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• Tupac 的继弟 Maurice 'Mopreme' Shakur 周二在洛杉矶高等法院对 Duane 'Keffe D' Davis 及涉及 1996 年谋杀案的未点名被告提起过失致死诉讼。 • 随着 Davis 的一级谋杀案审判临近，该诉讼声称，随着新进展的出现，“近 30 年来，线索首次开始串联起来”。 • 1996 年 9 月 7 日，在拉斯维加斯的 MGM Grand 和 Caesars Palace 附近，一辆白色 Cadillac 侧向靠近 Tupac 乘坐的 BMW，Tupac 在此次袭击中被开枪射中四次，导致死亡。

• 艾尔巴尼斯（Albanese）为一项强制 Meta、Google 和 TikTok 通过征税与澳大利亚新闻出版商达成协议的计划进行辩护。 • 特朗普政府将澳大利亚要求大型科技公司为在线新闻付费的举措描述为“敲诈”，但安东尼·艾尔巴尼斯为该计划辩护，称其旨在保护媒体机构并对其产出的工作给予回报。 • 工党计划鼓励 Meta、Google 和 TikTok 与澳大利亚新闻出版商达成协议，否则将面临 2.25% 的征税，该计划可能会在议会获得联盟党和绿党的支持。

The NSW premier, who was unequivocal in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, has now linked the fate of his state’s laws with those of the Queensland legal challengeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has said he will only ban the slogan “globalise the intifada” if a potential constitutional challenge to a similar ban in Queensland is unsuccessful, the strongest indication yet that the state government may not seek to proscribe the contested phrase at all.Minns was unequivocal about his intention to ban what he described as “hateful, violent rhetoric” following the Bondi terror attack in December, but sent the issue to a parliamentary inquiry, which he said would enable legislation to be introduced when parliament returned in February. Continue reading...

After she had to travel out of state to access care, Rachel Fulton joined the Center for Reproductive Rights’ suit, which an appeal has now halted indefinitelyIt was the worst day of Rachel Fulton’s life. She stood outside her doctor’s office, reeling with the news that her dearly wanted pregnancy needed to end. But her day would, somehow, become even worse: Fulton lives in Tennessee, where abortion is banned except for very narrow threats to the patient’s life. She had to travel hours to another state to receive care from an unfamiliar doctor far from home.Fulton joined a lawsuit, along with five other patients, in 2023 against the state of Tennessee for violating their right to life. The American Medical Association and two doctors also joined the lawsuit because they say they have been prevented from providing the standard of care for their patients. Continue reading...

Trump officials use incident at correspondents’ dinner to pitch case for $400m project, arguing it will be ‘safe space’US politics live – latest updatesThe US Department of J (DoJ) has used the weekend shooting in Washington DC to pressure a preservation group to drop a lawsuit seeking to halt the construction of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom.Several Trump administration officials, including the president, seized on the incident at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to advance their case for the completion of the controversial $400m project, for which the White House’s East Wing was suddenly demolished, arguing the new ballroom was needed as a “safe space”. Continue reading...

Climate experts and advocates warn House and Senate bills will protect polluters at the cost of the climate Republican lawmakers are attempting to shield big oil from having to pay for its contributions to the climate crisis, alarming environmental advocates.New House and Senate bills, led by Harriet Hageman, a Wyoming representative, and Ted Cruz, a Texas senator, respectively, would give oil and gas companies broad legal immunity from policies and lawsuits aimed at holding the industry accountable for damages caused by its emissions. Continue reading...