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• Fadi Saqr dituduh melakukan pembunuhan massal terhadap warga sipil di Tadamon, Damaskus, di mana masyarakat menuntut agar ia diadili • Komisi hak asasi manusia Suriah tengah menyiapkan kasus yang menuduh Fadi Saqr, seorang pemimpin milisi dalam rezim Assad, atas keterlibatan dalam kejahatan terhadap kemanusiaan dan kejahatan perang, menurut keterangan seorang pejabat senior Suriah kepada The Guardian. • Saqr adalah mantan komandan milisi National Defence Forces (NDF) dan secara luas dituduh terlibat dalam pembunuhan massal dan penghilangan paksa warga sipil di lingkungan Tadamon di Damaskus, serta wilayah lain di ibu kota Suriah tersebut.

• Pejabat kesehatan South Carolina mengakhiri wabah campak terbesar di negara itu setelah enam bulan, dengan 997 infeksi dan 21 rawat inap namun tanpa kematian. • Wabah tersebut berakhir pada hari Minggu setelah lebih dari satu bulan tanpa adanya kasus baru. • Hal ini menandai tonggak penting kesehatan masyarakat di tengah meningkatnya kekhawatiran vaksinasi nasional.

• Mahkamah Agung memutuskan pada 29 April 2026, apakah peta kongres baru Louisiana merupakan racial gerrymander yang tidak konstitusional, menandai keputusan penting mengenai hak pilih dan batas wilayah distrik. • Kasus Louisiana v. Callais memeriksa penggambaran ulang distrik kongres Louisiana tahun 2022 yang sebelumnya digugat di pengadilan federal berdasarkan Section 2 dari Voting Rights Act. • Keputusan ini memengaruhi pertarungan penentuan batas wilayah yang sedang berlangsung di seluruh negeri saat negara-negara bagian bersiap untuk pemilihan tengah periode 2026, dengan implikasi bagi jumlah kursi bagi Demokrat maupun Republikan.

• Investigators from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital analyzed over 3.9 million hospitalizations to estimate sepsis in 1.3% of pediatric cases, equating to more than 18,000 U.S. occurrences yearly. • Sepsis carries a 10% mortality rate, resulting in over 1,800 child deaths annually, with no significant change in incidence or mortality from 2016 to 2022. • 72% of cases began before hospitalization, highlighting risks to otherwise healthy children and the urgent need for better prevention strategies.

Justices in unanimous decision revive federal suit brought by anti-abortion ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ in the stateSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US supreme court sided on Wednesday with the operator of Christian faith-based anti-abortion “crisis pregnancy centers” in New Jersey that is trying to impede a state investigation into whether the facilities engage in deceptive practices.The justices, in a unanimous decision, revived a federal lawsuit brought by First Choice Women’s Resource Centers challenging a 2023 subpoena from the state attorney general seeking information on the organization’s donors and doctors. A lower court had thrown out the lawsuit. Continue reading...

At the heart of the case was the question of how much lawmakers are allowed to consider race when they redraw districtsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US supreme court has ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark voting rights case.At the heart of the case, Louisiana v Callais, was a thorny question of how much lawmakers are allowed to consider race when they redraw districts to ensure that Black voters are adequately represented. The supreme court initially heard oral arguments in the case last March, but took the unusual step of asking lawyers to re-argue the case last fall. In setting the case for a re-argument, the justices raised the stakes of the case, asking lawyers to focus on whether section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was constitutional. Continue reading...

OxyContin maker to be replaced by new company aiming to combat opioid crisis as legal settlement takes effectOxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is set to be dissolved and replaced by a company focused on the public good by the week’s end, as a sweeping legal settlement resolving thousands of lawsuits takes effect.A federal judge on Tuesday delivered a criminal sentence to the company to resolve a US Department of Justice investigation – a last necessary step to clear the way for the settlement. Continue reading...