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WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday that lawyers should stand up and fight in battles faced by the nation’s legal system, comments that come amid attacks on federal judges and President Donald Trump’s targeting of elite law firms in executive orders. “Our job is to stand up for people who can’t do it themselves. And our job is to be the champion of lost causes,” she said. “But right now, we can’t lose the battles we are facing. And we need trained and passionate and committed lawyers to fight this fight.”Sotomayor didn’t mention the president as she spoke at…

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[SINGAPORE] Daiwa House Logistics Trust (DHLT) announced on Friday (May 9) that its distributable income for the quarter was 9.9 per cent lower at S$8.2 million, from S$9.2 million in the same year-ago period. This was mainly attributed to increased interest expenses from additional borrowings, higher interest rates due to the refinancing and restructuring of loans, and lower realised exchange gains. Net property income (NPI) of the overall portfolio for the quarter stood at S$11.1 million in Singapore-dollar terms, up 2.7 per cent from S$10.8 million, in light of the acquisition of a single-storey cold-storage warehouse D Project Tan Duc…

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When Elizabeth Nan Rasmussen met David Maynard Amini at a party hosted by the magazine Edible DC, she knew instantly that she needed him in her life, just not necessarily as a boyfriend. Their mutual friend AJ Dronkers, the magazine’s associate publisher at the time, introduced them, but Ms. Rasmussen, who goes by Libby, wasn’t looking to be set up on that evening in the spring of 2017.“Initially, I was like: ‘I’m really interested in being your friend. You’re really cool. I need to have you in my orbit,’” she said.Mr. Amini, on the other hand, was interested in more.…

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The Department of Health and Human Services has decided to effectively block the payout of overdue bonuses to many of its laid-off employees, multiple health officials say. The bonuses were tied to high performance by the workers last year, before they were cut from the department.”If the savings from the layoffs were pennies from the HHS budget, this is hundredths of a penny,” one current federal health agency employee said of the move.While bonus payments usually go out in April to high-performing federal employees, the department had stalled them from being deposited. Now payouts are scheduled to go out after…

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Published Fri, May 9, 2025 · 10:01 AM[BENGALURU] Gold prices firmed on Friday (May 9), as investors bought bullion following a decline in the previous session, while markets looked ahead to US-China trade talks due this weekend.Spot gold rose 0.1 per cent to US$3,309.39 an ounce, as at 0024 GMT. US gold futures firmed 0.3 per cent to US$3,314.20. Spot gold fell nearly 2 per cent in the previous session, when prices hit a low of US$3,288.39 after US President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with the UK. Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a “breakthrough deal”. A 10…

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The Transportation Department is undertaking a massive effort to modernize the nation’s outdated air traffic control system, with the agency’s head announcing on Thursday that he hopes to complete the overhaul within the next four years. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled the plan at the department’s D.C.-based headquarters during an event that featured a slate of bipartisan lawmakers, top agency officials and leading representatives from the travel industry and related advocacy groups. Duffy said the modernization initiative includes several brick-and-mortar components — such as rebuilding some air traffic control towers — but that “everything else that controls the airspace is going to…

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The addition of George Pickens significantly raises the profile of the Cowboys’ passing attack, giving quarterback Dak Prescott and star receiver CeeDee Lamb much-needed support. But where does Dallas’ new trio sit among the top passing trios in the NFL? We first did this exercise midway through the 2024 season, and much has changed in just those few months, including with some of the top entries on that list. Weighing production and talent, we’re ranking the league’s top passing trios again, but this time tight ends are eligible.  Here’s our new list for the 2025 offseason, in ascending order.Jackson was close…

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On Thursday, Robert Francis Prevost was introduced to the world as Pope Leo XIV.But as recently as last week, he was a low-profile cardinal just dining out with a friend in Rome.The friend, the Rev. Art Purcaro, an assistant vice president and adjunct professor at Villanova University, had traveled to Italy to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a priest. He planned to have dinner with his family at Sor’Eva, a traditional Roman restaurant on the Tiber, not far from Vatican City. And he wanted his good friend Cardinal Prevost, known to him simply as Bob, to join.The…

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