Friday, October 18

Tag: Law enforcement

Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Missing From Prison
12Dec By adminNo Comments
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Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Missing From Prison

Alexei Navalny, Russia’s leading opposition figure, is missing from the penal colony where he has been imprisoned and his whereabouts are unknown, his spokeswoman and other allies said, prompting concern in Washington about his condition. Navalny, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, hasn’t been heard from for nearly a week, his team said on X. In recent weeks he had become ill and was put on an IV by prison staff. The team said that when his lawyers asked on Monday about his whereabouts in two penal colonies in the Vladimir region, east of Moscow, where he had been recently held, they were told he wasn’t at either one.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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The Hamas Leader Who Studied Israel’s Psyche—and Is Betting His Life on What He Learned
10Dec By adminNo Comments
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The Hamas Leader Who Studied Israel’s Psyche—and Is Betting His Life on What He Learned

Dec. 10, 2023 12:01 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)When Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was imprisoned in Israel more than a decade ago, he explained to an Israeli official a theory now central to the war in Gaza. Sinwar said that what Israel considers its strength—that most Israelis serve in the army and soldiers hold a special status in society—is a weakness that can be exploited, said Yuval Bitton, who spent time with Sinwar as the former head of the Israel Prison Service’s intelligence division.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Man featured in hit podcast ‘S-Town’ shot and killed by police during standoff, authorities say
5Dec By adminNo Comments
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Man featured in hit podcast ‘S-Town’ shot and killed by police during standoff, authorities say

WOODSTOCK, Ala. -- A man featured in the hit podcast “S-Town" that chronicled events in a rural Alabama community was shot and killed by police during a weekend standoff in the town, authorities said Monday. Joseph Tyler Goodson, 32, of Woodstock, was shot and killed by officers after he barricaded himself inside a home and “brandished a gun" at officers early Sunday, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said.The agency's statement said the Woodstock Police Department had initially responded to a “call for service” early Sunday and the standoff ensued. Multiple law enforcement agencies converged on the home. The statement said Goodson was shot by officers during the confrontation and was subsequently pronounced dead.The state agency did not describe what led to the initial call to the home....
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Venezuela Breaks Another Promise – WSJ
4Dec By adminNo Comments
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Venezuela Breaks Another Promise – WSJ

Well, that was predictable. On Nov. 30 the Maduro regime in Venezuela ignored the U.S. deadline to lay out a process to reinstate opposition candidates for a 2024 presidential election. Will the Biden Administration take it lying down? In return for that Maduro promise, made Oct. 17 with the democratic opposition, the Biden Administration eased sanctions for six months on the export of Venezuelan oil and new investment in the country. The U.S. also lifted bans on dealing with the government-owned mining company and on trading some Venezuelan securities. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing
1Dec By adminNo Comments
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For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing

When Sam Schultz was sexually assaulted, it felt like a part of them died.It took eight years and the burgeoning #MeToo movement to spur them to go public and make a police report, and an additional five years for their attackers to plead guilty.Now, as much as Schultz hopes there’s a reckoning coming in gay and queer communities, too, it feels like they are the one shouldering the blame, not the attackers: for coming forward, for harming the men’s reputations.Instead of being able to focus on recovery, Schultz has been saddled with worries from other gay men that talking about sexual abuse in their community will hurt the fight for LBGTQ+ rights.The pain of the assault and ensuing public attention and court proceedings have taken a huge toll.“It is an exhausting and horrifying journey th...
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Hamas Releases 16 Hostages as Negotiators Push to Extend Truce
30Nov By adminNo Comments
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Hamas Releases 16 Hostages as Negotiators Push to Extend Truce

Updated Nov. 29, 2023 7:32 pm ETListen to article(2 minutes)Israel said Hamas released 16 hostages in the final hours of a truce that negotiators are trying to extend in hopes of securing the freedom of the remaining women and children still being held by militants in Gaza.Ten Israelis, including one who is also a U.S. citizen, were released as part of the soon-to expire deal. Four Thai nationals and two Israeli-Russian citizens were also released, but they aren’t considered to be covered by the existing deal. In exchange, 30 Palestinians who had been imprisoned were freed under the truce deal, the Israeli prison service said.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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The Law That Brought to Light a Flurry of Sexual-Assault Allegations
29Nov By adminNo Comments
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The Law That Brought to Light a Flurry of Sexual-Assault Allegations

A window expired Nov. 24 to file sexual-assault claims under New York’s Adult Survivors Act no matter how long ago the conduct occurred, prompting a flurry of court filings at the deadline. The filings led to headlines about allegations against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, rapper Sean Combs and others.Here’s what you need to know:Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Negotiators Press for Longer Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire
28Nov By adminNo Comments
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Negotiators Press for Longer Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire

Updated Nov. 28, 2023 7:01 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)DOHA, Qatar—The chief brokers of the Israel-Hamas hostage-prisoner exchange are pushing the two sides to prolong the cease-fire in Gaza through the end of the week and start talks on a permanent truce that would end the war altogether, said Egyptian and Qatari officials.A long-term cease-fire would likely require Israel and Hamas to make hard-to-swallow concessions, such as trading Israeli soldiers for potentially thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, the officials said. And it would require Israel to hold back on an offensive in southern Gaza intended to capture the strip and kill Hamas’s top leadership, the officials said. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c...
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Hamas Set to Free Third Group of Hostages as Negotiators Work to Extend Truce With Israel
26Nov By adminNo Comments
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Hamas Set to Free Third Group of Hostages as Negotiators Work to Extend Truce With Israel

Listen to article(2 minutes)The Israeli government said it received the list of names for a third batch of hostages held in Gaza who are set to be released on Sunday amid negotiations over a possible extension to the initial, four-day truce deal between Israel and Hamas.The truce in Gaza appeared to be largely holding for a third day on Sunday. Later in the day, Hamas is expected to free 13 hostages including two U.S. citizens, according to Egyptian officials.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Ex-Officer Derek Chauvin Expected to Survive Prison Assault
25Nov By adminNo Comments
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Ex-Officer Derek Chauvin Expected to Survive Prison Assault

Nov. 25, 2023 12:31 pm ETDerek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, is expected to survive after he was assaulted at a federal prison in Arizona, according to law-enforcement officials. He was attacked with a knife, but his injuries weren’t life-threatening, one of the officials said. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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