Новости за 18.04.2024

More than three decades after Erin Brockovich recognized that hexavalent chromium was making residents of Hinkley, Calif., sick, state water regulators on Wednesday approved the nation's first standard to limit the toxin's presence in drinking water. The California State Water Control Board voted to adopt a maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 micrograms per liter...

A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report   © Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / POOL / AFP Day 3 of jury selection in Trump hush money trial All 12 jurors and one alternate have been seated in Trump's hush money trial on day three...

Trump goes into the November election knowing that he can only serve for four years.

A bipartisan Senate duo is pushing to require a warrant before accessing information on Americans obtained by the government through foreign spying activities, reigniting a battle that failed with a tie vote in the House. The amendment from Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) largely mirrors a similar amendment seeking...

Very few Americans believe the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law by President Biden in 2022, has helped fight climate change, a new survey found. The survey, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs and Research, found that many respondents think the IRA has not made much of a difference on climate...

Officers with the New York Police Department (NYPD) were clad in riot gear Thursday during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia University, where protesters set up an encampment of dozens of tents on campus. Photos circulating on social media and various media outlets showed dozens of police officers in body armor and face shields lined up...

A suspect was arrested and charged for allegedly throwing a pipe bomb onto the porch of the Satanic Temple in Salem, Mass., the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said. An Oklahoma man is accused of throwing an improvised explosive device (IED) during last week’s incident, which caused minor damage, according to charging...

Thousands of Alabama Mercedes-Benz workers will vote in May to determine if they want United Auto Workers (UAW) union representation.  The election is set for May 13-17 and will be held in person in Vance, Ala. The National Labor Relations Board, which will administer the vote, will count the ballots on May 17. The vote...

The weight loss medication Zepbound has gone into shortage just months after it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with its manufacturer Eli Lilly blaming the situation on high demand. As of this week, most tirzepatide injections (sold commercially as Mounjaro and Zepbound) have limited availability, according to the FDA's shortage database....

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday sought to assuage concerts over a provision included in the bill to reauthorize the nation’s warrantless spy powers that would shift the definition of which communications companies must comply. The provision, added in an amendment approved by the House, is one of several alarming Senate privacy hawks as...

One of the potential jurors who was dismissed from former President Trump’s hush money trial in New York said he “looked less orange” in person. The woman, who was interviewed by MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian, said she was dismissed on Thursday because she couldn’t be impartial. She shared with the outlet what it was like to...

The Department of Education acknowledged Thursday that it's been a “challenging year” for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process as officials are desperate to get more forms filled out. “We’re not at the point we would like to be at,” Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal told reporters before revealing about...

Farmers and fishers may work in vastly different environments, but many of our problems are the same. The disasters that we experience are symptoms of much larger problems in our mega-scaled-up, consolidated food system.

YouTube topped all other companies in terms of total audience share on streaming during the month of March, according to a new report. The streamer won nearly 10 percent of the total audience for streamed media, according to Nielsen Media Research figures, with Netflix coming in second with 8.1 percent and Hulu coming in a...

Iran warned Thursday that if Israel retaliates against Iranian nuclear sites, the nuclear "doctrine" in Tehran could change, in an apparent threat to begin nuclear weapons production in the event of escalation. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Brig. Gen. Ahmad Haghtalab, commander of the unit responsible for nuclear sites, issued the threat in a Thursday interview...

Two transgender women sued Montana and several state agencies Thursday in a class-action lawsuit challenging a policy that prohibits transgender people from amending the sex designation on their birth certificates to accurately reflect their gender identity. Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services adopted the rule in 2022, after a district court blocked the state from...

Idaho is putting doctors in the impossible position of choosing between violating federal law by not providing emergency abortion care or violating state law if they do.

The FBI is monitoring for threats against Jewish Americans ahead of the Passover holiday, FBI Director Christopher Wray said, adding that the number was already high before Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel.  Wray mentioned the FBI’s work in investigating anti-Jewish hate crimes while speaking at an event Wednesday hosted by the Secure Community...

The Congressional Progressive Caucus will continue to focus on increasing minimum wage and lowering the cost of living for Americans after November’s election, according to its agenda for 2025. Progressives unveiled an agenda on Thursday that highlights “proactive, top-priority policies that lift up poor and working people.” Their priorities focus on raising wages and lowering...

Vice President Harris is almost as popular as Beyoncé, a new survey shows. The April survey by Echelon Insights found that 43 percent of respondents view Harris favorably, while 45 percent view Beyoncé favorably. Almost two in five respondents -- 19 percent -- have a "very favorable" view of Harris, who is running for reelection...

The Senate voted Thursday to advance a House-passed bill reauthorizing the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program, setting the stage for a bruising debate over the controversial program before it’s set to lapse after Friday. The Senate voted 67-32 to advance a motion to begin debate on the bill, the first of at least...

The U.S. will use its veto power against a Palestinian bid to be recognized as a member state of the United Nations during a vote at the Security Council expected to take place Thursday evening. Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the State Department, described as premature an effort by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to...

Unfortunately, the action plan the U.S. government released in late March fails to propose the concrete requirements necessary to improve workers’ lives.

Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is calling out comedian Jimmy Kimmel ahead of his case against the late-night show host, whom Santos accuses of using "phony name and narratives" while acquiring his services on Cameo. “Let’s see if @jimmykimmel puts up or shuts up today,” Santos said in a post on the social platform X...

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said Thursday that he is “not in favor” of former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin participating in efforts to purchase TikTok as a bill that would require the app’s parent company to divest or face a U.S. ban gains new momentum. “I like some of these ideas about divestiture to American firms...