US Supreme Court strikes Florida death-sentence procedure
By Tony Mauro, The National Law Journal The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down Florida’s death sentencing system, ruling that it improperly gives judges, rather than juries, the power to decide that a defendant’s punishment should be death rather than…
CANARI Policy Briefs on climate change adaptation in Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Lucia
In December 2015, world leaders, members of civil society and other key stakeholders gathered at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21), in Paris, France. Negotiations resulted in a globally-binding agreement…
5 men gang raped woman in New York Park, police say
From Huffington Post NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday said he is “disgusted and deeply saddened” by accusations of a group rape of an 18-year-old woman at a Brooklyn playground, and that every…
On death row in San Quentin
From Boston Globe A rare look at life on death row at San Quentin State Prison in California. America’s most populous state, which has not carried out an execution in a decade, begins 2016 at a pivotal juncture, as legal…
US survey of women finds rampant sexism in tech. Can it be fixed?
By Rebekah Mintzer, Corporate Counsel Ellen Pao may have lost her gender discrimination case against famed venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, but she did succeed in triggering a national conversation about women’s treatment in the workplace, especially in the…
UK party girl spent stolen cash on Caribbean holiday
By WMNAGreenwood A party girl stole more than £5,000 from her landlord and blew it on a Caribbean holiday which she flaunted in a series of Facebook snaps. Fun-loving Carys Owens, 22, claims she was given the cash as part…
US Jury hears two vastly different portrayals of GM plaintiff
By Mark Hamblett, From New York Law Journal Plaintiff Robert Scheuer is either the victim of a heartless General Motors cover-up of faulty ignition switches or a man trying to blame GM for injuries he suffered long before his 2014 car…
Pfizer raised the price of over 100 drugs this year
By Deena Beasley, Reuters From Business Insider Pfizer Inc. on Jan. 1 raised U.S. prices for more than 100 of its drugs, some by as much as 20 percent, according to statistics compiled by global information services company Wolters Kluwer. Pfizer…
Blatter, Platini now free to appeal bans: FIFA ethics committee
AFP From Times of India GENEVA: FIFA’s ethics tribunal said Saturday it had provided Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini with the reasons for its decision to ban them from football for eight years, clearing the way for them to appeal…
ancient Native American GPS
These strangely bent trees were ancient Native American GPS By Rain Noe From Core 77 19th-Century shipwrights could be forgiven for assuming they were for boat timbers Remember the “Crooked Forest” mystery we showed you earlier? Here’s a photo: To…
