US banana giant ordered to pay $38m to families of Colombian men killed by death squads (www.theguardian.com)
Landmark verdict against Chiquita marks first time major US company held liable for funding human rights abuses abroad...
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Landmark verdict against Chiquita marks first time major US company held liable for funding human rights abuses abroad...
The state chapter of the influential civil rights organization argues that restoring the names of the pro-slavery military figures created “an unlawful and discriminatory educational environment for Black students.”...
A federal judge blocked most of a law championed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ® that strictly limited transgender health care for adults and banned it completely for children....
If the teens had real guns, peace would have erupted, instead....
Last year, Americans bought half a billion packets of Shin Ramyun, the spicy, beefy Korean instant noodle. The bold red-and-black packaging feels inescapable: It’s a staple of college dorm rooms, bodegas, middle-of-the-country Walmarts and viral TikTok videos....
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....
The first three months of 2024 saw a continued drop in levels of violent crime and murder across the country, according to data released by the FBI on Monday – a trend that Attorney General Merrick Garland called “historic.”...
TEL AVIV/CAIRO, June 11 (Reuters) - Hamas accepts a U.N. resolution backing a plan to end the war with Israel in Gaza and is ready to negotiate details, a senior official of the Palestinian militant group said on Tuesday in what the U.S. Secretary of State called “a hopeful sign”....
In practice, this means 3M is continuing to create harm from the risks they spent decades covering up
Hello fellow Lemmys. The mod team here at !news has been in discussions about the best approach to ensure we stay unbiased with news during the U.S. Election Cycle....
Ex-prosecutors and historians warn that Republicans’ parroting of ex-president’s wild allegations of political bias could erode trust and lead to violence...
In a new, secret recording, the Supreme Court justice’s wife bemoans having to “look across the lagoon at the Pride flag”...
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.”...
Four American educators from a small Iowa university were injured in a stabbing attack in a public park in northeast China’s Jilin province on Monday, according to U.S. media and U.S. government officials....
This withdrawal follows the departure of the French army from Niger at the end of 2023 and the arrival of Russian military instructors, as Niger seeks to diversify its defense partnerships.
Russia released a group of women from a prison in late May to join the fighting in Ukraine, according to two former inmates who maintain contact with those still there, potentially signaling a new phase in the Kremlin’s use of criminals in its war effort.