Court: Amazon customers can sue over lack of toxic warnings
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court on Wednesday left intact a ruling that allows customers to sue Amazon.com for failing to warn…
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Thousands protest ‘bulldozer justice’ against Indian Muslims
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Protests are erupting in many Indian cities against the demolition of homes and…
Continue Reading Oregon’s prison chief in lead for top federal prisons job
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colette Peters, who runs Oregon’s prison system, has emerged as the…
Continue Reading Resolution apologizing for Boston’s role in slavery approved
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s city council has approved a resolution apologizing for the Massachusetts…
Continue Reading Haiti mourns 11 women from fatal voyage near Puerto Rico
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Eleven Haitian women have been buried in Puerto Rico a month after the overloaded…
Continue Reading Lawyers urge leniency at sentencing for Ghislaine Maxwell
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell say she should face no more than four to five…
Continue Reading Union authorizes Atlantic City casino strike next month
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City casino workers on Wednesday authorized their leaders to call a strike…
Continue Reading Mo’Nique, Netflix reportedly settle her suit alleging bias
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mo’Nique and Netflix reportedly have settled her lawsuit that accused the streaming service of racial and sexual…
Continue Reading James Patterson sorry for saying white writers face racism
NEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson is apologizing for saying that white male writers are being subjected to “just another of form of racism”…
Continue Reading FAA says future planes will need to reduce carbon emissions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing to require that future airplanes produce lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions before…
Continue Reading Brazil: Suspect confesses to killing pair missing in Amazon
By FABIANNO MAISONNAVE, EDMAR BARROS and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian police said Wednesday night a fisherman…
Continue Reading 3 hurt in fire in row homes on block where pride flag burned
BALTIMORE (AP) — Three people have been taken to a hospital after a fire tore through four Baltimore row homes on the same block where a pride flag…
Continue Reading DNA retest concludes acquitted man likely committed murder
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida prosecutor says new DNA testing shows that a man acquitted at retrial of…
Continue Reading LeBron trading card could fetch record price at auction
RUNNEMEDE, N.J. (AP) — LeBron James might be on the cusp of setting another record. And someone will have to pay a lot of money to make it happen.…
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Nipsey Hussle’s last moments detailed as murder trial opens
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Nipsey Hussle was gunned down outside his clothing shop in a calculated,…
Continue Reading Cuba sugar harvest only half of expected; sector in ‘crisis’
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba has produced only about half the sugar it had projected this season and authorities acknowledge that while they will cover…
Continue Reading 2 US veterans from Alabama reported missing in Ukraine
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two U.S. veterans from Alabama who were in Ukraine assisting in the war against Russia haven’t been heard from in days…
Continue Reading 47 cats living in car rescued from hot weather in Minnesota
HARRIS, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say 47 cats were rescued from a vehicle that was parked in sweltering heat at a southeastern Minnesota rest area.…
Continue Reading Heat wave keeps Midwest and South in its sticky grip
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — People flocked to pools, beaches and cooling centers in a swath of the Midwest and South spanning…
Continue Reading Residents improvise as Texas city rushes to turn water on
By JILL BLEED and TERRY WALLACE Associated Press Residents of the West Texas city of Odessa improvised emergency water supplies after a water system…
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