May 28, 2024 UN human rights experts ask Belarusian authorities to help a political prisoner dying of cancer U.N. human rights experts appealed to authorities in Belarus to help political prisoner Pavel Kuchynski, who has been diagnosed with advanced Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
May 28, 2024 Environmental review allows Gulf of Maine offshore wind research lease to proceed The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has finished an environmental review allowing a Gulf of Maine offshore wind research lease to proceed.
May 28, 2024 Malta's ex-leader and others plead not guilty in a hospital fraud scandal that is roiling politics Joseph Muscat, the former PM of Malta, and other former officials have pleaded not guilty to charges in a hospital corruption scandal that is stirring up Malta ahead of European Parliament elections.
May 28, 2024 A 'gustnado' churns across a Michigan lake. Experts say these small whirlwinds rarely cause damage A 'gustnado,' a type of whirlwind kicked up by thunderstorm winds and resembling a small tornado, churned across Gun Lake in western Michigan over the weekend.
May 28, 2024 No charges for Michigan deputy who fatally struck fleeing teen with patrol car The Kent County, Michigan, sheriff's deputy who fatally struck 17-year-old Riley Doggett with his patrol car during an April chase will not face charges.
May 28, 2024 New court challenge filed in Pennsylvania to prevent some mail-in ballots from getting thrown out Left-leaning groups in PA have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to prevent mail-in ballots from being thrown out in the upcoming presidential election in November.
May 28, 2024 Bette Nash, who was named the world's longest-serving flight attendant, dies at 88 Bette Nash, who was previously named by Guinness World Records as the 'world's longest-serving flight attendant' for her more than 60 years of service, has died at age 88.
May 28, 2024 Operating company of Fukushima to use robot to remove melted nuclear fuel from destroyed reactor A remote-controlled robot aims to retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from one of three damaged reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
May 28, 2024 Virginia tech company pays $38K to settle allegations over whites-only job listing A tech company in northern Virginia has settled claims of discrimination by paying $38,500. The Justice Department announced on Thursday that it had reached an agreement.
May 28, 2024 Georgian parliament overrides president's veto of 'Russian law' that has prompted weeks of protests The Georgian parliament has overridden a presidential veto of the "foreign agents" legislation that has fueled Western concerns and sparked massive protests for weeks.