NASA has confirmed that the object that fell into a Florida home last month was part of a battery pack released from the International Space Station.This extraordinary incident opens a new frontier in space law. NASA, the homeowner, and attorneys are navigating little-used legal codes and intergovernmental agreements to determine who should pay for the…
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The Trump Jury Has a Doxing Problem
You’ve been asked to serve on the jury in the first-ever criminal prosecution of a United States president. What could possibly go wrong? The answer, of course, is everything.A juror in former US president Donald Trump’s ongoing criminal trial in New York was excused on Thursday after voicing fears that she could be identified based…
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Far-Right Sheriffs Want a Citizen Army to Stop ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Voters
As the presidential election approaches, and conspiracies about the integrity of the electoral system ramp up, election deniers and conspiracists have coalesced around a narrative they plan to push ahead of November: Blame the immigrants.And not only that, election deniers are now advocating for a far-right sheriff’s group called the Constitutional Sheriffs to recruit an…
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The 6 Best Handheld Gaming Consoles (2024): Switch, Steam Deck, and More
It feels like a distant memory by now, but right before the Nintendo Switch launched in 2017, it seemed like portable gaming was on its last life. Mobile games had gobbled up huge portions of the market, and most modern games required a lot of power to run on devices like the Nintendo 3DS. Fast-forward…
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