Audit finds Minnesota agency's lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid program (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....
Wreck of the last ship of famed Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton found off the coast of Canada (apnews.com)
The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society....
Florida jury finds Chiquita Brands liable for Colombia deaths, must pay $38.3M to family members (apnews.com)
Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit of last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seeking reparations (apnews.com)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dampening the hope of advocates for racial justice that the government would make amends for one of the worst single acts of violence against Black people in U.S. history....
Boeing sales tumble as the company gets no orders for the 737 Max for the second straight month (apnews.com)
Armenian leader announces plan to leave Russia-dominated security alliance (CSTO) as ties with Moscow sour (apnews.com)
Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles (apnews.com)
Southern Baptists expel Virginia church for believing women can serve as pastors (apnews.com)
Even as they prepare to vote on a formal ban on churches with women pastors, delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to boot one such church from its ranks....
US will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system after Kyiv's desperate calls for air defenses (apnews.com)
The United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, answering Kyiv’s desperate calls for more air defenses as it battles an intense Russian assault on the northeastern Kharkiv region....
Apparent pro-Palestinian activists splash red paint on homes of Jewish officials at Brooklyn Museum (apnews.com)
Blinken says some of Hamas’ proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some not (apnews.com)
Linguist and activist Noam Chomsky hospitalized in his wife's native country of Brazil after stroke (apnews.com)
Oregon man who drugged daughter's friends with insomnia medication at sleepover gets prison term (apnews.com)
An Oregon man who drugged his daughter and her friends with fruit smoothies laced with a sleeping medication after they didn’t go to bed during a sleepover was sentenced to two years in prison....
Adult entertainment industry sues again over law requiring pornographic sites to verify users' ages (apnews.com)
An Indiana law that requires pornographic websites to verify users’ ages — one of numerous such statutes in effect across the country — is being challenged by an association of the adult entertainment industry....
Waffle House raises worker pay after strikes and pressure from labor organizers (apnews.com)
3 Nixon justices helped end his presidency. Will the 3 Trump appointees force him to stand trial? (apnews.com)
Fifty years ago, three of the justices Richard Nixon appointed to the Supreme Court joined in an 8-0 decision in the Watergate tapes case that effectively ended his presidency, ruling only 16 days after hearing the case. Nixon resigned from office just over two weeks later....
Singer sues hospital, says staff thought he was mentally ill and wasn't member of Four Tops (apnews.com)
The lead singer of the Four Tops said a Detroit-area hospital restrained him and ordered a psychological exam after refusing to believe that he was part of the Motown music group....
Waffle House raises worker pay after strikes and pressure from labor organizers (apnews.com)
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Heavy snows and drought of deadly 'dzud' kill more than 7 million head of livestock in Mongolia (apnews.com)
Iceland issues license for 128 fin whales to be hunted this year (apnews.com)
Iceland issues license for 128 fin whales to be hunted this year (apnews.com)
Florida jury finds Chiquita Brands liable for Colombia deaths by financing paramilitary group, must pay $38.3M to family members (apnews.com)
Justice Alito questions possibility of political compromise in secret recording (apnews.com)
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is heard questioning whether compromise between the left and right is possible in a conversation posted on social media Monday. The conservative justice is also heard agreeing with a woman who says the United States should return “to a place of godliness.”...