Oklahoma judge to rule on Monday in opioid lawsuit against J&J
An Oklahoma judge will rule on Monday on whether Johnson & Johnson should be held liable in a lawsuit by the state’s attorney general who...
Elections Canada climate advertising guidelines puts chill on green groups’ advocacy
(The August 20 story was refiled to corrects the rules around advertising in the fourth paragraph)...
Zimbabwe charges former Mugabe deputy with abuse of office
Phelekezela Mphoko, a former deputy to ousted Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, was charged on Wednesday with criminal abuse of office, his lawyer said, in the...
Tiny Nevada town near secretive Area 51 braces for alien hunters
Connie West, co-owner of an alien-themed motel in the tiny U.S. desert outpost of Rachel, Nevada, believes they are coming no matter what. Not aliens,...
Ex-NFL DE Williams arrested on trespassing charge
Former No. 1 overall NFL draft pick Mario Williams was arrested in Texas on a trespassing charge....
Target, Lowe’s earnings drive Wall Street higher
U.S. stocks advanced on Wednesday following upbeat earnings from retailers Lowe’s and Target that reinforced confidence in consumer demand, while investors awaited the release of...
NASA astronauts go for spacewalk outside ISS
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan of Expedition 60 embarked Wednesday on a six-and-a-hour spacewalk to install the International Docking Adapter-3 at the International...
Iraq paramilitary groups blame U.S., Israel for blasts at Iraqi militia bases: statement
Iraq’s mostly Iran-backed paramilitary groups on Wednesday blamed blasts at its weapons depots and bases on the United States and Israel, a statement said....
North Macedonia’s special crime prosecutor arrested in alleged extortion scandal
SKOPJE – North Macedonia’s special prosecutor for organized crime was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of offering leniency in exchange for cash to a businessman...
Hong Kong protesters clash with police, angry at lack of prosecutions after subway mob attack
Thousands of jeering Hong Kong residents held a raucous anti-government protest on Wednesday at a suburban subway station that was attacked by a mob last...