The World Is Struggling to Make Enough Diesel
The world’s oil refiners are proving powerless to make enough diesel, opening a new inflationary front and depriving
2023-09-17 16:17
Protests erupt in Iran, one year after Mahsa Amini's death
Protests erupted throughout Iran on Saturday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old women who died in the custody of Iran's morality police after being arrested for allegedly not wearing her headscarf properly.
2023-09-17 13:52
Brazil: 14 killed after plane crashes in Amazon
Officials say it appears the aircraft tried to land in bad weather but ran out of runway.
2023-09-17 10:59
First grain ships arrive in Ukraine using new route
Officials say the vessels will deliver 200,000 tonnes of wheat to Africa and Asia.
2023-09-17 08:23
How the fentanyl crisis' fourth wave has hit every corner of the US
The epidemic's staggering scale and its infiltration of communities across the nation is laid bare in a new study.
2023-09-17 07:20
Man accused of carrying loaded weapon at RFK Jr. campaign event
A man has been accused of entering a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Los Angeles on Friday with a loaded weapon and impersonating federal enforcement.
2023-09-17 06:50
Colorado peak named after former governor linked to a massacre of Indigenous people has been renamed Mount Blue Sky
On one cold November morning in 1864, more than 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal members, mostly women and children, were murdered in one of the worst massacres in American history.
2023-09-17 06:45
Border authorities separated some migrant families amid overcrowding in facilities, report says
US Border Patrol separated some migrant children from their parents while the families were in custody amid overcrowding in facilities, according to a Friday court filing.
2023-09-17 04:56
Trudeau Takes Aim at Corporate Canada as Inflation Sinks His Popularity
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s proposed reforms to competition law are being welcomed by some advocates as a step
2023-09-17 00:57
Harvard Graduate Gets Nod to Be Nigeria’s Next Central Bank Head
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu nominated Olayemi Michael Cardoso, a Harvard graduate and former Citibank executive, to be the
2023-09-16 22:50
Michigan to pay $1m to man wrongfully convicted of killing two hunters
The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $1.03 million to a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the deaths of two hunters before the convictions were thrown out in February. Jeff Titus, 71, qualified for compensation under the state's wrongful conviction law, which pays $50,000 for every year behind bars. Records show Court of Claims Judge James Redford signed off on the deal on Aug. 23. “Our goal is to hold accountable those who are responsible for the harm done to Mr. Titus. The state's acknowledgment of his wrongful conviction is a start,” attorney Wolfgang Mueller said Friday. Titus had long declared his innocence in the fatal shootings of Doug Estes and Jim Bennett near his Kalamazoo County land in 1990. He was released from a life sentence earlier this year when authorities acknowledged that Titus’ trial lawyer in 2002 was never given a police file with details about another suspect. Thomas Dillon was an Ohio serial killer whose five victims between 1989 and 1992 were hunting, fishing or jogging. There is no dispute that the failure to produce the file violated Titus’ constitutional rights. In June, Kalamazoo County prosecutor Jeff Getting said Titus would not face another trial. “I don’t know who ultimately murdered Mr. Estes and Mr. Bennett,” said Getting, who wasn't involved in the 2002 trial. There was no physical evidence against Titus, who was portrayed at trial as a hothead who didn’t like trespassers. The Innocence Clinic at University of Michigan law school worked to exonerate him. Dillon died in prison in 2011. ___ Follow Ed White at http://twitter.com/edwritez
2023-09-16 22:49
Week That Started With WTO Warning Ended With Trade Battle
The warning from the World Trade Organization in Geneva early this week was unambiguous: A global economy split
2023-09-16 22:24