• Georgia jury orders Monsanto parent to pay nearly $2.1 billion in Roundup weedkiller lawsuit

    Georgia jury orders Monsanto parent to pay nearly $2.1 billion in Roundup weedkiller lawsuit

    Mar 24, 2025 03:03 PM EST

    ... in a Roundup-related case to date. Plaintiff John Barnes filed his lawsuit against Monsanto in 2021, seeking damages related to his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Arnold & Itkin attorney Kyle Findley, the lead trial lawyer on the case, said the verdict will help put his client in a better position ...

  • The historic buildings destroyed by Southern California's devastating wildfires

    The historic buildings destroyed by Southern California's devastating wildfires

    Mar 11, 2025 10:25 PM EST

    ... myself and others, just understanding the losses here, also realizing that we take heritage and these places and spaces for granted, that I'm now lamenting that I didn't visit some of these places or I didn't, fully experiencing them before they're gone. And I don't ...

  • DA does not support resentencing Menendez brothers, says they repeatedly lied about why they killed parents

    DA does not support resentencing Menendez brothers, says they repeatedly lied about why they killed parents

    Mar 10, 2025 06:40 PM EST

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The district attorney of Los Angeles County said Monday that he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez because the brothers have repeatedly lied about why they killed their parents at their Beverly Hills home in 1989. District Attorney Nathan Hochman told reporters his ...

  • Vatican says Pope Francis suffered new breathing crises

    Vatican says Pope Francis suffered new breathing crises

    Mar 03, 2025 07:06 PM EST

    ... which has as this year's theme “The End of the World?”Francis wrote a message to the assembly, dated Feb. 26, in which he lamented that international organizations are increasingly ineffective to combat the threats facing the world and are being undermined by “short-sighted attitudes concerned with protecting ...

  • Conservatives who still oppose Trump gather at 'Principles First Summit' in search of a path forward

    Conservatives who still oppose Trump gather at 'Principles First Summit' in search of a path forward

    Feb 24, 2025 07:13 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives from across the country filled a ballroom a few blocks from the White House and lamented that the United States is abandoning the ideals that forged a great nation. Some attendees donned red hats with various inscriptions mocking President Donald Trump and his “Make America Great Again ...

  • The potential consequences of Trump’s unprecedented Pentagon shakeup

    The potential consequences of Trump’s unprecedented Pentagon shakeup

    Feb 22, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... presidents who wanted to put their own chairman in. President Kennedy, for instance, wanted to have Max Taylor become chairman, but he waited until General Lyman Lennitzer, who was the chairman in those days, complete his term before replacing him. John Yang: What do you think the effect is going ...

  • Former Oklahoma governor and senator David Boren dies at 83

    Former Oklahoma governor and senator David Boren dies at 83

    Feb 20, 2025 07:29 PM EST

    ... I was in a different party — and the fact that we trusted each other -- was a big benefit,” Boren told The Oklahoman in 1994.David Lyle Boren was born on April 21, 1941, in Washington, the son of U.S. Rep. Lyle Hagler Boren and the former Christine McKown. He ...

  • Experts return to Syria's war-torn heritage sites, including Roman ruins at Palmyra

    Experts return to Syria's war-torn heritage sites, including Roman ruins at Palmyra

    Feb 17, 2025 08:32 PM EST

    The Dead Cities In Northwest Syria, more than 700 abandoned Byzantine settlements called Dead Cities, stretch across rocky hills and plains, their weathered limestone ruins featuring remnants of stone houses, basilicas, tombs and colonnaded streets. Despite partial collapse, arched doorways, intricate carvings and towering church facades endure, surrounded by olive ...

  • Zelenskyy calls for 'European army' as EU leaders bristle at Trump's stance on Ukraine

    Zelenskyy calls for 'European army' as EU leaders bristle at Trump's stance on Ukraine

    Feb 15, 2025 06:45 PM EST

    “This is an existential moment. It’s a moment where Europe has to stand up,” she said. “There won’t be any lasting peace if it’s not a European-agreed peace.” Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir, meanwhile, lamented a lack of clarity from Washington. “People are still ...

  • Adrien Brody unpacks his performance as a complicated man driven by art in 'The Brutalist'

    Adrien Brody unpacks his performance as a complicated man driven by art in 'The Brutalist'

    Feb 12, 2025 11:20 PM EST

    ... to come your way, I have a little wish list, a little EPS juicing, some stock buyback. Let me in.Jeffrey Brown: But he's lamented the dearth of truly important roles. For a time, he put more of his creative energy into an early love, painting. Adrien Brody: It ...