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Chinese researchers claim to have introduced a new code-breaking algorithm that, if successful, could render mainstream encryption powerless within years rather than decades. The team,…
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Boston Marathon bomber is appealing his death sentence again
January 11, 2023
It’s nice to see that Ben Affleck is finally getting paid for all the publicity he gives Dunkin’. Before you head out in search of…
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Tribes, Religious Orgs. Ask 9th Circ. To Halt Ariz. Mine Project
January 11, 2023
Native American organizations, religious minority groups and legal scholars on Monday urged the Ninth Circuit to temporarily block a federal land swap that would enable…
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Researcher Aviv Ovadya views social media algorithms as fueling extremism around the world, and he has an idea to fix that — not by getting…
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How the Biden administration can slow the GOP’s dangerous schemes
January 10, 2023
The rules package that House Republicans passed Monday night provides an indication of just how much damage House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has wrought in…
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As Twitter slashes staff and pares back moderation under Elon Musk, it may soon run into a problem it can’t ignore: its potential liability for…
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What the January 6th Report Is Missing
January 9, 2023
An article by Jill Lepore: The Government Publishing Office’s eight-hundred-and-forty-five-page report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States…
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What Went Unsaid in the Chief Justice’s Report on the Judiciary
January 9, 2023
An op-ed co-written by Nancy Gertner: John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, recently filed his 2022 “year-end report on the federal judiciary.”…
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For the second time in three years, Steve Bannon has been linked to an incident of right-wing supporters of a president storming a congressional building…
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In December 2021, Winifer Pena Ruiz got a new job at a Chipotle in the Bronx. She was an aspiring student, and she hoped the…
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An armed militia fires at will to shut down a TV news network in Washington. A Confederate flag hangs behind the statue in the Lincoln…
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The Conservative Who Wants to Bring Down the Supreme Court
January 6, 2023
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: On the day that the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, the lawyer Jonathan Mitchell was at the National…
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U.S. lawmakers in the next Congress, opening Jan. 3, are expected to sustain efforts to ease the construction of new electric transmission lines even after…
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Boston’s City Worker Vaccine Mandate Tests Power of Unions
January 6, 2023
The power of unions to bargain over workplace health measures is at stake as the Massachusetts high court decides whether to allow a Covid-19 vaccine…
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Majority of disabled people never go home after disasters
January 6, 2023
Advocates have been trying for years to draw attention to the harsh conditions that people with disabilities face after natural disasters. Now federal data shows…
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If you didn’t look at the case captions, you’d think that Wahlburgers and SmileDirectClub had been socked this week with consumer fraud class actions. Wahlburgers…
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There’s another side to the story on judge stats
January 5, 2023
An article by Nancy Gertner: The Nov. 28 issue of Lawyers Weekly reported on a U.S. District Court judge who had considerably more motions pending…
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Grace Norris was hopeful when she logged into her first virtual bargaining session with Starbucks on the morning of October 24. A few months after…
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The treaties that make the world safer are struggling
January 5, 2023
There was a stretch in December’s late-stage negotiations that seemed pretty bleak. Russia was mad, mostly that no one would entertain its made-up claims of…
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As another winter storm strains the electric grid, it’s time to fix transmission, experts say
January 5, 2023
The deadly winter storm, christened Elliott by The Weather Channel, that tore through much of the United States over the Christmas weekend placed a huge…
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The last time a House speaker vote went to multiple ballots? It was 100 years ago, for a Mass. Republican.
January 4, 2023
While all eyes in Washington, D.C., were on Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy’s work Tuesday to shore up support in his bid to be elected House…