BOSTON – Boston-based Oxfam America, an international aid group, is urging policymakers to set aside politics and let in more of those displaced by civil war in Syria.
Details of the refugee screening process – and how a bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week might affect it – were spelled out by Noah Gottschalk, a senior humanitarian policy adviser for the group, on Tuesday. In an interview, he refuted some of the recent rhetoric on the issue and appealed to policymakers to stay above the politics.
NEW YORK (AP) — DraftKings and FanDuel, two of the biggest operators of daily fantasy sports gaming websites, won't have long to wait before finding out if they can continue serving customers in New York, one of their largest markets, after a judge said Wednesday he would rule "very soon" on a move by the Empire State's attorney general to shut them down as illegal gambling operations.
Following two hours of arguments in a packed Manhattan courtroom, Justice Manuel Mendez of state Supreme Court, told lawyers for New York-based FanDuel, Boston-based DraftKings and an assistant attorney general suggested he would rule promptly on the matter.
