America’s next civil war on The Daily Show on Monday night. The Trumpland correspondent, who has covered numerous MAGA rallies over the past several years, explains in the new piece that he has been hearing more and more...
A view of downtown Oxford, N.C., near Main Street. Cornell Watson for NPR hide caption toggle caption Cornell Watson for NPR A view of downtown Oxford, N.C., near Main Street. Cornell Watson for NPR Earlier this year, when I first started throwing around the idea of profiling members of the civil rights generation, I had...
NEW YORK — Kevin Spacey was cleared of sexual misconduct allegations in New York City this week in the first legal battle he’s faced since his acting career derailed in late 2017. The lawyer who convinced a Manhattan jury not to find the 63-year-old liable for a battery claim brought by “Rent” actor Anthony Rapp...
Economy 15 October 2022, 7:00 pm. 1 minute Reuters exclusively revealed that Ethiopia’s state finance minister said on Saturday that delays in restructuring Ethiopia’s debt due to the failings of a new global mechanism for resolving debt problems are “disappointing,” adding that he planned to raise it with the head of the International Monetary Fund....