Starbucks ordered to pay extra $2.7M to employee who said she was fired for being white
RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New Jersey federal judge has ordered Starbucks to pay a former employee who was awarded $25.6 million in a wrongful termination suit an extra $2.7 million in damages. Shannon Phillips, a
Majority of Americans think Trump's charges in Georgia election interference case are serious: POLL
Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a week where former President Donald Trump was indicted for a fourth time, a majority (63%) of Americans say that the charges approved by a grand jury
Dozens presumed dead after boat carrying migrants sinks near Cabo Verde off the coast of Senegal
pop_jop/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sixty-three people are presumed dead after a boat carrying about 100 people from Senegal sank near Cabo Verde, an island about 600 kilometers west of Senegal in the Atlantic Ocean, the U.N.
Special counsel raises new conflict of interest concerns for De Oliveira’s lawyer
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Special Counsel Jack Smith raised new conflict of interest concerns Wednesday about another attorney representing one of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in his classified documents case in Florida, according to a
Donors still sticking with DeSantis despite campaign struggles
Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign has gone through several internal and external challenges, but many of his donors say they are standing beside the “only candidate who can beat
People step up to help pregnant, postpartum moms amid Maui wildfire devastation
Courtesy of Aubrey Vailoces (NEW YORK) — Aubrey Vailoces, a mom of three, was breastfeeding her 10-month-old daughter in her Maui home last week when she said alarms started going off and she saw her entire neighborhood
Port Angeles man incinerates Jeep trying to “smoke out” a hornet’s nest
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue was dispatched to a reported car fire on Lower Elwha Road late Wednesday morning after several callers reported seeing smoke in the area. Crews from the Dry Creek
Ocean cleanup group removes record 25,000 pounds of trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch in one extraction
The Ocean Cleanup (NEW YORK) — Ocean cleanup crews have fished out the most trash ever taken from one of the largest garbage patches in the world. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit environmental engineering organization, saw its largest
Appeals court wants limits on abortion pill access, sending case to Supreme Court
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — The abortion drug mifepristone should be more tightly regulated than it is now, with limits on the drug at seven weeks of gestation and requirements that patients obtain the pill in person
Blinken speaks to Paul Whelan, American wrongfully detained by Moscow, sources confirm
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke over the phone with Paul Whelan, a wrongfully imprisoned American citizen who has been jailed by Moscow since 2018, according to sources familiar with the call. A