STORY: :: Greenpeace protesters board a plastic chemical tanker during the UN plastic talks :: Greenpeace :: Off the coast of South Korea :: November 30, 2024 :: Lisa Ramsden, Greenpeace USA “We have come today to urge the world leaders who are negotiating the final draft of the Global Plastics Treaty in Busan to … Read more
Conservative commentator Scott Jennings is the newest member of The Los Angeles Times editorial board. “It’s true – I’ve accepted @DrPatSoonShiong’s invitation to join the @latimes board,” Jennings announced in a post on social media platform X on Friday. “I plan to represent Americans who believe they are often ignored or scorned in heritage issues … Read more
Investigators are trying to determine how a woman bypassed multiple security checkpoints this week at JFK International Airport in New York and boarded a flight to Paris, apparently hiding in the plane’s bathroom during the flight. The stowaway did not have a boarding pass but passed security checks and passed through two identification and boarding … Read more
A comprehensive review has resulted in more than 400 classes being removed from Florida State University’s general education curriculum for the 2025-26 school year. FSU’s Board of Trustees approved the elimination of 432 classes during a meeting on campus Thursday from 571 international education options. It was part of a new annual plan required by … Read more
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother convicted of killing her two sons by dumping her car in a lake in 1994 with the boys strapped into their seats, will ask the parole board for freedom on Wednesday. Smith, 53, is serving a life sentence after a jury convicted him of murder … Read more