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State attorneys general threaten top US companies with legal action over race-based quotas.

Some 289 children are known to have died in the first half of 2023 while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, the United Nations said Friday.

DeSantis' Florida is creating a state-run, brownshirt "militia". https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/07/14/florida-state-guard-desantis-national-guard-training/ At least some honorable people there are saying, "No way will I be part of this." But America's new fascists are more and more brazen. And if the rest of us don't start taking the threat they represent more seriously, they could prevail.

Scotland resident Keir Johnston faces accusations of years of domestic violence culminating in an attempt on his wife’s life.

Carbon Brief explains the key sticking points at the 2023 IMO talks in London and what nations ultimately agreed on emissions targets.

The artificial sweetener has been classified as 'possibly carcinogenic to humans' but experts say it is safe to consume in limited quantities.

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The hard sell of ultra-processed foods in developing countries as being ‘good for you’ gives children a taste for sugar and salt that could have lasting effects on their health

After Roe v. Wade fell, the National Domestic Violence Hotline saw a 99-percent increase in callers reporting that people were trying to control their reproductive choices.

Keir Johnston has appeared at the High Court in Glasgow after being charged with the attempted murder of Grace Johnston at a holiday home in March last year.

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The figure far surpasses what Donald Trump raised, though it is well short of what Mr. Trump and his allies collected during the same period in the 2020 election cycle.

After flyers appeared in Mt. Sterling and Paris appearing to promote services from the KKK, the same flyers have been found in Corbin.

The Biden administration announced it would automatically cancel education debt for 804,000 borrowers, for a total of $39 billion in relief.

As the nation faces mounting extremism, a veteran observer of antisemitic violence follows a security team that combats threats against Jewish targets.

Homelessness has become an increasingly worrisome crisis in our nation over the past several years, but a new study from the University of Notre Dame shows that efforts to prevent homelessness work.

No, this is not a Black Mirror episode.

The heatwave could potentially lead to record-breaking temperatures, forecasters say.

McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley filed a lawsuit after a state agency warned her about refusing to marry gay couples. She hopes a recent U.S. Supreme Court case about religious freedom helps her cause.

It's not clear whether the troops will actually be deployed, but it suggests the U.S. military presence in Europe is under strain.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 121 and 12304 of title 10, United States Code, I hereby determine that it is necessary to augment the active Armed Forces of the United States for the effective conduct of Operation Atlantic…