New York expands the legal definition of rape to include many forms of nonconsensual sexual contact (apnews.com)
New York will expand its legal definition of rape to include various forms of nonconsensual sexual contact, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday....
Massachusetts state troopers arrested for taking bribes to pass commercial drivers on test (apnews.com)
Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers were among six people charged Tuesday in a scheme to allegedly take bribes including a new snowblower and driveway in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving tests, the U.S. attorney’s office said....
Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla pay package worth more than $55 billion, judge rules (apnews.com)
The US hasn't seen syphilis numbers this high since 1950. Other STD rates are down or flat (apnews.com)
Hidden prison labor web linked to foods from Target, Walmart (apnews.com)
Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medics storm West Bank hospital, killing 3 militants (apnews.com)
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Order to liquidate property giant China Evergrande is just one step in fixing China's debt crisis (apnews.com)
China sees two 'bowls of poison' in Biden and Trump and ponders who is the lesser of two evils (apnews.com)
US Steel agrees to $42M in improvements and fines over air pollution violations after 2018 fire (apnews.com)
U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based company of violating federal clean air laws by operating plants without its desulfurization controls for more than three months, emitting clouds of sulfurous gas into surrounding towns....
Norfolk Southern is 1st big freight railway to let workers use anonymous federal safety hotline (apnews.com)
About 1,000 engineers and conductors who work for Norfolk Southern will soon be able to report safety concerns anonymously through a federal system without any fear of discipline....
Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medics storm West Bank hospital, killing 3 militants (apnews.com)
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces opened fire inside the wards of the Ibn Sina Hospital in the town of Jenin. The ministry condemned the raid and called on the international community to pressure Israel’s military to halt such operations in hospitals. A hospital spokesperson said there was no exchange of...
Michigan case offers an example of how public trust suffers when police officers lie (apnews.com)
A Black man who was detained by police during an early morning walk in a quiet community northwest of Detroit says the white officer who threw him against a squad car, cuffed him and accused him of planning to break into a car also told a significant lie....
After Alabama pioneers nitrogen gas execution, Ohio may be poised to follow (apnews.com)
Ohio politicians may be poised to consider whether the state might break its unofficial moratorium on the death penalty by following Alabama in using nitrogen gas to execute inmates....
Massachusetts man arrested for allegedly threatening Jewish community members and to bomb synagogues (apnews.com)
A Massachusetts man was arrested Monday for allegedly threatening to kill members of the state’s Jewish community and a bomb local synagogues, the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston said....
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands (apnews.com)
The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes to Coca-Cola.
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands (apnews.com)
The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes to Coca-Cola.
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands (apnews.com)
A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison....
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce (apnews.com)
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands...
Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Istanbul church that killed 1 (apnews.com)
Preliminary report suggests enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone (apnews.com)
An enemy drone that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan may have been confused with an American drone returning to the U.S. installation, two U.S. officials said Monday....
Figure skater Valieva disqualified in Olympic doping case. Russians set to lose team gold to US (apnews.com)
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after her doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games....
Document spells out allegations against 12 UN employees Israel says participated in Hamas attack (apnews.com)
The allegations against staffers with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees prompted Western countries to freeze funds vital for the body, which is a lifeline for desperate Palestinians in Gaza. The U.N. fired nine of the 12 accused workers and condemned “the abhorrent alleged acts” of staff members....
France’s protesting farmers approach Paris on tractors, vowing a ‘siege’ over grievances (apnews.com)
Protesting farmers sought to encircle Paris with tractor barricades and drive-slows on Monday, converging in their lumbering vehicles on France’s capital to pressure the government over the future of their industry, which has been shaken by repercussions of the Ukraine war....
Wexford Health Sources, a private prison health care company accused of substandard care, is awarded new contract in Illinois (apnews.com)
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