A top operator of private prisons is requesting the Texas legislature to license its facilities to hold children due for deportation alongside their parents. Citing studies which show that holding children alongside their parents eases the psychological burden of incarceration, GEO Group is petitioning Texas lawmakers to introduce legislation allowing the practice. GEO Group is
A group of 11 Republican attorneys general are objecting to an investigation into whether or not oil giant Exxon-Mobil violating consumer protection laws by downplaying the dangers of global warming. Reuters reports that “[…] Top prosecutors for Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin, all of whom are Republicans,
At long last, a settlement has been reached between Dartmouth College and the family of Richard and Debbie Higgins who claim, according to a lawsuit, that they “suffered health problems from drinking well water contaminated by runoff from a site where the college once dumped animals used in scientific experiments.” According to a statement issued by the college, Dartmouth and the family “have reached a negotiated settlement of all claims related to contamination of the drinking water well at 9 Rennie Road.” The settlement, according to the college, will allow the Higgins family to “move on with their lives in a new location.”
Since Earth Day is tomorrow, it’s worth considering a couple old, bold examples of what humans can do right – and wrong. Surprisingly, two of the most contrary landscapes on the face of the planet may both have been created by people. What can we learn from the stark difference between the Sahara and the Amazon?
Dishonorable Reviews Being Conducted for Discharging Soliders
Trinity Lutheran Church applied for a state funded grant and opened an issue regarding the division of church and state.
A class-action lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court in Chicago against Bose, a high-end headphone company, on claims that it “has been tracking and distributing customers’ data without telling them.” According to the lawsuit, the Bose Connect app has been connecting user’s “listening history with third-party data mining companies.”
The CEO of United Airlines said nobody would be fired after the forceful eviction of a passenger took the media by storm. Chief executive officer Oscar Munoz said he takes full responsibility for “making this right,” promising more details and plans towards the end of the month. The airline lost over $1 billion in stock
21st Century Fox announced on Wednesday that its relationship with Bill O’Reilly will end, following a “thorough and careful review” of the allegations levied against him. Fierce criticism had been targeted at Fox following a New York Times investigation against top-grossing talk-show host Bill O’Reilly. The Times revealed that, over the course of the past
A researcher recently developed ImPACT, a computerized tool consisting of eight subtests,designed to pinpoint when athletes are put at risk.