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Editorial: Democracy wins: New York’s highest court invalidates an obnoxious hyperpartisan gerrymander

In a rousing win for New York’s voters, the state’s highest court invalidated the twisted district maps drawn by the Legislature’s Democratic supermajority to help their party for the next decade. Answering the calls of this page and the League of Women Voters, the Court of Appeals (where all seven…

Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022

A bite mark, a forensic dentist, a murder: how junk science ruins innocent lives

Charles McCrory has spent decades in prison for the murder of his wife, convicted on the strength of bite mark evidence. The problem? CSI-style forensics is bad science

The Guardian - US · Apr 28, 2022

‘We Ukrainians know how to turn suffering into strength’: Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz on his musical resistance

The raucous Ukraine-born punk frontman has been a tireless cultural ambassador since the Russian invasion. He talks about his benefit single, growing up under Soviet repression, and ‘freedom-fighter’ musicians doing nothing to help

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2022

Grand jury in New York Trump investigation will be dissolved, report claims

Development would signal likely end of New York’s efforts to criminally prosecute Donald Trump

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

At U.N., Amal Clooney pushes for Ukraine war crimes justice

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney urged countries at the United Nations on Wednesday to focus on international justice for war crimes in Ukraine so evidence does not sit in storage - as it has done for victims of Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria.

Reuters · Apr 27, 2022

Bob Baffert should be suspended from racing in New York for two years, hearing officer says

A retired New York State Supreme Court justice, acting as a hearing officer, recommended that thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert be banned from horse racing in the state for two years. The recommendation is not binding and will go to a three-person panel, which is expected to accept the punishment.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 27, 2022

Trying to bet on the 2022 NFL Draft in New York? Here’s why you can’t

Sports betting is legal in New York but betting on the NFL Draft is not allowed.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 27, 2022

NY Court of Appeals strikes down congressional maps, primary elections to be pushed back

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s highest court struck down Democratic-drawn congressional and state senate districts Wednesday, a decision that will likely see the state’s primary pushed back until August.

Tribune News Service · Apr 27, 2022

Giants’ 2022 NFL Draft Picks: Who NY Took Each Round

New York has two of the top seven picks in this year’s draft after the organization cleaned house this offseason.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 27, 2022

Jets 2022 NFL Draft Picks: Who New York Took Each Round

The team will pick four times in the first two rounds as it looks to continue its rebuild.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 27, 2022