US strikes on alleged drug boats could be crimes against humanity, says UN
A report says the attacks, of which there have been at least 68, were not self-defence.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico to sue to restore White House access
The three news organizations, which were banned from White House grounds by President Trump, are arguing that the ban is unconstitutional.
Converse apologizes and pulls ad that critics said evoked racist imagery
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‘He was well loved’: families mourn victims of Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami
Questions remain over tragedy that killed five as families file wrongful death lawsuits against Amazon and cargo firm Among Junior and Jachel Pineda’s most treasured photographs of their father, Julio, one of five men killed in the Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami earlier this month, is one of him wearing his favorite red apron. Embroidered on the front…
Police officer wounded in shooting near synagogue on Yom Kippur
Police have not said what led to the shooting or whether the synagogue or Jewish community was targeted.