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Month: May 2024

Top Apple exec acknowledges shortcomings in effort to bring competition in iPhone app payments

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller has acknowledged a court-ordered makeover of the U.S. payment system in its iPhone app store hasn’t done much to increase competition — a shortcoming that could result in a federal judge demanding more changes. Schiller, who has overseen Apple’s app

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from all tribal lands in her home state

By Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — All of South Dakota’s nine indigenous tribes have voted to ban Gov. Kristi Noem from their lands. On Tuesday, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe executive council ruled in favor of barring the Republican governor from its reservation. In response to a request for comment on Wednesday, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe sent a readout

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El Supremo Tribunal de Brasil anula los fallos judiciales contra Marcelo Odebrecht por el caso Lava Jato, pero mantiene firme su acuerdo de culpabilidad

Mauricio Torres (CNN Español) — El Supremo Tribunal Federal de Brasil (STF) ordenó este martes anular los fallos judiciales del 13 Tribunal Federal de Curitiba emitidos contra el empresario Marcelo Odebrecht dentro del caso Lava Jato, tras considerar que se derivaron de violaciones al debido proceso. El máximo órgano judicial del país dijo en un

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Wisconsin criminal justice groups argue for invalidating constitutional amendments on bail

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin criminal justice advocates are arguing that Republican-backed cash bail constitutional amendments approved by voters last year should be invalidated over procedural flaws. A court hearing was held Wednesday in a case that revolves around whether the Legislature sent the ballot questions to the correct elections

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This photo from the US Department of Justice allegedly shows Walt Nauta moving boxes inside former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach

Federal judge found ‘strong evidence’ of crimes before Trump was charged in classified documents case

CNN By Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz, Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Months before Donald Trump was indicted for mishandling classified documents, a federal judge said that investigators had “strong evidence” that the former president “intended” to hide classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort, according to newly released court documents. Judge Beryl Howell cited,

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Brazil’s flooded south sees first deaths from disease, as experts warn of coming surge in fatalities

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Health officials in Brazil say the first two deaths from waterborne bacterial disease have been reported in the country’s south, where floodwaters are slowly receding. Meanwhile, health authorities warn additional fatalities are likely. Rio Grande do Sul state’s health secretariat confirmed the death of 67-year-old

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