Pakistan bans hard-line Islamist party after recent deadly clashes with police
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Thursday banned a radical Islamist party behind recent violent protests that left at least one police officer and four civilians dead, the goverment said. The decision, approved by the federal Cabinet on the recommendation of the...
Filipino typhoon victims sue Shell in landmark climate case
(CN) — Dozens of victims of a devastating super typhoon that tore through the Philippines in December 2021 are suing Shell in Britain, accusing the oil giant of fueling the climate crisis that made the disaster deadlier. The 67 plaintiffs — mostly from island and...
‘Imperial March’ DC protester sues over National Guard arrest
WASHINGTON (CN) — A Washington resident who recorded himself playing Darth Vader’s theme from “Star Wars” while following National Guard troops deployed to the nation’s capital sued the city Thursday over his arrest by Metropolitan Police officers in...
Trump, EU sanctions blitz hits Russia despite Ukraine loan deadlock
BRUSSELS (CN) — In a rare display of transatlantic coordination, the Trump administration and European Union hammered Russia with back-to-back sanctions this week — Trump’s first major punitive action against Moscow since taking office. But the EU summit in...
House Democrats launch probe into Trump’s proposed $230 million DOJ compensation
WASHINGTON (CN) — House Democrats on Thursday demanded answers from President Donald Trump about reports that he may seek millions of dollars in restitution payments from his own Justice Department over federal investigations he faced before he was reelected. And...
EU court adviser backs email searches in antitrust probes, with privacy guardrails
(CN) — National regulators should be able to check company emails in antitrust investigations without running to a judge first, as long as clear rules and strong safeguards keep their powers in check, according to advice delivered Thursday to Europe’s top court....
Rift over results, costs in Arpaio-era racial profiling case still splits Maricopa County
PHOENIX (CN) — More than a decade after a federal judge first ordered a stop to racial profiling of Latinos during traffic stops, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is still trying. Fourteen years, three sheriffs and millions in legal fees later, a rift remains...
Astronomers eye newly discovered super-Earth as potential home for life
(CN) — Twenty years’ worth of global data and advanced telescopes helped an international research team recently find a potentially habitable super-Earth. The exoplanet is called GJ 251 c, according to the researchers’ study published Thursday in The Astronomical...
Circadian rhythm-related proteins could be to blame for Alzheimer’s
(CN) — A 24-hour long study into the brains of mice has revealed Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t just mess with the daily rhythms of those it afflicts, but also the circadian rhythms of essential waste-clearing brain cells, resulting in a more rapid spread through the...