Zelenskyy explained, “I told him that if he gave us the weapons we need and stopped supporting Putin, we would let him build Trump-branded hotels and other Trump-branded buildings in Ukraine’s ten largest cities, as well as Trump golf courses in the countryside. He was quite excited.”   read more

The chemical lobby in Louisiana has declared war on Tulane University’s environmental law program, long the bane of existence for corporate polluters.   As part of a multi-pronged strategy, the Louisiana Chemical Association is urging all of its...   read more

During the middle of the recent recession, Americans increasingly turned to the government for assistance, with nearly half of all households receiving some kind of support. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 45% of the country during the ...   read more

It remains to be seen just how long Alan Bersin will be serving in the Obama administration as head of Customs and Border Protection. Given a recess appointment by President Barack Obama, Bersin must receive Senate confirmation before the end of 2...   read more

Despite the media attention calling for action and anti-drug campaigns launched by Mexico’s government, the border town of Ciudad Juárez continues to be killing field for men and women, Mexicans and Americans.   Since 1993, nearly 500 young wome...   read more

Unlike the state of Arizona, which is trying to crackdown on illegal immigration by requiring anyone stopped by police to show proof of legal status, some cities on the East and West Coast are dispensing IDs to help undocumented individuals become...   read more

The federal government approved BP’s use of chemicals to break up the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill despite concerns from scientists and public officials in Louisiana.   When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) discussed the ch...   read more

Republicans and Democrats in the House united last week, voting 292-126 to freeze government spending on scientific research, even though such expenditures can help lead to innovations and economic opportunities for tomorrow’s economy.   The bip...   read more

More than 100,000 Americans who entered into a home mortgage modification program created by the Obama administration have found themselves kicked out of the relief effort, making their lives worse than if they had never bothered to get involved i...   read more

Political expression through poetry has prompted violent reactions by authorities from Iraq to Rhode Island.   In the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, Zardasht Osman, a student and freelance journalist, was found shot to death shortly after publ...   read more

A couple in Japan became the first to be married by a robot, according to manufacturer Kokoro Co. “I-Fairy,” four feet tall and with flashing eyes and plastic pigtails, performed the wedding ceremony for Tomohiro Shibata, 42, and Satoko Inoue, 36,...   read more

Two shareholders of Transocean Ltd., owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that blew up in the Gulf of Mexico, are suing the company and claiming executives defrauded investors by concealing its history of failed equipment designed to prevent the...   read more

In an attempt to improve medical care at its hospitals, the Department of Veterans Affairs has developed a rating system that consequently has caused some VA facilities to be banned from performing elective surgeries. The “surgery complexity initi...   read more

Defense attorneys for Omar Khadr, the so-called “child soldier” of Guantánamo, have argued at their client’s military tribunal that some of the testimony being used against him by the U.S. was coerced. The tainted testimony was obtained soon after...   read more

Big age differences between husbands and wives are great for men’s longevity, but not for women’s. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, found women are better off marrying spouses of the same age, b...   read more

Cars today are as much products of computer electronics as they are automotive engineering. Because they contain and rely upon so much high-tech circuitry, cars are increasingly becoming vulnerable to computer hackers who may be able to manipulate...   read more

Under the Bush and Obama administrations, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) has granted permits to BP and other oil companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico despite environmental concerns raised by another federal agency that endangered specie...   read more