Irán y EEUU celebran 5ta ronda de negociaciones nucleares en Roma; enriquecimiento es un tema clave – Chicago Tribune

Por JON GAMBRELL y GIADA ZAMPANO ROMA (AP) — Irán y Estados Unidos se preparaban para celebrar una quinta ronda de negociaciones sobre el programa nuclear de rápido avance de Teherán el viernes en Roma, y el enriquecimiento ha emergido como el tema clave. Funcionarios de Estados Unidos, incluido el presidente Donald Trump, insisten en…

Dr. Phil’s Son Jay McGraw Is Tied to Minto Money’s 700% APR Loans — ProPublica

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Community Divisions: A tribal lending business in Minto, Alaska, is bringing in much-needed revenue but also dividing the community over ethical concerns and questions about who benefits. Legal Issues: Two suits…

Arizona Sues Saudi-Owned Farm Draining Groundwater in the Desert

Arizona’s attorney general has sued a Saudi-owned farm operating a massive hay operation in the middle of the Arizona desert, alleging that the business is hastening the loss of the rural community’s rapidly depleting groundwater supply.  The farm owned by Fondomonte uses billions of gallons of groundwater in La Paz County each year to irrigate…

Former Irvine council member charged with perjury, multiple felonies

Only a few months ago, former Irvine Vice Mayor Tammy Kim had aspirations of returning to the City Council she previously served on for four years. Now her immediate goal is to fight off charges that could put her in prison for several years. The Orange County district attorney’s office announced Thursday afternoon that Kim…

USDA sued over food stamp data demands from states : NPR

The federal government wants states to turn over data about tens of millions of people who received food assistance benefits since 2020. A new lawsuit challenges that data request. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images A new lawsuit filed Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s demand for sensitive data about…

Gio Urshela, antesalista de Atléticos, irá a la lista de lesionados por tirón en muslo – Chicago Tribune

WEST SACRAMENTO, California, EE.UU. (AP) — El tercera base de los Atléticos Gio Urshela se dirigirá a la lista de lesionados tras sufrir un tirón en el tendón de la corva izquierda durante el encuentro del jueves, una derrota ante los Angelinos de Los Ángeles. Urshela abandonó el juego en la sexta entrada debido a…

Lessons From Hurricane Helene on Evacuation Orders, Messaging and Emergency Managers — ProPublica

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. When Hurricane Helene plowed over the Southeast last September, it caused more inland deaths than any hurricane in recorded history. The highest per capita…

How Some Christian Group Homes Avoid Florida’s Standards

This story is published in partnership with the New York Times as part of The Times’s local investigations fellowship. As religious groups across the country open more maternity homes for pregnant women and teenagers, the nonprofit that oversees some of those homes in Florida is facing renewed criticism from state lawmakers over its practices. The…

In Defense of Academic Freedom

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. Why defend academic freedom even when the ideas in question are wrongheaded or harmful? “It is precisely because any kind of purge opens the gate to all kinds of purge, that freedom of thought necessarily…