High court claim says company knowingly sold product containing asbestos and ‘concealed’ risk to public ‘When I was a child, everyone used it’: woman blames Johnson & Johnson talc for her cancer Thousands of people are taking legal action against the US pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, claiming it knowingly...
‘Gamechanging’ HIV prevention jab to be approved for England and Wales
Long-acting injection offers an alternative to daily pills taken to protect against the virus A “gamechanging” injection to prevent HIV is set to be approved for use in England and Wales. The long-acting jab, administered every two months, will offer an alternative to the daily pills used to protect against...
This family visit to a military base ended with ICE deporting a Marine’s dad
A U.S. Marine says his parents were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after they visited a California military base and one of them was later deported
UN warns Colombia over mercury contamination in Atrato River, calls crisis a human rights emergency
A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is causing a grave human rights crisis for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities
New Hampshire court rules in clergy abuse case that 2020 law cannot be applied retroactively
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that the state's 2020 law abolishing the statute of limitations for filing sexual assault lawsuits is not retroactive
New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools
Oklahoma's new public schools superintendent is rescinding a mandate from his predecessor that forced schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students
Judge dismisses young climate activists’ lawsuit challenging Trump on fossil fuels
A federal judge in Montana has dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels
Pentagon chief’s plane diverted to UK due to cracked windshield
The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom because a windshield cracked on a flight back to the U.S. from a NATO meeting and all aboard are safe
Faulty engineering led to implosion of Titan submersible headed to Titanic wreckage, NTSB finds
The National Transportation Safety Board says faulty engineering led to the implosion of an experimental submersible that killed five people on the way to the wreck of the Titanic
Georgia man charged with murder in the death of his 6-month old son after kidnap claim
A suburban Atlanta man has been charged with murder in the death of his six-month-old son