Bowdoin graduate and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is the first Western journalist arrested on espionage charges in post-Soviet Russia.
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FDA warns maker of Sara Lee and Entenmann’s not to claim foods contain allergens when they don’t
U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors found that a top U.S. bakery listed ingredients on labels even when they weren’t in the foods.
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Anti-tax protesters storm Kenya’s parliament, drawing police fire
Medical workers report 5 people have been killed, but no official number has been provided.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Israel’s high court orders army to draft ultra-Orthodox men, rattling Netanyahu’s government
The prime minister would struggle to pull together a ruling coalition without the politically powerful ultra-Orthodox parties, who oppose any change to the system.
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UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without improved safety
The Israeli military claims it’s trying to facilitate aid shipments but that Hamas is disrupting them.
Posted inNation & World, News
More than 500 people have been charged under the gun safety law Biden signed
Enhanced background checks under the new law have stopped roughly 800 sales of firearms to people under age 21 who would be prohibited from buying them.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
Judge relaxes Trump’s gag order after hush money criminal conviction
The changes allow the former president to comment about witnesses and jurors, but not court and prosecution staff members.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence a public health emergency
Dr. Vivek Murthy calls on the U.S. to ban automatic rifles, introduce universal background checks for purchasing guns, regulate the industry, pass laws that would restrict their use in public spaces and penalize people who fail to safely store their weapons.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with U.S., return to Australia
Assange will plead guilty to an Espionage Act charge of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defense information, the Justice Department said in a letter filed in court.
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Summer camps are for getting kids outdoors, but more frequent heat waves force changes
What do you do when it’s too hot for the traditional end-of-camp bonfire?