South Sudan and UN peacekeepers failed to act on warnings of a massacre that ended with more than 200 dead in March, Amnesty International said Thursday. S.Sudan, UN failed to heed massacre warnings: Amnesty The world’s youngest country has been plagued by civil war, poverty, corruption and intercommunal violence since it was formed in 2011. … Read more
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday issued a scathing report criticizing the federal government’s handling of investigations into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, accusing authorities of failing victims and overlooking critical warning signs for years. The House Oversight Committee called for further investigation into Epstein’s associates and … Read more
Christa Pike said Friday that she remains in constant pain and struggles to speak a month after surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee, a failure she blames on “incompetence.” Christa Pike says she woke confused in a hospital after surviving a failed lethal injection and is now trying to heal in prison. (X/@TheCalvinCooli1) In her … Read more
Imagine sending a tiny lab to deep space, only to learn the experiment never woke up. That’s pretty much what happened to NASA’s BioSentinel. The cereal box-sized satellite carried living yeast and flew past the Moon, according to NASA’s mission overview. The aim was to test the effects of deep-space radiation on living cells. But … Read more
We trust road signs to keep us safe. Flashing signs, road markers, and street lights all try to keep drivers alert. But what if the road itself needs fixing? That was the question at a downhill intersection in Bellevue, Washington. A case study from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) revealed that the city tried several … Read more
While rolling out significant funding announcements for energy infrastructure this week, the US Department of Energy (DOE) appeared to make one notable oversight—accidentally excluding an entire state. The Department of Energy named 63 Tribal-led projects for funding negotiations totaling more than $125 million. Its map of planned projects sparked online criticism after viewers noticed Vermont … Read more
An Amazon employee has alleged that she was raped by a senior executive during a business trip to New York City. She also claimed in a lawsuit that the company told her to keep quiet about the alleged incident and even neglected to perform a full investigation of the allegations. Laura Danbom: Amazon employee accuses … Read more
Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed after confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials following her failed execution on September 30, according to 911 recordings obtained by The Associated Press. Christa Pike, 50, was taken to a hospital after she survived a lethal injection attempt in Tennessee. (X/@TheCalvinCooli1) What the 911 recordings show … Read more
An Idaho family that has farmed 1,000 acres near the Snake River for three generations has sued the state after an emergency water order forced them to shut off their irrigation pumps. The order dried their fields and destroyed their crops. Jerry Bingham and his family have grown wheat, alfalfa, and potatoes near Blackfoot since … Read more
Texas executed a death row inmate by lethal injection on Wednesday evening, October 7, which became the first execution in the United States after Christa Pike’s failed execution in Tennessee. Lawyers for 46-year-old Jamaal Howard had asked a judge to pause the execution after Pike’s botched execution attempt, CBS News reported. Who was Jamaal Howard? … Read more