Nation Mar 24 Georgia jury orders Monsanto parent to pay nearly $2.1 billion in Roundup weedkiller lawsuit By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press
World Jun 24 Watch 5:48 News Wrap: Federal appeals court orders Flynn case dismissed In our news wrap Wednesday, a federal appeals court ordered criminal charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn be dismissed. The judges ruled 2 to 1 in favor of the Justice Department’s motion to drop the case. Also, Wisconsin's…
Nation May 13 Jury orders Monsanto to pay $2 billion in weed killer cancer case The Oakland jury on Monday delivered Monsanto's third such loss in California since August. By Associated Press
Nation Oct 10 California judge will order new trial over jury’s $289 million Roundup award San Francisco Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos said in a tentative ruling Wednesday that she would order a new trial in a $289 million judgment against agribusiness giant Monsanto brought by a school groundskeeper who says Roundup weed-killer caused his… By Associated Press
Nation Aug 11 Jury awards $289 million to man who blames Roundup for cancer Dewayne Johnson, 46, alleges that heavy contact with the herbicide caused his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. By Paul Elias, Associated Press
Sep 20 Monsanto, Bayer officials defend proposed $66 billion merger By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press "I'm afraid this consolidation wave has become a tsunami," the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said at the start of Tuesday's hearing. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 3:44 News Wrap: U.S. and Israel agree to record aid deal By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the U.S. signed an aid agreement with Israel that’s worth $38 billion over 10 years. The ceremony took place at the State Department, where National Security Advisor Susan Rice remarked that it serves as a… Continue watching
Mar 29 WHO: Long-cleared Roundup ingredient ‘probably’ causes cancer By Megan Thompson The World Health Organization announced findings that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp line of pesticides, is “probably carcinogenic to humans.”… Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch Field of weeds: Could agriculture crisis crop up from herbicide resistance? By PBS News Hour Millions of acres of farmland in the U.S. have been affected by herbicide-resistant weeds, rendering some fields unable to be farmed. And the problem is spreading, which could mean more lost crops and lost profits. The EPA approved a new… Continue watching
Sep 01 Opponents of Colorado GMO labeling draw millions in donations By Luke Runyon, Harvest Public Media In the fight over whether some foods in Colorado should sport a label about genetically modified ingredients, each campaign finance filing shows an increasingly lopsided race. In a two-week period in September, the committee working to get the measure passed… Continue reading