CHINEDU OKAFOR April 5, 2023 12:10 PM Shell Plc has been stopped from selling its Nigerian offshore assets; here’s why Shell Plc is seeking to hide from scrutiny over pollution in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta, lawyers for over 13,000 Nigerians said in London’s High Court on Tuesday, charges that […]
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FBI: Mandalay Bay shooter in Las Vegas who killed 58 was angry about how casinos treated him
Tami Abdollah A trove of documents recently released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation show that the shooter who killed 58 people at a Las Vegas concert in 2017 was “very upset” about how casinos were treating him. The documents provide the strongest indication yet of a motive for the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. Stephen […]
Baseball phenom, 13, dies by suicide. He came home from school, left video: ‘I hate my life’
Dana Hunsinger Benbow This story explores suicide, including a mother and father’s struggle after their 13-year-old son took his life. If you are at risk, please stop here and contact 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for support. COVINGTON, Ind. — On the afternoon of the worst day of Terry Badger II’s life, the text […]
There’s a Massive ‘Hole’ in the Sun the Size of 20 Earths Right Now
This week, NASA astronomers spotted a gaping, black region on the sun. The so-called “coronal hole” looks as if someone blew a hole right through our star, and its appearance spurred NOAA to issue an alert for geomagnetic storms. The “hole” isn’t really a hole, but rather is a large region much […]
Idaho hospital to stop delivering babies as doctors flee over abortion ban
Near-total ban on abortions is driving doctors away, hospital says, leading to lack of nearby labor and delivery care for thousands Gloria Oladipo @gaoladipo Mon 20 Mar 2023 12.15 EDT An Idaho hospital has planned to stop delivering babies, with the medical center’s managers citing increasing criminalization of physicians and the inability […]
Russian fighter jet forces down US drone over Black Sea
By Oren Liebermann, Jennifer Hansler, Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Updated 10:22 AM EDT, Wed March 15, 2023 A Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday after damaging the propeller of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to the US military. The Reaper drone and two Russian […]
He was with Emmett Till the night he was murdered. The horror haunts him still
March 12, 20237:24 AM ET Ayesha Rascoe Dr. Marvel Parker The horror happened 67 years ago, but it never left the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. It never will. There are times even now, when he will break down in tears when he describes what happened that night in Mississippi in […]
The U.S.-Israel Relationship No Longer Makes Sense
If Israel and its supporters want the country to continue receiving U.S. largesse, they will need to come up with a new narrative. By Steven A. Cook, a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. MARCH 13, […]
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Pentagon UFO chief says alien mothership in our solar system possible By Zamone Perez Thursday, Mar 9 (Canva via Getty) There is a possibility that extraterrestrial motherships and smaller probes may be visiting planets in our solar system, the head of the Pentagon’s unidentified aerial phenomena research office noted in a report draft […]
Israel sees one of its biggest-ever protest
By George Wright BBC News Hundreds of thousands of Israelis rallied against the government’s judicial plans on Saturday night, in what organizers said were the biggest street protests in Israel’s history. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the changes – which would curb the power of courts – will restore balance […]