Another ex-State Department official alleges Israeli military gets 'special treatment' on abuses A former senior U.S. official who until recently helped oversee human-rights compliance by foreign militaries receiving American military assistance said Wednesday that he repeatedly observed Israel ... 04/24/2024 - 11:21 am | View Link
Police tangle with students in Texas and California as wave of campus protest against Gaza war grows Police tangled with student demonstrators in Texas and California while new encampments sprouted Wednesday at Harvard and other colleges as school leaders sought ways to defuse a growing wave of ... 04/24/2024 - 1:53 am | View Link
Takeaways From This Week's Reports on the Deadly 2023 Maui Fire That Destroyed Lahaina Officials are still trying to determine exactly what went wrong when the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century burned through a historic Hawaii town, more than a half-year after the disaster ... 04/17/2024 - 6:10 pm | View Link
California requires new homes to have solar panels. Should wildfire victims get a break? HUNDREDS OF HOMES in Joe Patterson’s Northern California Assembly district burned to the ground in the Caldor Fire. In the three years since that ... 04/17/2024 - 12:00 pm | View Link
Lahaina’s Wildfire Burned So Hot That Many Dangerous Contaminants Likely Vaporized Scientists, state officials and the Army Corps of Engineers are finding the burn zone may not be as toxic as initially feared. 04/15/2024 - 11:01 pm | View Link