Democrats Land in El Salvador, Seeking Release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia
The lawmakers said the Salvadoran government had denied their request to meet with a deported Maryland man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. The visit came after a trip by Senator Chris…
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‘From dictatorship to occupation’: Syrian civilians caught in Israeli advance
RASM AL-RAWADHY, Syria — The Israeli tanks — 15 of them, along with two armored bulldozers — growled as they advanced, their treads churning up the asphalt as they raced into this…
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Amnesty: land restitution to Brazil indigenous communities a positive yet inadequate measure – JURIST
Amnesty International (AI) welcomed on Tuesday Itaipu Binacional’s decision to finance the restitution of indigenous land in Brazil to the Avá Guaraní Paranaense people (“the Avá Guaraní”). These lands were…
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Hamdan Ballal’s ‘No Other Land’ co-directors slam film academy
The filmmakers behind “No Other Land” say the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed this week to publicly step up and support co-director Hamdan Ballal when he “needed…
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What was destroyed — and spared — in Eaton and Pacific Palisades fires
The places that burned, in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, have passed from the “here and now” to the “once were there.” The land, though — the land keeps telling its…
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‘No Other Land’ filmmaker Hamdan Ballal detained by IDF after beating
Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, one of the two Palestinian co-directors behind the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was detained Monday in the occupied West Bank by the Israeli military after he…
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Clio Plants Its Flag In Big Law Land with Acquisition of Enterprise Law Firm Software Provider ShareDo
The motto of law practice management company Clio is to “transform the legal experience for all.” But for many of its 17 years in business, that “all” has focused primarily…
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Applicants are being asked to take personality tests to land a role—an expert says these star qualities will impress hiring managers ‘99% of the time’
Personality tests are becoming popular as the likes of Amazon, Meta and Microsoft hone in on high-performance talent. An expert reveals the few traits that hiring managers are looking for….
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You won’t believe how B2B marketing is shifting – here are 5 ways to land more deals
SERGII IAREMENKO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY When I got this gig, my editor said, “Les, you can write about anything you want. We want you to lean into your experience as a…
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Trump’s call for U.S. takeover of Gaza hits wall of opposition
TEL AVIV — President Trump’s declaration that the United States wants to “take over” the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and permanently resettle Palestinians living there was met Wednesday with a mixture of scorn…
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Scientists race to learn what damage L.A. fires have done to the sea
The Reuben Lasker was about four miles off the coast of Manhattan Beach when ash began to rain upon the sea — first in delicate flurries, then in noxious clouds….
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U.S. Military Planes Carrying Migrants Land in Guatemala
Two military jets landed in Guatemala City on Friday carrying deported migrants from Tucson, Ariz., and El Paso, according to local migration authorities and the American Embassy in Guatemala. Guatemala…
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Indigenous practices mitigated Eaton fire damage, Tongva leaders say
The descendants of the Los Angeles Basin’s first people had not had land of their own for nearly 200 years. Two years ago, a 1-acre property in suburban Altadena dotted…
Read More »Professor Robin Paul Malloy Publishes “Network Capabilities in Land Use and Disability Law” In American University Law Review
E.I. White Chair and Distinguished Professor of Law Robin Paul Malloy’s paper Network Capabilities in Land Use and Disability Law was published in 74 Am. U. L. Rev. 461 (2024)….
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Biden to create 2 California national monuments protecting tribal land
In one of his final acts as head of state, President Biden is set to declare two new national monuments in California honoring tribal lands. The sites are in the…
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RSF urges China to release blogger detained for reporting on forced land seizure scandal – JURIST
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday called on the Chinese government to immediately release Liu Hanbin, a blogger who has been detained for one month following his publication of information…
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He was a huge Korean TV star. Now he’s broke, living in an amusement park
YANGJU, South Korea — In the late 1970s, before he became a television star and a household name in South Korea, Im Chae-moo was working as an extra when he had…
Read More »On Blood-Soaked Ground, a ‘Prayer for the Future’ of a Divided Land
Two weeks after the election, a gathering in Gettysburg commemorated Lincoln’s address, 272 words that have come to epitomize what it means to be presidential. Source link
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Workers turn to van life amid Eastern Sierra housing crunch
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — Emily Markstein, a sinewy rock climber and skier who has spent seven years living and working in the Sierra resort town of Mammoth Lakes, opens a…
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Commentary: When the Mountain fire hit close to home, this community banded together
It was the morning after election day, and the distraction I had hoped to find from the previous night’s upheaval found me first. A brother-in-law texted: There was a fire…
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