What happenedThe Justice Department yesterday unsealed criminal charges accusing former Cuban President Raúl Castro of murder and conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens. The indictment, approved by a grand jury last month, stems from Cuba’s 1996 downing of two planes operated by the anti-communist Cuban e...
What happenedTwo police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, sued in federal court yesterday to block anyone, including the rioters who beat them and other cops, from receiving payouts from his $1.776 billion “anti-weaponizati...
What happenedThe United Nations General Assembly yesterday voted 141-8, with 28 abstentions, to endorse a 2025 International Court of Justice opinion that countries are legally obligated to take steps to fight climate change. That opinion, “while not legally binding,” is “expected to be cited in cl...
In India’s Nagaland state, residents are learning how to protect and track the critically endangered Asian giant tortoise, an animal once hunted in the area. The Nagaland Zoological Park brought the tortoises back from the brink of extinction through its captive breeding program, which started in 20...
The Naegleria fowleri amoeba can cause a rare but fatal brain infection that progresses quickly and can’t be cured. And it has been found in several recreational locations in the U.S., with the number of cases likely to increase as global temperatures rise.Scientists tested 185 water samples from 40...
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