The Daily Populous

Wednesday May 11st, 2022 morning edition

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“Are you comfortable with the protests that we saw outside the homes of Supreme Court justices over the weekend?”

a reporter asked Schumer at a press conference.

My house — there’s protests three, four times a week outside my house.

The American way to peacefully protest is OK,” Schumer said before checking his ringing phone, noting his wife was calling him.

He then reemphasized his earlier point that as long as the protesters remain peaceful, it’s all right that they demonstrate outside the justices’ homes.

The news comes as the Senate on Monday passed a bill Monday by unanimous consent that would extend security protections to the immediate family members of Supreme Court justices.

If the draft is reflected in the court’s final ruling, it would effectively end abortion protections at the federal level. »

Apple discontinues iPod, 20 years after it was released

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Apple has discontinued the iPod, 20 years after it was released.

"We've integrated an incredible music experience across all of our products, from the iPhone to the Apple Watch to HomePod mini, and across Mac, iPad, and Apple TV.

"And Apple Music delivers industry-leading sound quality with support for spatial audio - there's no better way to enjoy, discover, and experience music.". »

UN receiving ‘credible’ information about Ukrainian troops torturing Russian prisoners, official says

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Matilda Bogner, the head of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, said there is “credible” information regarding the mistreatment of Russian prisoners by Ukrainian troops during the war.

“We have received credible information of torture, ill-treatment and incommunicado detention by Ukrainian Armed Forces of prisoners of war belonging to the Russian armed forces and affiliated armed groups,” Bogner said on Tuesday.

The “inhumane treatment” is occurring among captured Ukrainian and Russian soldiers as they are “being coerced to make statements, apologies and confessions, and other forms of humiliation.”. »

Alexander Subbotin is 7th Russian Oligarch to Mysteriously Die This Year

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Alexander Subbotin is at least the seventh Russian oligarch to die under strange circumstances this year.

Subbotin, the billionaire former top manager of Russian oil producer Lukoil, was found dead on Sunday in a shaman's home in Mytishchi, a city just northeast of Moscow, Russian news agency TASS reported.

Alexander Tyulyakov, who worked for Russian energy giant Gazprom, was found dead in a cottage near St. Petersburg on February 25. »

Susan Collins called the police to report 'defacement of public property' after someone wrote an abortion-rights message in chalk on a public sidewalk outside her house

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Collins called the police over an abortion-rights message on the sidewalk in front of her house.

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Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, one of just two nominally pro-choice Republicans in the Senate, called the police on Saturday night over an abortion-rights message written in chalk in front of her house in Bangor. »