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A flooded playground and field in Waterbury, Vermont, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. – Shelby Knowles/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a pioneering measure to hold companies responsible for environmental damage, Vermont is poised to make oil and gas giants shell out billions in climate change cleanup. Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act, which parallels […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — United States Sen. Bob Menendez is set to go on trial starting Monday in his federal bribery case. The New Jersey Democrat is accused of accepting cash, gold bars, luxury wristwatches and other perks from New Jersey businessmen in exchange for official favors to benefit the businessmen and the governments […]
Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he […]
Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Coachella Ice Spice is bringing back Y2k vibes with her new single, “Gimmie a Light.” The song borrows from Sean Paul‘s 2002 hit “Gimme the Light,” a sample she at one point doubted would get approved. “I was really nervous because we really wanted to have a very authentic Y2K […]
San Francisco Police Dept (SAN FRANCISCO) — Federal prosecutors are seeking a maximum sentence for the man who was convicted of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacking her husband Paul with a hammer in 2022. The Department of Justice filed a sentencing memorandum Friday in anticipation of next week’s […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Although congressional Republicans have been slamming President Joe Biden over his decision to withhold certain bomb shipments to Israel, such a move is not unprecedented, as they’ve claimed. Previous presidents, including Republican ones, have withheld aid to send a clear message to Israel and other allies, a foreign policy expert […]
Sheila Paras/Getty Images/STOCK (CLEVELAND) — A late night shooting inside an Ohio movie theater has left one man dead, police said. The shooting took place at approximately 11 p.m. when the Massilon Police Department were notified of a shooting inside a Regal Cinemas movie theater in Massilon, Ohio — some 50 miles south of Cleveland. […]
Erik Jepsen/Board of Regents of the University of California (SAN DIEGO) — Scientists may have found the answer to manufacturing plastics products that actually break down without forming into microplastics, or tiny pieces of plastics that could linger for thousands of years. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and materials company Algenesis said […]
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — As anger over Israel’s military operations in Gaza mounted, students from Columbia University’s Apartheid Divest coalition assembled on the university’s South Lawn on April 17, demanding that school officials disclose its financial investments. A day later, at least 108 students were suspended and removed after the school’s president, […]
Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Chief Keef is headed on the road for A Lil Tour, with some help from supporting acts 43B signee Lil Gnar and the Glo Boyz. Kicking off July 16 in Boston, the trek will hit a total of 17 cities, including Detroit, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Miami Beach. He’ll wrap up on […]
