WASHINGTON ย โย The Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear Monsantoโs claim that it should be shielded from tens of thousands of lawsuits over its weed killer Roundup because the Environmental Protection Agency has not required a warning label that it may cause cancer. The justices will not resolve the decades-long dispute over whether Roundupโs key…
Using a playbook familiar to their front office, the Dodgers waited until the market for slugging outfielder Kyle Tucker dwindled before making him an offer short on duration but generous in dollars. The result is the defending two-time World Series champion plugged the only hole in its lineup with another superstar โ one regarded by…
Wholesale natural gas prices have risen by more than 40% this month as a raft of pressures, described by one analyst as a “perfect storm”, threaten to raise energy bills ahead. Day-ahead prices for UK delivery were at a six-month high on Friday, a rise of more than 14% on the day, as contracts across…
Mickey Rourke is doubling down on his disgust over a fundraiser that quickly raised more than $100,000 on his behalf, calling it an embarrassing โscamโ and a โvicious cruel lieโ and promising โsevere repercussions to [the] individual who did this very bad thingโ to him. At the same time, the fundraiser โ aimed at keeping…
A court has thrown out a ยฃ50m compensation claim against the Scottish government over its doomed deposit return scheme. Waste management firm Biffa won a contract as part of plans to bring in the scheme, and later took ministers to court when the initiative was shelved. Biffa had been seeking ยฃ51.4m in damages at the…
WASHINGTONย โย Venezuelan opposition leader Marรญa Corina Machado said Thursday that she โpresentedโ her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Trump during a private meeting at the White House, but he has not changed his view that she does not have the support to lead her country. Machado, who won the prize last year for her work…
There are one-day high school girlsโ basketball events scheduled for Saturday and Monday that should produce good games involving top teams. First up is an event at Mira Costa on Saturday. JSerra, Flintridge Prep, St. Anthony, Birmingham and Palisades lead the teams scheduled to play. Then on Monday, Rosary in Fullerton will host eight games…
Rachel Reeves’s plans to curb cash ISA limits with the aim of fuelling a wave of stock market investing “are doomed to fail”, the boss of one of Britain’s biggest retail investment platforms has warned. Sky News has learnt that Michael Summersgill, chief executive of AJ Bell, which has more than ยฃ100bn of client assets…
Cinephiles, assemble. Nominations for the 98th Academy Awards will be revealed Thursday in a livestream thatโs sure to spur some chatter. While critics seem to agree on a few locks, as this monthโs Golden Globes โ and last yearโs Oscars, for that matter โ proved, thereโs always room for surprise. Hereโs everything you need to…
๐ Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app ๐ Robert Jenrick joins Reform and becomes the party’s second big name defection from the Tories in days – after former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi jumped ship earlier in the week. So how big of a blow is this to Kemi Badenoch? Beth Rigby,…