Elizabeth Holmes: Theranos founder gets hearing on new trial
Elizabeth Holmes requested a new trial after claiming federal prosecutors presented misleading evidence.
Satyajit Das: The Financial Party Is Coming to an Abrupt End | naked capitalism
Yves here. In the “great minds work alike” category, former derivatives trader Satyajit Das sent the post below, on the high odds of bad outcomes in financial markets the same…
Supreme Court Grapples with Animal Welfare in a Challenge to a California Law Requiring Pork to Be Humanely Raised | naked capitalism
By David Favre, Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law and Co-Founder of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. Republished from The Conversation. Should Californians be able to…
Balancing Extremes
America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, is trying to strike a delicate balance: It has to take steps to slow down the economy to bring inflation under control — but…
Pakistan, Under Water
Christina Goldbaum contributed reporting. The Daily is made by Lisa Tobin, Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan,…
‘We Don’t Want to Relive It’: Jeffrey Dahmer Drama on Netflix Revisits a Painful Past
For years, Eric Wynn was the only Black drag queen at Club 219 in Milwaukee. He performed as Erica Stevens, singing Whitney Houston, Grace Jones and Tina Turner for adoring…
U.S. Aims to Turn Taiwan Into Giant Weapons Depot
WASHINGTON — American officials are intensifying efforts to build a giant stockpile of weapons in Taiwan after studying recent naval and air force exercises by the Chinese military around the…
Opinion | Where Red and Blue Make Green
“We call it legalized corruption,” said Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight. “And it permeates every aspect of federal government.” King & Spalding is hardly unique.…
What Will Happen to a Scofflaw, His Composting Toilet and Two Acres of Land?
David Lee Hoffman knows the way he has chosen to live for nearly 50 years is unconventional, maybe even a little bit crazy and likely against the law. In 1973,…
Talk of ‘Civil War,’ Ignited by Mar-a-Lago Search, Is Flaring Online
A spokesman for Mr. Trump did not respond to requests for comment. Mr. Trump used the term “civil war” in 2019, when he declared in a tweet that “it will…