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April 18, 2024

California establishes nation's first drinking water limit in response to 'Erin Brockovich' contaminant

California regulators have adopted a drinking water limit on toxic hexavalent chromium, a chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich."

April 18, 2024

Ex-pharmacy exec faces sentencing in Michigan woman's death linked to tainted steroids

The head of a specialty pharmacy will be sentenced in Michigan for 11 deaths more than a decade ago that were tied to tainted steroids, according to officials.

April 18, 2024

New Louisiana congressional district 'textbook racial gerrymandering,' detractors say

Debate rages over whether LA's new congressional district map is racially or politically motivated after a judge ruled the previous map violated the Voting Rights Act.

April 17, 2024

Arrest made in 2017 murder of DC police officer

Baltimore prosecutors announced Wednesday the arrest of 24-year-old Dion Thompson, who is accused of killing Washington, D.C. police Sgt. Tony Mason Jr.

April 17, 2024

Belarus votes to suspend Conventional Forces participation

Belarus' parliament on Wednesday voted to suspend Minsk's participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty, which could lead to military expansion by the Lukashenko regime.

April 17, 2024

Alabama lawmakers advance bills ensuring Biden appears on November ballot

Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday voted to advance legislation to ensure President Biden's presence on the Yellowhammer State's November ballot.

April 17, 2024

Vermont farms are still recovering from flooding as they enter the growing season

Heading into this year's growing season, hundreds of farms in Vermont are still recovering from last year's catastrophic flooding; fundraising campaign Dig Deep Vermont is giving out grants to farms.

April 17, 2024

French police evict hundreds from abandoned Paris warehouse ahead of Olympics

Ahead of the upcoming Paris Olympic Games, French police on Wednesday carried out a large-scale eviction at the country's biggest squat which had become home to around 450 migrants.

April 17, 2024

Ellen Ash Peters, first female chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, dies at 94

Ellen Ash Peters, the first woman to serve as Connecticut's chief justice, died on Tuesday at age 94; Peters was also Yale Law School's first female faculty member.

April 17, 2024

Skeletal remains found at Illinois home identified as woman missing since 2008

Skeletal remains found at a Springfield, Illinois, home have been identified as those of Michelle Renee "Shelly" Bianco, a local who disappeared in 2008.