It’s that time again! We’re planning our latest FOIA Forum, a live, hour-long or more interactive session where Joseph and Jason will teach you how to pry records from government agencies through public records requests. We’re planning this for Thursday, July 30th at 1PM ET. That’s in just one week ...
Day: July 23, 2026
Police missed chance to look at synagogue attacker’s phonePolice missed chance to look at synagogue attacker’s phone
Greater Manchester Police apologises because Jihad Al-Shamie’s devices were not reviewed before the attack. ...
Why would Trump agree to the absurd Saudi nuclear deal? | Kenneth RothWhy would Trump agree to the absurd Saudi nuclear deal? | Kenneth Roth
The agreement offers the Saudis the same options Trump has sworn Iran will never have The stark contrast between Donald Trump’s nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia and his nuclear demands for Iran would be comical if not so tragic. Trump has handed the Saudis the same nuclear options he swore ...
How powerful is your passport? Explore the global rankingsHow powerful is your passport? Explore the global rankings
A symbol of global inequalities and shifting geopolitical fortunes, some passports offer their holders far more freedom to travel than others Passports can resemble abridged memoirs, their stamps telling romantic stories of wanderlust, freedom and belonging. But they are also a symbol of global inequalities and shifting geopolitical fortunes. Passports ...
‘Overdue reunion’: aviation hero’s long lost granddaughter uncovers secret past‘Overdue reunion’: aviation hero’s long lost granddaughter uncovers secret past
Judy Bain, 81, spent most of her life unaware she was a direct descendant of the daring pilot Arthur Whitten Brown In the spring of 1944, Elsie Barber, a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, had a fling with a Royal Air Force pilot named Arthur Brown, known as ...
‘A statement of freedom’: T-shirt slogan goes viral and book sales rocket in Taiwan after Hong Kong raids‘A statement of freedom’: T-shirt slogan goes viral and book sales rocket in Taiwan after Hong Kong raids
Taiwanese people look on with concern at fate of Hong Kong’s independent booksellers, after series of arrests in recent months Walking out of one of Hong Kong’s last remaining independent bookstores, hands behind her back but head held high, the woman’s T-shirt was emblazoned with a simple slogan: “I am ...
Iraq’s impossible predicament: why the country is trapped between Iran and the USIraq’s impossible predicament: why the country is trapped between Iran and the US
With the outbreak of this year’s war, Iraq’s balancing act between the two antagonists has collapsed, exposing a perilously fragile state One week after the United States and Israel killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and ignited a regional war, drones started flying over Basra in southern Iraq. They were targeting Iraq’s ...
What happened to Ryan Gosling’s ‘La La Hand’ on the La La Land poster?What happened to Ryan Gosling’s ‘La La Hand’ on the La La Land poster?
After 10 years and much complaining from Gosling, ‘a minor adjustment’ has been made to the La La Land poster – but has film history been erased at the same time? Emma, I have read a Vulture headline that says “Put Ryan Gosling’s Gay Little Wrist Back” but I forgot ...
Police officer was violent rapist who attacked women over 14 years, BBC revealsPolice officer was violent rapist who attacked women over 14 years, BBC reveals
The BBC can reveal that detectives have so far uncovered nine victims of PC Alan Greer but many more are anticipated. ...
‘What was their crime?’: BBC visits Iran school where strike killed 120 children‘What was their crime?’: BBC visits Iran school where strike killed 120 children
Nearly five months on, grief is still raw as a teacher and a mother recall the horror of the attack in Minab. ...