The US government recently stripped thousands of international students of their legal status—not through courtroom deliberation or immigration hearings, but by relying on a spreadsheet. Behind closed doors, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fed names from the FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database into an administrative loop…
A federal jury in Manhattan has once again ruled that the New York Times is not responsible for defaming Sarah Palin in a 2017 editorial. It is the second straight courtroom defeat for the former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate. Palin, 61, had sued the newspaper and its then-editorial page editor, James Bennet, for an…
A jury of seven women and five men has been picked for Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo rape retrial, a more female panel than the five women and seven men who convicted the onetime Hollywood honcho at his first trial five years ago. Opening statements aren’t expected until Wednesday, as prosecutors and defence lawyers still need time…
The government has raised the price cap on natural gas from legacy fields, resulting in a 4% increase in effective prices from April 1. This change affects state-run ONGC and Oil India Ltd., with notable implications for city gas operators and consuming industries, although government subsidies will protect fertilizer units. NEW DELHI: The price of…
A North Dakota jury on Wednesday awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to the Texas-based pipeline company Energy Transfer, which had sued Greenpeace over its role in protests nearly a decade ago against its Dakota Access Pipeline. The verdict was a major blow to the storied environmental organization. Greenpeace had maintained that it…
A jury in California on Friday awarded $50 million in damages to a Los Angeles delivery driver who was badly burned by a cup of hot tea that spilled into his lap in a Starbucks drive-through in 2020, court records show. The driver, Michael Garcia, 30, received multiple skin grafts and underwent other medical treatments…
LOS ANGELES: A federal jury has awarded $7.25 million to a 74-year-old Arizona woman for a spine injury she suffered in a fall while exiting the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride at Universal Studios Hollywood. Pamela Morrison was getting seated on the popular attraction with her grandson in September 2022 when she was…
LOS ANGELES: Jurors in the felony assault trial of A$AP Rocky got the case late Friday after a prosecutor told them in his closing argument that they must set aside their feelings for the hip-hop star, his singing superstar wife Rihanna, and their small children. The Los Angeles jury of seven women and five men…
The Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) 2024 are set to take place in Lucknow on February 22, 2025. The city of Nawabs will witness some of India’s top sports champions grace the occasion. The winners will be handpicked by an illustrious jury, who are icons of their respective sports. Honouring the indomitable spirit of…