A privately funded inquiry led by independent Member of Parliament Rupert Lowe has reignited debate over how British institutions — including police forces, local councils, and successive governments — responded to organised child sexual exploitation, commonly referred to as the “grooming gangs” scandal. The 219-page document, titled The Rape Gang Inquiry Report, was released on...
Eleven days after California’s June 2 primary, election officials in the nation’s most populous state were still counting ballots. The slow pace drew national attention, a federal review of ballot counting in Los Angeles County, and renewed political attacks on how the state runs its elections. The episode revived a recurring question: is California’s lengthy...
A Collin County, Texas, jury convicted 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony of first-degree murder on June 9, 2026, in the 2025 stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, then sentenced him the following day to 35 years in prison. The verdict closed a trial that had drawn national attention for more than a year, much of it focused...
A high-volume immigration law firm that built a national following on the promise of “legal miracles” has shut down, leaving questions over the immigration cases of tens of thousands of clients. Luz Legal — formerly known as Alexandra Lozano Immigration Law — announced its permanent closure in June 2026, weeks after its founder surrendered her...
The American Diabetes Association (ADA), one of the largest diabetes-focused nonprofits in the United States, reported $157 million in revenue and $134 million in expenses for its 2024 fiscal year. As the publisher of the annual Standards of Care in Diabetes—the reference document most U.S. clinicians consult to treat the disease—the organization holds significant influence...
A new Stanford-led study has found that when many employers rely on a single artificial-intelligence vendor to screen job applicants, the same candidates can be rejected at company after company — not because each employer reached an independent decision, but because one shared algorithm reached the decision for all of them. The research, titled “Algorithmic...
When grocery prices surged across the United States during 2021 and 2022, most consumers blamed inflation. Rising fuel costs, supply-chain disruptions, labor shortages, and broader economic pressures appeared to offer a straightforward explanation for higher food bills. A newly settled antitrust case involving Agri Stats, Inc., however, has renewed a more complex debate among economists...
Introduction Hiring of newly minted Master of Business Administration graduates has softened for a third consecutive year, with placement rates at several of the most selective U.S. programs falling to their lowest levels in more than a decade. The shift has reopened a long-running debate over the value of the degree at a time when...
Picture a trench somewhere along the eastern front in Ukraine. It’s dark, it’s cold, and the soldiers in it have done everything right dug in deep, parked under tree cover, stayed quiet. For most of military history, that would have been enough to stay hidden for a night. Then a faint buzzing drifts in overhead,...
New Housing Proposal Would Bring Back Controversial Property Transfer Tool New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s newly announced housing strategy is reigniting debate over one of the city’s most controversial affordable housing enforcement tools. Unveiled on May 26, the administration’s “Block by Block” housing initiative includes a program known as “Fix the City,” an enforcement...