Hard Numbers: Putin critic sentenced, Dominion v. Fox, Chapitos charged, Indian live TV assassination

April 17, 2023

Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza testifies before a US Senate hearing in Washington, DC.

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25: A Moscow court on Monday sentenced Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison for treason and discrediting the military. It's the harshest verdict against a Putin critic since Russia invaded Ukraine and will surely cause a stir in the UK, since Kara-Murza is a dual British citizen.

1.6 billion: When Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News was about to start Monday in a Delaware court, the trial was abruptly delayed until Tuesday as the network reportedly negotiates a settlement. Dominion accuses the conservative cable channel of knowingly amplifying false claims that its voting systems flipped votes meant for former President Donald Trump. Fox argues that the claims of voter fraud came from Trump himself and were thus newsworthy.

4: Four sons of former Mexican narco Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán were indicted by the Justice Department on Friday for running a transnational fentanyl-trafficking syndicate blamed for hundreds of thousands of US overdose deaths. The "Chapitos" are accused of manufacturing the opioid in Mexico with precursor from China.

100: Atiq Ahmad, an Indian gangster-turned-politician, was killed on live TV alongside his brother on Saturday. The two were in police custody in Uttar Pradesh, where vigilante justice is on an upswing since the Hindu-first BJP party swept to power in 2017. Ahmad, a former MP for the Samajwadi Party, faced more than 100 criminal cases throughout his life, but his Muslim supporters adored him as a Robin Hood.

UN: North Korean missiles were used in Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: A view shows parts of an unidentified missile, which Ukrainian authorities believe to be made in North Korea and was used in a strike in Kharkiv earlier this week, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine January 6, 2024.

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The United Nations found evidence that Russia struck the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv with a North Korean Hwaseong-11 missile in January, according to a new report.

Netanyahu: Rafah invasion looms, cease-fire or not

An Israeli soldier looks on from a vehicle near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Israel, April 30, 2024.

REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Despite offering a watered-down hostage deal proposal to Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said an invasion of Rafah — the southern Gaza city where over a million Palestinians are sheltering — would move forward “with or without” a cease-fire.

Alleged AI crime rocks Maryland high school

Pikesville High School, part of Baltimore County Public Schools, investigated a recording of racist and antisemitic remarks allegedly made by its principal, leading to the recent charges against Dazhon Darien.

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A former athletic director at Pikesville High School in Baltimore County, Maryland, has been charged with a litany of crimes related to using AI to frame the school's principal.

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