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Appeals court revives Comanche challenge to Oklahoma tribal casino lawsuit

Appeals court revives Comanche challenge to Oklahoma tribal casino lawsuit

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A federal appeals court has given the Comanche Nation a mixed but meaningful win in its fight over the Warm Springs Casino run by the Fort Sill Apache Tribe near Lawton, Oklahoma. In a decision filed Tuesday (April 21), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit said part of the lawsuit can keep moving even after arguments that tribal sovereign immunity should block the case. Judges said the Comanche Nation may continue claims under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, known as IGRA, against Fort Sill Apache officials sued in their official roles. NEW: Tenth Circuit splits casino immunity case: Comanche Nation IGRA claims survive, while Fort Sill Apache officials win partial RICO shield @RWW pic.twitter.com/W7xOcyrTNH — Suswati Basu (@suswatibasu) April 21, 2026 The dispute began after Warm Springs Casino opened in 2022. According to the ruling, the Comanche Nation runs nearby gaming properties and claimed that “The resulting competition made the Nation’s casinos less profitable.” The Nation asked the court to stop casino operations and award damages. The opinion says the Nation alleged …

Rideshare Drivers Sue Uber Over Being Kicked off App in New Challenge to California Law

Rideshare Drivers Sue Uber Over Being Kicked off App in New Challenge to California Law

Published by Sam Flores

Uber has failed to create an appeals system to give drivers due process when they’re kicked off the app, violating the California law it carved out that declared app-based drivers independent contractors, a lawsuit filed Monday alleges. In 2020, voters approved Proposition 22, a ballot initiative that exempted Uber and other app platforms from labor law and allowed them to keep classifying their workers as contractors instead of employees. The measure included a promise that drivers would have an appeals process. Rideshare Drivers United, a drivers group that says it has about 20,000 members in California, said Monday that because Uber has violated Prop. 22 by not delivering on all its promises, it should not be allowed to continue to assert that its drivers are independent contractors. “Uber has not met the conditions to take advantage of Prop. 22,” Shannon Liss-Riordan, a Massachusetts-based lawyer who has challenged Uber and other gig companies for years and is representing the California group, told CalMatters. Many deactivated drivers report that they struggle to appeal their cases. They say …

I Tried The ‘6-6-6’ Walking Challenge. Here’s How It Went

I Tried The ‘6-6-6’ Walking Challenge. Here’s How It Went

Published by Sam Flores

For someone who’s written a lot about walking trends (I’ve given Japanese walking, “mindful” walking, and even strolling like an Austen character a go), I’ve been pretty inactive lately. Part of that has to do with an injury, but to be honest, I just haven’t been as bothered to head outside since the season change. Chalk it up to “pumpkin spice lethargy” if you like ― but I know it’s not good for me. So, in my typical fashion, I figured I’d try to “viral challenge” myself out of the slump. In this case, I went for the “6-6-6” walking rule; so far, I’m glad I have. What’s the ‘6-6-6’ walking rule? The trend involves walking for 60 minutes at either 6am or 6pm, followed by a six-minute “cooldown”. And Lannay Dale-Tooze, a personal trainer working at Gymshark, explained: “The timings of the walks are said to be vital, as the 6am option can help set up your day and boost your energy, while the 6pm walk can help you decompress and mark the end …

📚 The outcome of a challenge

📚 The outcome of a challenge

Published by José Betancourt

Daniel Hahn is the author of If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation, a nerdy deep dive into the magic and mishaps of translating Shakespeare. It’s out today from Knopf. Below, he discusses the unexpected challenges of narrating his audiobook. I’ve never recorded a whole audiobook before, but I always assumed it would be fun. Also, probably, quite easy. So when invited to narrate my new book, I said yes. It seemed like a good idea at the time… If This Be Magic is about Shakespeare and how he expands into other languages when great translators use their particular linguistic resources to do whatever he’s doing in English — line by line, pun by pun, metrical irregularity by metrical irregularity. My book, written in my own voice — which is to say, the voice I’m writing for you here — leaps about enthusiastically between examples from every play, and 49 languages. The richness that comes with this exploratory range (verse-making for a Polish-language Hamlet, a single troublesome word in a Māori-language Macbeth, …

Pope wraps up Africa trip with diplomatic challenge in Equatorial Guinea

Pope wraps up Africa trip with diplomatic challenge in Equatorial Guinea

Published by Sam Flores

Pope Leo XIV arrived on Tuesday to Equatorial Guinea for the final leg of his four-nation African journey, arriving in a country that presents perhaps the most diplomatically delicate challenge of this trip and his young papacy. The papal plane landed in the city of Malabo at around 11:35am, with a crowd of officials and citizens at the local airport and along the major roads to welcome him. “There is a lot of joy today because we waited 44 years for the pope to come, after the visit of John Paul II,” said Diosdao Marques, a senior Catholic official in the country. “It’s a blessing for the country, we hope many things will change and we will deepen our faith.” The former Spanish colony on Africa’s western coast is run by Africa’s longest-serving president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 83. He has been in power since 1979 and is accused of widespread corruption and authoritarianism. The discovery of offshore oil in the mid-1990s transformed Equatorial Guinea’s economy virtually overnight, with oil now accounting for almost half of …

Florida’s English-only driving test a challenge for Spanish Speakers : NPR

Florida’s English-only driving test a challenge for Spanish Speakers : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Johannes González, an instructor at Speedway Driving School in Hialeah, Florida, teaches Spanish-speaking students to memorize key words in order to pass the state’s new English-only driving exam. David Ovalle/NPR hide caption toggle caption David Ovalle/NPR HIALEAH, FLORIDA – Construction worker Alex López, a native of Guatemala, gets by on job sites with broken English. He knows the tools and how to follow instructions from his boss. “My inglés no es muy malo,” said López, 41. My English isn’t too bad. But López hasn’t mastered enough of the language to earn the right to legally drive in Florida. He recently bombed a 50-question multiple choice driver’s exam administered in English. “After they gave me instructions and taught me how to use the computer program, I froze,” López said in Spanish as he studied at Speedway Driving School in Hialeah. “I felt sick.” Florida long allowed drivers like López to take written tests in Spanish. Now in line with President Trump’s hardline stance on immigration, Republican-led Florida in February began requiring written and oral tests for …

K-pop’s biggest labels plot global festival to challenge Coachella

K-pop’s biggest labels plot global festival to challenge Coachella

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This South Korea’s leading K-pop agencies are reportedly in discussions to launch a major global music festival, an ambitious endeavour that local media are already likening to a “Korean Coachella.” This potential collaboration aims to unite the industry’s biggest stars on one stage. HYBE, SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment confirmed in a joint statement their preparations to establish a venture for “Fanomenon,” a large-scale festival aimed at showcasing Korean popular culture to a global audience. These discussions also include the government’s Popular Culture Exchange Committee, highlighting a strategic shift towards industry-wide collaboration. The companies seek to broaden K-pop’s global reach through collective efforts, rather than relying solely on individual company initiatives. Fanomenon – a term ​combining “fan” ⁠and “phenomenon” – was unveiled last year by ‌JYP founder Park Jin-young, who co-chairs the committee. Fans of K-pop boy band BTS ahead of the …

California Supreme Court Disbars Former Trump Attorney For Aiding Challenge Of 2020 Election Results

California Supreme Court Disbars Former Trump Attorney For Aiding Challenge Of 2020 Election Results

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times, The California Supreme Court decided to disbar former Trump attorney John Eastman over his aiding the president in challenging the 2020 presidential election results. The court has not yet handed down an opinion to explain the April 15 decision, which affirmed the California Bar court’s recommendation for disbarment for alleged attorney ethics violations. Eastman, a former Chapman University law professor, gained national attention for advising President Donald Trump on constitutional challenges to election procedures in several battleground states after the president alleged widespread election fraud. The California decision is not the end of the line for Eastman. He can still practice law in the U.S. Supreme Court and possibly in another state. “Federal courts are supposed to let me keep practicing, and the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed me to continue practicing, even while I’ve been placed on inactive status [in] California,” he said. Eastman told The Epoch Times the state court’s decision is “outrageous” and “Orwellian.” “What’s happening here to our institutions that have been captured …

Coronation Street star reveals challenge of playing domestic abuse story

Coronation Street star reveals challenge of playing domestic abuse story

Published by Daniella Wilson

Gareth Pierce has revealed the challenges of portraying Todd Grimshaw’s (Gareth Pierce) domestic abuse storyline in Coronation Street. A special standalone episode that aired today saw Todd bravely report his husband Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) to the police after being subjected to months of verbal, psychological and physical abuse. On the surface, the relationship seemed to be a step in the right direction for Todd, though Theo slowly began to show his true colours. He stripped away Todd’s finances, mocked his appearance and forced him to lose weight, and even held a knife to his chest earlier this year. When Todd collated secret camera footage to prove what was going on, Theo manipulated the videos to look like he was the victim. Earlier this week, a badly beaten Todd turned up on Sarah Platt’s (Tina O’Brien) doorstep, begging her for help and asking her to take him to the police station. She’d believed that the couple had eloped to Northern Ireland, though it couldn’t have been further from the truth. Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) headed …

Project 2025 Author Paul Dans Drops Primary Challenge to Lindsey Graham in South Carolina

Project 2025 Author Paul Dans Drops Primary Challenge to Lindsey Graham in South Carolina

Published by Sam Flores

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Paul Dans, a chief architect of Project 2025, has shuttered his Republican primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, in a contest set to test the loyalties of President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement in this year’s midterm election. Dans pulled out Friday, the last day to remove his name from ballots before the state’s primary on June 9. Trump — who long ago endorsed Graham, among his top congressional allies — reacted to the announcement with a social media post suggesting that Tucker Carlson’s endorsement of Dans had been the “KISS OF DEATH” for his campaign. Trump and Carlson have been feuding over the Iran war, which the former Fox News star called “absolutely disgusting and evil.” Dans denied his decision to withdraw had anything to do with Carlson. Dans said he was endorsing another Republican in the contest, appliance business owner Mark Lynch. In another social media post, Trump said Lynch “would be a DISASTER for the Republican Party” if elected. Dans rose to prominence as …