The Supreme Court opens its new term with a dispute over whether Boulder can seek climate-related damages from Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy under state law. Justice Samuel Alito's recusal leaves eight justices to hear a case with implications for dozens of similar lawsuits.
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Nearly 200 people are under observation after a Russian anti-plague institute employee died of pneumonia of unknown origin. Authorities have not confirmed reports that she had pneumonic plague.
The U.S. Coast Guard has ended its search off Nantucket for a medical jet that vanished on a flight from Bermuda to Boston. Its operator says the four crew members and two passengers are presumed dead.
Wanying “Heather” Zhang was arrested at LAX and charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent. A criminal complaint accuses her of collecting images and license plate information near the Seattle-area home of the Taiwanese president’s son.
The Pentagon says all US bombers deployed to RAF Fairford have returned to the United States. The withdrawal follows a security incident near the British base that has led to six arrests; all six suspects have been released on bail.
UK Green Party members voted 1,022 to 813 to define Zionism as racism. The policy has split senior Greens and prompted condemnation from Israel and British Jewish groups.
Two men died and 35 other people were injured after shots were fired at a homecoming block party in Vienna, Georgia. Investigators have not released information about a suspect or motive.
Yemen’s internationally recognised government has announced a campaign to retake Houthi-held territory amid intensified fighting near Taiz. The Houthis also claim to have struck Saudi oil facilities, a claim Saudi Arabia has not addressed.