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Tony Buzbee, lawyer for Diddy's 'victims' is accused of shaking down celebrities as his embarrassing drunk driving mugshot re-emerges

The prominent Texas-based attorney taking on Sean Diddy Combs, and now Jay-Z, in lawsuits alleging sexual abuse, has a dark past of his own, DailyMail.com has learned. Tony Buzbee, who is representing over 100 people with sexual misconduct allegations against Combs, has also recently found himself at war with Jay-Z after dragging the hip-hop mogul into an anonymous complaint accusing …

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Destacado abogado de derechos humanos abandona Corte Penal Internacional por no procesar a Venezuela

Associated Press

MIAMI — Un destacado abogado de derechos humanos ha abandonado discretamente de la Corte Penal Internacional para protestar por lo que considera un fracaso injustificado de su fiscal para acusar a miembros del gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro por crímenes de lesa humanidad, según ha sabido The Associated Press. Muchos en la oposición venezolana se han quejado de que la …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Prominent human rights attorney quits international court over failure to prosecute Venezuela

Associated Press

MIAMI — A prominent human rights attorney has quietly parted ways with the International Criminal Court to protest what he sees as an unjustified failure of its chief prosecutor to indict members of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ’s government for crimes against humanity, The Associated Press has learned. In a harshly worded email last month to Khan, Grossman said his …

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Synagogue attack investigated as terrorism

ABC

Samantha Donovan: Law enforcement authorities have confirmed they're investigating an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue last Friday as a terrorist incident. Sarah Maunder: AFP Deputy Commissioner for National Security Krissy Barrett has confirmed last Friday's arson attack on the synagogue will be investigated as a terrorist incident. Sarah Maunder: Before dawn on Friday morning, a small number of worshippers …

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2 weeks ago

Synagogue attack was 'likely' terrorism

ABC

Samantha Donovan: Hello, welcome to PM. Sarah Maunder: AFP Deputy Commissioner for National Security Krissy Barrett has confirmed last Friday's arson attack on the synagogue will be investigated as a terrorist incident. Marika Sosnowski: Sure, so obviously Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is one of the major groups involved here and its leader Abu Mohammed Al-Golani who's now actually going by his …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

"I am scared every day": Experts say GOP men targeting no-fault divorce to keep women "trapped"

Salon

Raquell Barton was knee-deep in her doctorate program at the University of Memphis when her husband dropped a bomb on her: he wanted a divorce. Conservative political commentator Matt Walsh has dubbed the divorce system "unjust" and advocated for an end to no-fault grounds, while YouTuber Tim Pool titled a 2022 clip of a podcast segment discussing the topic, "No-Fault …

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3 months ago

Lisa Nandy snubs Tory appointee Lady Archer for London Royal Parks role

The Independent

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris could be the next president. What does that mean for Garcetti?

LA Times

Eric Garcetti, left, with his daughter Maya Garcetti, reacts after being sworn in as Ambassador to India by Vice President Kamala Harris in 2023. Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s deep loyalty to President Biden earned him a posting to India. A White House official said the vice president considers Garcetti “a colleague and a friend.” “From standing together in …

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4 months ago

India's Modi visits Ukraine this week, after a recent trip to Moscow. Here's what it could mean

The Independent

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4 months ago

India’s Modi visits Ukraine this week, after a recent trip to Moscow. Here’s what it could mean

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a historic visit Friday to Ukraine, a month and a half after he traveled to Moscow to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin. But analysts say the visit could also be an attempt to have India strike a more neutral stance after …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Book Review: The Knights of Camelot search for a new king in Lev Grossman’s ‘The Bright Sword’

Associated Press

A rudderless nation, lost in uncertainty, searches for its next commander in chief. Such is the uneasy world of Arthurian England in “The Bright Sword,” the new novel by Lev Grossman. The tale begins with Collum, a poor orphan who escapes an abusive home and flees to Camelot with nothing but a stolen suit of armor and the dream of …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

How Beverly Hills became an unlikely battleground for the future of abortion rights

LA Times

Emma Craig was outside the Beverly Hills Medical Center on Wilshire Boulevard, spoiling for a fight. “The decision to rescind DuPont Clinic’s lease was not made by the City of Beverly Hills,” public information manager Lauren Santillana wrote in a statement in response to DuPont’s lawsuit against the city. “My experience with patients who needed late-term abortion were nightmares, absolute …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

California socialite Rebecca Grossman is seen in first mug shot from prison where she's locked up with other famous female killers

Daily Mail

Convicted murderer Rebecca Grossman’s mugshot has been revealed after the former socialite started her sentence in the largest women's prison in the world. Grossman was transferred on June 20 from the Twin Towers Jail facility in Downtown Los Angeles to the women's state prison in Chowchilla, Calif. - about four hours north from her posh Hidden Hills estate. Rebecca Grossman …

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6 months ago

Why Brett Kavanaugh Shot Down a Fake Case That Would Have Blown Up the Tax Code

Slate

On Thursday, the Supreme Court passed up an opportunity to implode the United State tax code on the basis of bogus facts. Grossman and Rivkin therefore claimed that the tax violated the 16th Amendment, which authorized federal “taxes on income, from whatever source derived.” They insisted that the amendment is implicitly limited to “realized” income, meaning money that’s been paid …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Dead boys’ mother feels a ‘stab in the heart’ after Rebecca Grossman avoids toughest sentence

LA Times

Karim Iskander, right, and wife Nancy Iskander, center, arrive for Rebecca Grossman’s sentencing on Monday in Van Nuys. “My pain is nothing compared to your pain — not even a fraction.” On Monday, Iskander spoke ahead of Grossman’s sentencing of the evening she rushed to the hospital after the crash. “She looked me in the eye,” Iskander said, her voice …

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6 months, 1 week ago

California socialite sentenced to 15 years to life for 2020 hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Southern California socialite …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Rebecca Grossman gets 15 years to life for murder of boys killed in crosswalk

LA Times

A judge on Monday sentenced Rebecca Grossman to 15 years to life in prison for the murders of two brothers she struck while speeding through a Westlake Village crosswalk four years ago, saying her actions were “reckless and unquestionably negligent.” After hearing Nancy Iskander, the mother of 11-year-old Mark Iskander and 8-year-old Jacob Iskander, angrily ask for the sentence to …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Rebecca Grossman is a narcissist who deserves life in prison for boys’ murders, prosecutors say

LA Times

Rebecca Grossman, second from left, walks into court with her husband, Dr. Peter Grossman, left, and daughter, Alexis, in February. Instead of taking a “modicum of responsibility,” the wife of Grossman Burn Centers head Dr. Peter Grossman has blamed others, including the victims — wrongly claiming the boys were out of the crosswalk — their mother for walking with them …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

No new trial for Rebecca Grossman. Judge cites booze, speed, warning in upholding murder conviction

LA Times

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Monday rejected Rebecca Grossman’s bid to overturn her murder convictions in the killing of two young brothers in a Westlake Village crosswalk, saying the facts and circumstances presented at trial justified the verdict. Judge Joseph Brandolino upheld the decision in the September 2020 murders of Mark and Jacob Iskander, saying the evidence …

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7 months ago

Judge finds potential conflict with lawyer representing Rebecca Grossman and prosecutor, but resolves issue with waiver

LA Times

Months after Rebecca Grossman was convicted of murdering two boys in a Westlake Village crosswalk, a judge found there was a potential conflict of interest because she and the assistant district attorney who once oversaw the case shared the same criminal lawyer. To address the situation, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Brandolino said he was asking Grossman, out of …

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7 months, 1 week ago

California’s budget deficit has grown. Here’s how Gov. Newsom is responding

LA Times

Gavin Newsom unveils his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento on May 10, 2024. Gavin Newsom released his revised $288-billion budget proposal last week, which included a bleak update on the state’s deficit: It has grown from earlier projections. The cuts hamper Newsom’s progressive policy agenda, The Times’ Taryn Luna, Mackenzie Mays and Anabel Sosa reported, …

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7 months, 1 week ago

D.A. removes Rebecca Grossman’s prosecutors, outraging parents of murdered boys

LA Times

Nancy Iskander and her husband, Karim, leave the Van Nuys courthouse in April 2022 during a preliminary hearing in the murder trial of Rebecca Grossman. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has taken the highly unusual step of removing the prosecutors who convicted Rebecca Grossman of double murder, outraging the parents of the two young boys she killed in …

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8 months ago

Report urges fixes to online child exploitation CyberTipline before AI makes it worse

Associated Press

A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation has not lived up to its potential and needs technological and other improvements to help law enforcement go after abusers and rescue victims, a new report from the Stanford Internet Observatory has found. “Almost certainly in the years to come, the CyberTipline will just be flooded with highly …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Colorado politics reporter’s expulsion from a Republican gathering causes uproar

Associated Press

DENVER — Politicians and news outlets in Colorado expressed anger over the expulsion from a Republican gathering this weekend of an experienced politics reporter who was told that the state party chairman “believes current reporting to be very unfair.” Journalists and prominent politicians, including the former chair of the Colorado Republican Party, came to the defense of Colorado Sun reporter …

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Tony Buzbee, lawyer for Diddy's 'victims' is accused of shaking down celebrities as his embarrassing drunk driving mugshot re-emerges

Destacado abogado de derechos humanos abandona Corte Penal Internacional por no procesar a Venezuela

Prominent human rights attorney quits international court over failure to prosecute Venezuela

Synagogue attack investigated as terrorism

Synagogue attack was 'likely' terrorism

"I am scared every day": Experts say GOP men targeting no-fault divorce to keep women "trapped"

Lisa Nandy snubs Tory appointee Lady Archer for London Royal Parks role

Harris could be the next president. What does that mean for Garcetti?

India's Modi visits Ukraine this week, after a recent trip to Moscow. Here's what it could mean

India’s Modi visits Ukraine this week, after a recent trip to Moscow. Here’s what it could mean

Book Review: The Knights of Camelot search for a new king in Lev Grossman’s ‘The Bright Sword’

How Beverly Hills became an unlikely battleground for the future of abortion rights

California socialite Rebecca Grossman is seen in first mug shot from prison where she's locked up with other famous female killers

Why Brett Kavanaugh Shot Down a Fake Case That Would Have Blown Up the Tax Code

Dead boys’ mother feels a ‘stab in the heart’ after Rebecca Grossman avoids toughest sentence

California socialite sentenced to 15 years to life for 2020 hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers

Rebecca Grossman gets 15 years to life for murder of boys killed in crosswalk

Rebecca Grossman is a narcissist who deserves life in prison for boys’ murders, prosecutors say

No new trial for Rebecca Grossman. Judge cites booze, speed, warning in upholding murder conviction

Judge finds potential conflict with lawyer representing Rebecca Grossman and prosecutor, but resolves issue with waiver

California’s budget deficit has grown. Here’s how Gov. Newsom is responding

D.A. removes Rebecca Grossman’s prosecutors, outraging parents of murdered boys

Report urges fixes to online child exploitation CyberTipline before AI makes it worse

Colorado politics reporter’s expulsion from a Republican gathering causes uproar