The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Kalshi is likely violating federal law by allowing users to wager on sporting events from tribal land. The court held that two federally recognized California tribes, the Blue Lake Rancheria and Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, were likely to succeed on claims [...]
A US federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to move forward for now with changes to a federal homelessness program, temporarily pausing a lower court ruling that had set aside the new funding plan. The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit granted the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) [...]
The UN Fact-Finding Mission in Venezuela stated on Wednesday that despite some limited improvements in the human rights situation in Venezuela, institutions involved in human rights violations and repression remained intact. Sofia Macher, Chair of the UN mission said : “The reduction in some of the harshest forms of repression is notable, but it does [...]
The UN Group of Independent Experts on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus on Tuesday presented a report detailing the weaponization of the nation’s criminal justice system against government dissenters. The experts found violations of several international human rights treaties, including the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [...]
Judge Christopher Cooper ruled on Tuesday that the Kennedy Center’s Board of Trustees cannot install memorials for President Donald J. Trump, or anyone else who is not former President John F. Kennedy, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts without Congress’s approval. This ruling followed a request from Joyce Beatty, an Ohio [...]
The global food supply is under threat from laws that criminalize the sale and exchange of peasant seed varieties, a group of UN experts said Wednesday. In their latest report to the Human Rights Council, the UN Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas indicated that almost all [...]
The family of a San Antonio woman who died after allegedly being denied an abortion despite life-threatening pregnancy complications filed suit Tuesday in the District Court of Bexar County, Texas, challenging the state’s abortion bans as unconstitutional and accusing state officials and her health care providers of violating federal law. Tierra Walker was 37 years [...]
Amnesty International named 87 Iranian security and interior ministry officials Wednesday who it says should face criminal investigation for crimes against humanity committed during the 2022 crackdown on the Woman Life Freedom protests, and urged the UN Security Council to refer Iran’s situation to the International Criminal Court (ICC) The 1,161-page report, titled “Architects of Atrocities,” documents [...]
The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Monday called on all parties to immediately cease hostilities and comply with international humanitarian law following reported US airstrikes that killed and injured civilians in southern Iran. The Mission said that two strikes in Hormozgan province raise serious questions about whether the United States took all necessary [...]
An Iranian court says that crude removed from the Advantage Sweet has been sold for $36 million to $37 million. The proceeds, held by Iran’s judiciary, are intended to satisfy a damages judgment for 771 Iranians with epidermolysis bullosa (EB) over sanctions-related barriers to medical supplies. The vessel was released in 2024. For purposes of [...]
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