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A jury in the United States has ordered Greenpeace to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in a defamation lawsuit brought by oil pipeline operator Energy Transfer, raising serious free speech concerns. The environmental advocacy group has said it will appeal Wednesday’s verdict, which came almost a decade after activists joined a protest led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against the Dakota Access Pipeline, in one of the largest anti-fossil fuel protests in US history. The jury in North Dakota awarded more than $660m in damages across three Greenpeace entities, citing charges including trespass, nuisance, conspiracy and…

The Justice Department plans to create a path for people with criminal convictions to own guns again, an issue that became contentious at the agency when officials there sought to restore that right to the actor Mel Gibson, a prominent supporter of President Trump’s.The move would hand a victory to gun rights supporters less than a year after the Supreme Court ruled that the government could restrict firearms access to people facing restraining orders for domestic violence. Shortly after Attorney General Pam Bondi was confirmed in February, Mr. Trump ordered a review of the federal government’s gun policies.The department still…

Michael Maguire admits he is still learning about the enormity of coaching Brisbane and conceded he had pause for self-reflection after the loss to Canberra.Maguire made a cryptic remark after the 32-22 loss to the Raiders, when he suggested he had to take some blame for the loss.”I will wear a bit around this performance, just around understanding the playing group and getting to know them at a higher level,” Maguire said last Saturday night.”I will take responsibility.”The coach, speaking on Thursday ahead of Friday night’s blockbuster derby with North Queensland, elaborated on what he meant by his earlier comments.”I…

The environmental group Greenpeace has been ordered by a North Dakota jury to pay more than $660 million in connection with protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline’s construction.Dallas-based Energy Transfer and subsidiary Dakota Access accused Netherlands-based Greenpeace International, Greenpeace USA and funding arm Greenpeace Fund Inc. of defamation, trespass, nuisance, civil conspiracy and other acts. Greenpeace USA was found liable for all counts, while the others were found liable for some. The damages owed will be spread out in different amounts over the three entities.PRO-ENERGY GROUP URGES AG BONDI TO PROBE BIDEN’S AUTOPEN ON CRUCIAL DECISIONS THAT DEVASTATED ECONOMY Greenpeace…

As the college basketball world gears up for March Madness, this is the last chance for seniors to make an impression on WNBA talent evaluators ahead of the 2025 WNBA Draft, which will be held eight days after the national championship.Unlike on the men’s side, tournament risers aren’t as prevalent, thanks to four years of tape on most prospects. However, a strong run of play to close the season can’t hurt. In recent memory, Maddy Siegrist (2023) and Emily Engstler (2022) vaulted themselves into the lottery with their performances in February and March.With WNBA free agency and trade season essentially…

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s parliament on Thursday (Mar 20) passed into law contentious revisions to the country’s military Bill, which will allocate more civilian posts for military officers, and street protests against the changes are expected to take place. The Bill has been criticised by civil society groups, who say it could take the world’s third-biggest democracy back to the draconian “New Order” era of former strongman President Suharto, where military officers dominated civilian affairs. Speaker Puan Maharani led the unanimous vote in a plenary council and officially passed the law, saying that it was in accordance with the principle of democracy…

A few years ago, George Lewis was driving back from performing in a comedy club when he realized he had to change his life.He had played the same club several years earlier, also for just a few minutes and also for little more than gas money. Both times, he did what he had to do. He showed up. He made the audience laugh.Now, though, he was a parent. He needed a more stable income, and his material felt tired. Yet the thing that filled his days — looking after his children — was a no-go for standup, older comics told…

A federal judge ruled in favor of the Trump administration on Wednesday, after a government-funded nonprofit organization filed a lawsuit protecting itself from “ongoing destruction” from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).The U.S. Institute for Peace (USIP) filed a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on Tuesday, claiming that DOGE had committed “literal trespass and takeover by force…of the Institute’s headquarters building on Constitution Avenue.”The organization also accused the anti-waste initiative of “ongoing destruction of the Institute’s physical and electronic property.””Defendants have been and are at this minute engaged in conduct that will cause the Institute irreparable harm that…

The teenager who was behind the wheel of the crash that killed a young WA footballer remains in Banksia Hill Detention Centre as he awaits sentencing.

The University of California said on Wednesday that it would stop requiring the use of diversity statements in hiring, a practice praised by some who said it made campuses more inclusive but criticized by others who said it did the opposite.Diversity statements typically ask job applicants to describe in a page or so how they would contribute to campus diversity. The move away from them, by one of the biggest higher education systems in the United States, comes as the Trump administration escalates an attack on higher education over diversity programming.For a decade, the 10-campus system was a national leader…