International News
UK truck deaths shine spotlight on human trafficking
Al Jazeera
London, United Kingdom - British police have opened a murder investigation into the deaths of 39 people, including at least one teenager, found in the early hours of Wednesday morning inside a lorry at an industrial park in Grays, about 32km (20 miles) east of central London.
Be afraid': one woman’s fight to hold Liberia’s warlords to account
BBC World News
Faced by a ‘rising chorus of voices’, not least that of legislator Rustonlyn Dennis, President George Weah is considering setting up a long-awaited tribunal into decades-old war crimes
Syria’s Assad gets a prize with US withdrawal, Russia deal
AP News
BEIRUT (AP) — Once again, Syrian President Bashar Assad has snapped up a prize from world powers that have been maneuvering in his country’s multi-front wars. Without firing a shot, his forces are returning to towns and villages in northeastern Syria where they haven’t set foot for years.
Assad was handed one victory first by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from northeastern Syria, analysts said. Then he got another from a deal struck between Turkey and Russia, Damascus’ ally.
US News
GM workers anxiously await resolution to longest strike in decade
The Guardian
The autoworkers picketing outside General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant stand to gain more than most if a tentative deal with the company is ultimately approved this week. For a start their jobs would be spared. GM previously slated the plant for closure by January. Instead, its 700 employees could start building electric pickup trucks next year.
The vaping illness outbreak is strengthening the argument for legalizing marijuana
Vox News
At least 33 people have died and nearly 1,500 have fallen ill in the vaping-related lung illness outbreak that’s swept across the country since March. And months into their investigation, disease detectives at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say they still don’t know exactly what’s causing the severe shortness of breath and chest pain that’s landed people in hospitals.
Phoenix officer fired for pulling his gun on a family after child took dollar store toy
KVOV (BBC) News
PHOENIX (nbcnews) – A Phoenix police officer was told he would be terminated Tuesday after a high-profile incident in May where he arrested the parents of a 4-year-old daughter that took a doll from a store.
Meyer pulled his gun on the family and also kicked one of the parents during the arrest, Williams said. The police chief has to serve disciplinary notices and Meyer has the right to appeal the decision.
Science/ Environment News
Dinosaur-Killing Meteorite Caused Acidification That Led to Mass Extinction
Scientific American
Fossils from 66 million years ago have pointed to a potential link between mass extinction of marine life and ocean acidification.
A study published yesterday by the National Academy of Sciences revealed how the collapse of marine species occurred following a meteorite’s impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.