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EXCLUSIVE: A bipartisan group of lawmakers asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to nix Chile’s status on the visa waiver program (VWP) amid a major gang burglary risk.Reps. Young Kim, Derek Tran, Dave Min and Mike Levin of California sent a letter to DHS asking that Chile be taken off the list, which allows citizens from certain countries to visit the U.S. for roughly three months without a visa, until steps are taken to ensure that people robbing homes and businesses after they come to the country are stopped. “We are concerned that the VWP continues to be exploited by…

Maybe the fifth time’s the charm. A Mexican woman who has been previously deported from the U.S. four times and has six convictions each for driving while intoxicated and theft was returned to her country again on Thursday. “I have served in law enforcement for more than 30 years and few things surprise me, but the level of disrespect that this criminal alien has shown for our system of laws and for the brave men and women who risk their lives every day to uphold those laws is shocking,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford. NOEM ENDS…

An Alberta judge has ordered two Edmonton women captured in Syria during the defeat of the Islamic State to take part in a deradicalization program. At a court appearance on Friday, Helena Carson and Dina Kalouti were told they must undergo counselling with the Organization for the Prevention of Violence.Justice Suzanne Polkosnik approved an RCMP request to impose a terrorism peace bond on the sisters-in-law, who acknowledged living in ISIS territory for four years.“We’re happy with the court’s decision today and we believe that it shows that my clients are absolutely no concern to the Canadian public, as they’ve maintained…

At 31, Alex Grant admits his hopes of a Socceroos cap were evaporating until Australia endured a heavy hit to its defensive depth.

Until 2020, few Americans needed to think about how viruses spread or how the human immune system works. The pandemic offered a painful crash course. Sometimes, it seemed that the science was evolving as quickly as the virus itself.So The New York Times asked experts to revisit the nightmare. Of the most significant public health measures introduced during Covid, which have held up scientifically, and which turned out to be wrongheaded?The question is particularly important now, because pandemics that could upend American lives are inevitable. One candidate has already surfaced: bird flu.Perhaps the biggest lesson learned, several experts said, is…

Herman Graf, a major and intrepid figure in independent publishing who sold copies of Henry Miller’s novel “Tropic of Cancer” to bookstores after it was embroiled in a legal fight over whether it was obscene, died on Feb. 27 at his home in Flushing, Queens. He was 91.His nephew Paul Lichter said the cause was Parkinson’s disease.Among Mr. Graf’s many other accomplishments in publishing, he helped turn John Kennedy Toole’s satirical novel, “A Confederacy of Dunces,” into a best seller long after the author’s death.A raconteur with a booming voice, Mr. Graf was a bibliophile who loved the works of…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Financier Crispin Odey made an unexpected visit to the court where former Barclays boss Jes Staley is challenging the UK financial regulator over allegations he downplayed ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Odey, who faces his own enforcement action from the UK Financial Conduct Authority in a separate investigation, briefly entered the courtroom in London after the conclusion of proceedings on Thursday and spoke to a lawyer for Staley.Odey, who founded the hedge fund Odey Asset Management, stands accused by women…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Goldman Sachs collectively awarded four of its top executives a 30 per cent pay raise for their work in 2024, far greater than the bank’s overall workforce, and gave its president John Waldron personal use of the company’s private plane.In its proxy filing released on Friday, Goldman disclosed Waldron earned $38mn for 2024, finance chief Denis Coleman received $27mn and general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler’s pay was $22.5mn. The Wall Street bank in January said last year’s pay for chief executive David Solomon…

Sean “Diddy” Combs pleaded not guilty to the newest version of the government’s allegations against the rapper during a Friday court hearing.The new indictment against Diddy lengthened the timeline of his alleged sex-trafficking and racketeering behavior and added two more victims. The prosecution also accused the “Last Night” rapper of forcing employees to work long hours by threatening them with physical or reputational harm and forcing an employee to engage in a sexual encounter with the musician.Diddy appeared in court Friday with noticeably grayer hair. The rapper wore a tan jumpsuit and was supported by his family – his mother…

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.From the time Beulah Henry was a child in the late 19th century, she dreamed of ways to make life easier. That impulse would eventually drive her to secure dozens of patents and would earn her a nickname: Lady Edison.When she died in the early 1970s, she held far more patents than any other woman, according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and in 2006 she was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for…