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WASHINGTON | Supreme Court weighs constitutional case on excessive fines

WASHINGTON — Tyson Timbs plunked down about $40,000 on a new white Land Rover in 2013. He spent the remaining $30,000 or so of the life-insurance money he received after his father’s death on heroin.

Desperate when the money ran out, Timbs sold less than $400 worth of heroin to undercover police officers. Timbs was arrested and lost the Land Rover.

Those are the simple facts at the heart of a…

LONDON | UK regulator calls for tougher rules on personal data use

LONDON — Britain’s data commissioner on Tuesday called for tougher rules governing the use of personal data by political campaigns around the world, declaring that recent investigations have shown a disturbing disregard for voters and their privacy.

Speaking to the U.K. Parliament’s media committee, Elizabeth Denham updated lawmakers on her office’s investigation into the use of data analysis by…