St. Petersburg’s Nevsky District Court has sentenced animator Oleg Kuvayev, creator of the animated series “Masyanya,” in absentia to four years and one month in a penal colony, Mediazona reported.

A new executive directive announced Thursday by Mayor Karen Bass seeks to boost crisis intervention training for police officers, among other reforms.

"Do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All," the senator said. "What we cannot afford is a broken healthcare system based on greed."

Prosecutors cited Andrew Tate’s own social media posts, in which he bragged about having multiple passports under different names, as evidence he and his brother Tristan are flight risks and should remain in jail.

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A Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians is rippling far beyond immigration courts.

To safely get rid of your detergents, paints, pesticides and bleaches without harming the environment, keep in mind handy rules such as the ‘three Ps’ * Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint * Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com From bleaches, disinfectants and detergents to pest sprays and paints, many kitchen cabinets and laundry shelves are stacked with bottles and tins of household chemicals. Chemicals are ubiquitous in modern life. They are readily available from supermarkets or hardware stores, but can become environmental pollutants if incorrectly stored, used and disposed of. Continue reading...

ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.

The ruling is a conclusive defeat for Schwab’s last-minute campaign to enforce a Republican-backed law that attempted to eliminate the grace period and required mail ballots to arrive on Election Day…

Valery Kustov, chairman of the board and principal shareholder of the Efko group of companies, a Russian vegetable oils and fats producer, was detained in Moscow on suspicion of large-scale fraud,…

Anthropic PBC announced that its artificial intelligence models had breached three different organizations during cybersecurity tests that went awry, a little more than a week after its chief rival, OpenAI, disclosed a similar incident.