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Texas is getting involved in Israel’s battle with the socially conscious Ben & Jerry’s ice cream brand.

Luke Prokop has become the first active player in the National Hockey League to come out as gay. The Nashville Predators drafted the 19-year-old player last year.

In Minnesota, authorities arrested Indigenous leader Winona LaDuke and at least six other water protectors Monday during a protest at the Shell River against the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands pipeline.

Acting Haitian Prime Minister Claude Joseph says he plans to transfer power today to Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon who was appointed by President Jovenel Moïse shortly before he was assassinated on July 7. Both Joseph and Henry had claimed power following Moïse’s death. Over the weekend, the United St…

A Florida man who took part in the January 6 insurrection has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison. Paul Hodgkins was filmed wearing a Trump 2020 T-shirt and carrying a Trump flag on the floor of the U.S. Senate after Trump supporters attacked the Capitol in an effort to disrupt the coun…

A Moroccan court has sentenced independent journalist Omar Radi to six years in prison. He was arrested last year on what press freedom advocates call “retaliatory charges.” For years Radi has been targeted by Moroccan authorities for his reporting on corruption and human rights. Last year, Amnesty …

In news from Peru, the socialist teacher and union leader Pedro Castillo has been officially declared the winner of the June 6 presidential election after right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori failed in her attempt to overturn the results. Castillo won by about 44,000 votes. He spoke to s…

The company cited “our values” for its decision not to renew its license agreement at the end of next year. Israel called the move, which includes East Jerusalem, “morally wrong.”

German COVID-19 conspiracy theorist Sucharit Bhakdi. Photo: Screenshot. A Germany-based microbiologist whose profile surged during the COVID-19 pandemic as he …

“He doesn’t know anything about his sport, but he knows how to get the best of his players. A hit TV show has become ‘required watching’.”

Journalist Tala Halawa was fired from the BBC for her “Hitler was right” tweet. Photo: Screenshot A Palestinian journalist who …

The people of Haiti, Jean said, often feel as though they are not able to discuss their country’s future with the foreign decision-makers embedded in ...

Before he was the Point God, he was a junior-varsity point guard—for two years.

With apologies to all the wonderful doctors I’ve had in my life, going to the vaccine mega-clinic at Scotiabank Arena on Sunday was the most fun I’ve ...

Demonstrators in central Amsterdam during a ‘Free Palestine’ protest on May 16, 2021. Photo: William Lounsbury/Hans Lucas/Reuters A Dutch parliamentarian …

The “Loyal White Knights” of the Ku Klux Klan brandishing confederate flags and white supremacist symbols at a 2012 demonstration. …

[ILLUSTRATIVE] Soldiers of Germany’s Special Forces Commando (KSK) take part in an exercise near Putgarten, Germany September 28, 2015. REUTERS/Hannibal …

Jean-Luc Melenchon, leadeer of the far-left La France Insoumise party. Photo: Gwendoline Le Goff/Reuters. JNS.org – In the first round …

In practice, qualified immunity serves as a giant rubber stamp on even the most egregious transgressions.

The defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers were dethroned by the Phoenix Suns. What comes next in the last stage of LeBron James’s career?