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‘Keffe D’ told detectives years ago his nephew fired the shots that killed Tupac

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

The former gang leader was charged with planning the drive-by shooting that killed Tupac Shakur in 1996Jurors on Thursday heard Duane “Keffe D” Davis tell detectives in 2008 that his nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur.Davis, who said in the interview that he was also in the car with Anderson, is accused of orchestrating the 1996 killing of the 25-year-old ...

California oil pipeline can continue to operate, judge rules

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

State sought to stop system off coast of Santa Barbara from resuming operations after Trump ordered its reopening An oil pipeline can continue to operate off the California coast after a judge gave it the green light this week, despite the opposition of state regulators and environmental groups.The system off the coast of Santa Barbara resumed operations earlier this year for the first time in mor...

Michael Cohen, ex-fixer for Trump who once testified against him, hosts president on his radio show – US politics live

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Despite previously comparing him to a ‘mobster’, Trump’s former personal lawyer showers him with praiseTrump administration faces questions over top aide Natalie Harp’s security clearanceSign up for the US Breaking News emailAn FBI team seized electronic devices from former US representative Eric Swalwell at the San Francisco airport on Saturday, then raided his home in Washington, DC, the next da...

Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan allowed brief hospital visit after uproar over health

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Supreme court ordered transfer of ex-leader whose health is reportedly deteriorating, but he was returned to prison several hours later Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was briefly taken to a hospital in the country’s capital on supreme court orders after weeks of uproar about his deteriorating health.Khan, 73, was transferred to the hospital in the early hours of Friday, but th...

Jailed ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan in hospital after uproar over health

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Supreme court ordered transfer of ex-leader whose health is reportedly deteriorating and following public protestsPakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has been taken to a hospital in the country’s capital on supreme court orders after weeks of uproar about his deteriorating health.A spokesperson for Khan’s party, Zulfikar Bukhari, said: “Imran Khan has been shifted from Adiala jail ...

Democrat Aisha Wahab wins California special election to fill Eric Swalwell’s US House seat

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Progressive wins bitter fight for seat formerly held by congressman who quit amid sexual misconduct claimsProgressive Aisha Wahab was elected to Congress in a special election on Tuesday following a bitter intra-party battle over the seat formerly held by Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April after facing sexual misconduct allegations. Swalwell has denied the allegations.Wahab, a state senator, was...

Australia news live: Israel ambassador insists IDF strike that killed Zomi Frankcom a ‘reasonable mistake’; body of hiker Lily Hooper recovered from bush

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Hillel Newman says killing ‘unintentional’ and Israel is a ‘robust’ democracy. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMissing bushwalker Lily Hooper’s body recovered overnightThe body of missing bushwalker Lily Hooper has been recovered from NSW Southern Highlands overnight, NSW police confirmed. Continue reading...

Fashion tech founder sentenced to prison for $300m fraud scheme

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Christine Hunsicker, former CEO of CaaStle, gave investors falsified documents that overstated profit and cash reservesA fashion tech founder was sentenced to five years in federal prison for her involvement in a $300m “fraud scheme” spanning from 2019 to 2025, the Manhattan US attorney’s office announced on Thursday. Christine Hunsicker, 49, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release...

More than 16 killed as Kyiv comes under intense Russian bombardment

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Missile and drone attack one of heaviest since war began, with children’s hospital and residential areas hitA heavy Russian missile and drone bombardment has killed at least 16 people in and around Kyiv in one of the most intense aerial attacks on Ukraine’s capital since the start of the war.Vitali Klitschko, the city’s mayor, said homes, a school and a children’s medical centre were among the bui...

Jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan taken to hospital

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Move may signal attempt to improve relations between military-backed government and ex-leader’s partyThe jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been ⁠transferred to a hospital in Islamabad for medical examination, fulfilling a longstanding demand by supporters who ⁠say his health has deteriorated during more than three years in prison.The move ​followed a supreme court order ‌this w...

Website behind widely shared fake election polls run by 21-year-old

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Exclusive: Rahil Prakash tells the Guardian: ‘I wanted to see if fake polls could penetrate the ecosystem that easily’A 21-year-old recent college graduate was behind an anonymous website that put out widely shared fake election polling in Wisconsin, Nevada and California, the Guardian can reveal.The website, Median Strategies, abruptly shut down and withdrew its polling earlier this week followin...

Melania Trump appears to nod to questions about absence: ‘I heard you missed me. Here I am’ – US politics live

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

First lady appears at Rose Garden event; White House faces scrutiny over top Trump aide Natalie HarpTrump administration faces questions over top aide Natalie Harp’s security clearanceSign up for the US Breaking News emailAn FBI team seized electronic devices from former US representative Eric Swalwell at the San Francisco airport on Saturday, then raided his home in Washington, DC, the next day, ...

Man suffered brain injury and severe bruising after ICE arrest in Virginia, records show

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

José Mejía Hernandez, 45, who was hospitalized for his injuries, was then transferred to an ICE office and fitted with an ankle monitorA man in Virginia was hospitalized with a brain injury and severe bruising all over his face after he was arrested by US immigration agents, according to his lawyers, who shared photos and medical records with the Guardian.José Mejía Hernandez, 45, was walking to a...

US places sanctions on 10 people over alleged Hezbollah cash-smuggling ring

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Courier network carried millions of dollars in cash to Lebanon on commercial flights, treasury department saysThe US treasury department announced sanctions on Thursday against 10 people it says formed a courier network that smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars to Hezbollah by carrying cash onboard commercial flights between Iran, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon.The office of fore...

Australia news live: PM says he shouldn’t have gone on Bush Deep podcast; home sales to overseas buyers plunge

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Albanese said now-infamous interview, dubbed ‘melon-gate’, taught him he needs ‘to do better every day’. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has said he should not have appeared on a podcast where he engaged in a joke about the Japanese prime minister’s gift to him of melons.During an appearance on the comedy podcast Bush Deep last m...

Melania Trump makes first appearance in weeks: ‘I heard you missed me. Here I am’ – US politics live

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

First lady appears at Rose Garden event; White House faces scrutiny over top Trump aide Natalie HarpTrump administration faces questions over top aide Natalie Harp’s security clearanceSign up for the US Breaking News emailAn FBI team seized electronic devices from former US representative Eric Swalwell at the San Francisco airport on Saturday, then raided his home in Washington, DC, the next day, ...

Trump administration faces questions over top aide Natalie Harp’s security clearance

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Ex-White House ethics tsar calls it ‘shocking’ that executive assistant to US president didn’t have clearance for a yearUS politics live – latest updatesThe White House faced fresh questions on Thursday over whether Donald Trump’s closest aide, Natalie Harp, had access to US government secrets without security clearance.Harp, who is executive assistant to the US president, worked at the White Hous...

Woman charged with planning IS-inspired attack on New York state capitol building

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Jessica ​Bowie, 35, of Albany, allegedly planned to deploy explosive before fleeing ⁠to IS-controlled territory in SyriaUS authorities arrested and charged a New York woman with ⁠planning to carry out an Islamic State-inspired attack on the state’s capitol building in Albany, the justice ⁠department said on ⁠Thursday.Jessica ​Bowie, 35, of Albany, was charged with planning to deploy an explosive d...

Controversial California oil pipeline can continue to operate, judge rules

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

State sought to stop system off coast of Santa Barbara from resuming operations after Trump ordered its reopening A controversial oil pipeline can continue to operate off the California coast after a judge gave it the greenlight this week, despite the opposition of state regulators and environmental groups.The system off the coast of Santa Barbara resumed operations earlier this year for the first...

Lindsay Clancy murder trial draws some 300 US supporters, many of them women: ‘nobody takes us seriously’

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

The attorney for Clancy, who strangled her three children, says she suffered from postpartum psychosisHundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters, many wearing pink clothing emblazoned with phrases such as “Believe”, “She Needed Help” and “Peace For Lindsay”, gathered on Thursday outside the courthouse where she is on trial in the killings of her three children.Several of the 300 women, and a few men, s...

ICE detains captain of New York boat that capsized and led to death of mother and daughter

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

DHS says Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana is in US illegally after lying to border patrol when he entered in 2007The captain of a boat that capsized in the New York harbor, resulting in the death of a woman and her infant daughter, has been taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with the federal agency saying it intends to deport him.The deadly incident unfolded near the St...

Leaders attack ‘demotivating’ plan to make pupils who fail GCSEs retake maths and English

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Government announce plan for ‘stepping stone’ qualification as 620,000 year 11 students face retaking maths or English after failure to achieve grade 4The government’s plans to make young people continue studying maths and English if they fail GCSEs could be demotivating and ineffective, according to education experts and school leaders after retake pass rates slumped this year.Only one in seven s...

Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by his university

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Researcher Nathan Cofnas previously claimed Black people would hold few high-profile positions in a meritocracyNathan Cofnas, the academic who made plagiarism allegations against Prof Jason Arday before his death, has been suspended by a university.Arday, 41, resigned from his role at the University of Cambridge this month after Cofnas accused him of plagiarism. The allegations, which were not pro...

FBI raids Eric Swalwell’s home amid sexual assault claims inquiry – report

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Federal agents also ‘seized electronic devices’ from former Democratic representative at San Francisco airportAuthorities are said to have searched the Washington DC home of disgraced former California Democratic representative Eric Swalwell on Sunday amid an ongoing law enforcement investigation into sexual assault allegations.CNN reported that federal agents on Saturday “seized electronic device...

US aircraft carrier arrives in Middle East to relieve troubled USS Lincoln

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

USS George Washington will replace warship families say suffers from shortages, plumbing problems and low moraleThe USS George Washington aircraft carrier has arrived in the Middle East, where it is expected to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln from its record deployment amid concerns about poor living conditions and morale.US Central Command announced on Thursday that the Washington arrived in the ...