DURA, West Bank (Reuters) – A Palestinian shop owner said Israeli troops used him as a human shield to protect themselves during a raid on the town of Dura in the occupied West Bank. Mobile phone footage showed Baha Abu Ras being marched up a street by a soldier who guided him from behind with […]
Jan. 12—A new law expanding victims’ rights in Ohio is being used by a local city and other jurisdictions to indefinitely withhold from the public the identities of police officers who shoot suspects. The city of Kettering won’t release records identifying two police officers who shot and wounded suspects last year. City officials say the […]
(Bloomberg) — Chinese leaders pushed for an unusually speedy resolution for Zhongzhi Enterprise Group Co. after the shadow banking giant collapsed, underscoring the government’s increased focus on containing financial risks as the economy struggles. Most Read from Bloomberg Top officials concluded in October that bankruptcy would be the most effective approach in limiting the impact […]
Santa Fe, N.M. (AP) — Facebook and Instagram fail to protect underage users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and let adults solicit pornographic imagery from them, New Mexico’s attorney general alleges in a lawsuit that follows an undercover online investigation. “Our investigation into Meta’s social media platforms demonstrates that they are not safe […]