Most of the money will be awarded to young children who were at risk for lead poisoning The state of Michigan is expected to announce that a $600 million settlement…

Between 12,000 and 50,000 girls and women were raped by armed forces in the country from 1992 to 1995, according to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).…

Black newborn babies in the United States are more likely to die when in the care of white doctors, according to a new study.  Researchers from the University of Minnesota…

The Japanese MV Wakashio, owned by the Nagashiki Shipping Company and operated by Mitsui OSK Line, has spilled oil off the Mauritius coast after hitting a reef near the Blue…

In Thailand, student-led, anti-government protests continue, with over 10,000 people taking to the streets Sunday, the largest demonstration since the 2014 coup put a military junta in power. Protesters are…

Louise Lucas, a Virginia state senator, among others, has been charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and injury to a monument in excess of $1,000.  The charges come after…

“The weather station at Furnace Creek in Death Valley, California, reported a temperature of 54.4C, which is 130F, on Sunday 16 August,” said Clare Nullis, WMO spokesperson. “If validated, it…

Even if you know nothing about the era, you can probably assess that the "Great Depression" wasn’t a good time. A global economic depression that lasted from 1929 until the…

Con­grat­u­la­tions to the inau­gur­al win­ner of the Paper Brigade Award for New Israeli Fic­tion in Hon­or of Jane Weitz­man: Maya Arad (Our Lady of Kazan), select­ed by guest judge and…

Anti­semitism has been ris­ing glob­al­ly — not just in the Unit­ed States — and while we may read about events in Britain, France, or oth­er Euro­pean coun­tries, reports from Latin Amer­i­ca are less fre­quent.…