Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy after $148m defamation verdict
The filing comes days after the longtime Trump associate was ordered to pay the sum in a defamation case.
Vin Diesel: Film star accused of sexual battery by ex-assistant
The Fast & Furious star is accused of forcing himself on a woman and firing her after she resisted.
Watch: Oddest US robberies of 2023 caught on camera
Surveillance cameras across the US captured many strange thefts this year. Why would someone steal a gorilla statue? From one thirsty burglar stealing vodka and orange juice, to another befriending…
Jamal Khashoggi: Wife of murdered journalist wins US political asylum
“After all that she and her family have been through, it is good to see them granted this recognition and the measure of security that will come with it,” Mr…
Man who blackmailed Canadian teen has sentence halved
Aydin Coban faces six years in a Dutch jail after he was found guilty in Canada of sexually blackmailing Amanda Todd.
Alabama judge to rule on allowing execution by nitrogen
The state will look at the alternative execution method amid a spate of botched executions in the US.
Links 12/21/2023 | naked capitalism
Euclid’s first images: the dazzling edge of darkness European Space Agency. Image: What You Need to Know About Winter Solstice 2023 Time The coming dystopia will be a robust public-private…
Definition of Madness: Peru and Ecuador Ask Washington to Come Up With a “Plan Colombia” 2.0 to Combat Drug Cartels | naked capitalism
Even the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has admitted that Plan Colombia was a resounding failure from a counter-narcotics perspective (albeit not from a “counter-insurgency” one). This is…
The Rebirth of Local Journalism
Many of this country’s biggest problems are devilishly hard to solve. The decline of local news may be different. That decline is certainly a problem. Hundreds of newspapers have closed…
Prague Searches for Motive in Its Worst Mass Shooting Since World War II Era
Investigators on Friday were working to establish a motive for a deadly gun rampage in the center of Prague a day earlier, the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting since the…