2019

Trump’s War on the ‘Deep State’ Turns Against Him

Mr. Taylor, the top American diplomat in Ukraine, made clear to House investigators this week that he sought to resist the president’s efforts to pressure Ukraine for political help, which he saw as “crazy” and “improper.” Even as Mr. Trump pushed to have Ukraine’s president go on CNN to publicly pledge to investigate Democrats, Mr. […]

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Sea urchin explosion off California, Oregon decimates kelp

Tens of millions of voracious purple sea urchins that have already chomped their way through towering underwater kelp forests in California are spreading north to Oregon, sending the delicate marine ecosystem off the shore into such disarray that other critical species are starving to death. A recent count found 350 million purple sea urchins on

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Agency says gov’t must pay fishermen to save most endangered marine mammal

Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission said Wednesday the government must renew payments to fishermen who were ordered to stop using nets in order to save the last few vaquita marina, the world’s smallest porpoise and the most endangered marine mammal. Interested in Animals? Add Animals as an interest to stay up to date on the

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Rose McGowan Lawsuit Says Weinstein, Attorneys Hired Spies To Discredit Her

Actress Rose McGowan filed a racketeering lawsuit against disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein and his former attorneys on Wednesday, alleging that they conspired to discredit and silence the women, including McGowan, who’ve accused Weinstein of sexual assault. McGowan filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in California against Weinstein, attorneys Lisa Bloom, David Boies and

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MLB Commissioner Says Investigators Are At Work In Their Taubman Probe

HOUSTON (AP) — Major League Baseball will speak with the Astros to determine whether the commissioner’s office or the club will handle any decision following an investigation into the conduct of Houston assistant general manager Brandon Taubman. Commissioner Rob Manfred said before World Series Game 2 on Wednesday that MLB investigators were at work in

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