How a Man Once Ordered to Pay Libel Damages Helped Launch an Investigation Into Islamic Private Schools

How a Man Once Ordered to Pay Libel Damages Helped Launch an Investigation Into Islamic Private Schools

Nearly a decade ago, a British court ordered a man named Sam Westrop to pay the equivalent of more than $173,000 in libel damages after he published an article on his website calling the founder of a London-based Islamic TV channel a “convicted terrorist.” Westrop eventually admitted the underlying evidence for the claim was not…

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Texas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election Law

Texas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election Law

Dallas-area Democrats are demanding that Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton be investigated for illegal voting after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune revealed that he has repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live. In a complaint filed Tuesday, the Collin County Democratic Party asked the Texas secretary of…

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Chicago priest and social activist under investigation for abuse allegation he denies

Chicago priest and social activist under investigation for abuse allegation he denies

A Chicago priest known for his longtime social justice ministry has been placed on leave, following an abuse allegation for an incident said to have taken place some three decades ago. In a July 11 letter, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago informed the archdiocese’s Faith Community of St. Sabina that senior pastor Fr. Michael Pfleger had been…

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Trump Administration Launches Crackdown on Teacher Sexual Misconduct Following KQED-ProPublica Investigation

Trump Administration Launches Crackdown on Teacher Sexual Misconduct Following KQED-ProPublica Investigation

The Trump administration has launched a national crackdown on how school districts handle accusations of sexual misconduct by teachers, following a KQED-ProPublica investigation into California’s teacher disciplinary system. In guidance issued last week, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon cited the news outlets’ reporting in May that California’s teacher licensing agency has not revoked the professional…

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Iraq security forces arrest several officials in anticorruption crackdown

Iraq security forces arrest several officials in anticorruption crackdown

Elite security personnel carry out a large-scale operation at dawn in the Green Zone and several neighbourhoods in Baghdad, security source says. Published On 28 Jun 202628 Jun 2026 Several Iraqi politicians, lawmakers and officials have been arrested on corruption charges, Iraqi state-run media report. Several people, including members of parliament “whose immunity had been…

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