Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains (apnews.com)
Audit finds Minnesota agency's lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid program (apnews.com)
Apparent pro-Palestinian activists splash red paint on homes of Jewish officials at Brooklyn Museum (apnews.com)
What to know about Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier's first hearing in more than a decade (apnews.com)
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has a parole hearing Monday at a federal prison in Florida....
Oregon closes more coastal shellfish harvesting due to 'historic high levels' of toxins (apnews.com)
Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state’s entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that have contributed to a shellfish poisoning outbreak continue to rise....
Yemen’s Houthi rebels detain at least 9 UN staffers and others in sudden crackdown, officials say (apnews.com)
Judge dismisses Native American challenge to $10B SunZia energy transmission project in Arizona (apnews.com)
US Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning Chevron decision (apnews.com)
US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea as a show of force against nuclear-armed North Korea (apnews.com)
FBI raids several California homes, including Oakland mayor's (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court upholds a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business interests (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business and anti-regulatory interests, declining their invitation to weigh in on a broader, never-enacted tax on wealth....
Malaysian leader Anwar says China a 'true friend' and not to be feared as Premier Li ends visit (apnews.com)
Myanmar's embattled military government cracks down on free flow of news by blocking VPNs (apnews.com)
Supreme Court, siding with Starbucks, makes it harder for NLRB to win court orders in labor disputes (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks....
Florida jury finds Chiquita Brands liable for Colombia deaths, must pay $38.3M to family members (apnews.com)
Union: 4 Florida police officers indicted for 2019 shootout that left UPS driver and passerby dead (apnews.com)
Researchers find higher levels of dangerous chemical than expected in southeast Louisiana (apnews.com)
Researchers using high-tech air monitoring equipment rolled through an industrialized stretch of southeast Louisiana in mobile labs and found levels of a carcinogen in concentrations as much as 10 times higher than previously estimated, according to a paper published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology....
Supreme Court will take up Meta's bid to end lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider shutting down a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm....
Israel Lists Names Of 17 Alleged Militants Killed In Gaza School Strike, But Many Don't Match Hospital's List Of Dead (apnews.com)
Israel’s military said Friday an additional eight militants were among those killed in a strike on a U.N.-run school in central Gaza, raising the number of alleged militants to 17....
Voting in Harmony: A Wisconsin township sets itself apart and has a knack for picking winners (apnews.com)
Since 2000, Harmony voters have sided with the winner in all 13 presidential and gubernatorial races....
Bag of cash doesn’t stop jurors from convicting 5 of 7 defendants in $40 million food fraud scheme (apnews.com)
A jury convicted five Minnesota residents but acquitted two others on Friday for their roles in a scheme to steal more than $40 million that was supposed to feed children during the coronavirus pandemic. The case received widespread attention after someone tried to bribe a juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash....
As Zelenskyy visits for D-Day, Macron promises Ukraine Mirage aircraft to fend off Russian attacks (apnews.com)
Dutch exit poll suggests neck and neck race between far right and center left in EU election (apnews.com)
UN adopts Chinese resolution with US support on closing the gap in access to artificial intelligence (apnews.com)
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Japan revises economic growth in 1Q downward, as latest data show sluggish demand and rising prices (apnews.com)
