Monsanto Ordered to Pay $289 Million as Jury Rules Weedkiller Caused Man's Cancer



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Monsanto Ordered to Pay $289 Million as Jury Rules Weedkiller Caused Man's Cancer 
Dewayne Johnson (center), former groundskeeper for the Benicia Unified School District, leaves Department 504 with his wife Araceli Johnson (right). (photo: Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle)
Sam Levin and Patrick Greenfield, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Monsanto suffered a major blow with a jury ruling that the company was liable for a terminally ill man's cancer, awarding him $289m in damages."
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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., for a hearing on June 15. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., for a hearing on June 15. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Even as He Ran Trump’s Campaign


Bank CEO Wanted Manafort to Secure Him a Cabinet Post in Trump's Administration, Witness Testifies
Rachel Weiner, Matt Zapotosky, Lynh Bui and Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "A bank CEO who helped President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort obtain $16 million in loans hoped for a Cabinet-level position in the administration, a bank employee testified in federal court Friday."
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Senator Chris Murphy. (photo: murphy.senate.gov)
Senator Chris Murphy. (photo: murphy.senate.gov)

Senator Chris Murphy Slams the US Involvement in Yemeni School Bus Bombing
John Haltiwanger, Business Insider
Haltiwanger writes: "Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy on Thursday slammed the US for its involvement in the bloody Yemen conflict after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a school bus and killed dozens in the northern part of the country."
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Red Square in Moscow, Russia. (photo: AfricaPatagonia)
Red Square in Moscow, Russia. (photo: AfricaPatagonia)

Bill Nelson: The Russians Have Penetrated Some Florida Voter Registration Systems
Alex Leary, Steve Bousquet and Kirby Wilson, Tampa Bay Times
Excerpt: "Russian operatives have 'penetrated' some of Florida's voter registration systems ahead of the 2018 midterms, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said Wednesday, adding new urgency to concerns about hacking."
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A protest against the Ku Klux Klan in Washington, D.C., November 27, 1982. (photo: Getty Images)
A protest against the Ku Klux Klan in Washington, D.C., November 27, 1982. (photo: Getty Images)

DC Has Humiliated White Supremacists for Years. Will That Happen Again With Unite the Right 2?
Joshua Eaton, ThinkProgress
Eaton writes: "When 44 Klansmen strode into Washington, D.C. on Sept. 3, 1990, they had plans to march down Constitution Avenue to the U.S. Capitol. But some 3,000 city residents had a different idea."
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A paramilitary group in Colombia. (photo: InSight Crime)
A paramilitary group in Colombia. (photo: InSight Crime)

Colombia: Paramilitary Group Backs Ivan Duque, Vows to Exterminate Opposition
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The Southwestern bloc of the Colombian narco-paramilitary group Aguilas Negras, or Black Eagles, issued a flyer Thursday endorsing the government of president Ivan Duque and declaring the political platform Humane Colombia, led by former presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, as a military target."
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Drought-stricken land. (photo: Oxfam International/Flickr)
Drought-stricken land. (photo: Oxfam International/Flickr)

Terrified by 'Hothouse Earth'? Don't Despair - Do Something
Eric Holthaus, Grist
Holthaus writes: "A team of international researchers released what looks like a blueprint for catastrophe this week. On our current path, they warned, humanity might push the planet into an entirely new, hellish equilibrium, unseen since before the emergence of our species millions of years ago."
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