The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo. Its members are survivors of the August 1945 U.S. nuclear bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The lawsuit filed Friday alleges that an executive order issued in August by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin requiring daily updates to voter lists to remove ineligible voters violates federal law.
Some of the worst Hurricane Milton flooding came from torrential rains that swelled creeks and rivers. In Clearwater, Fla., over 500 people were rescued by boat from a creek-flooded apartment complex.
Hidden -- though not effectively -- in a lawsuit against Tiktok, there are accusations that company executives have deceived the public about the social media app’s effects on young people.
Civil society organizations are quietly undertaking unprecedented efforts to stave off possible election-related political violence. Many are focused on shoring up local communities against the worst.
Japanese prosecutors said they will not appeal the acquittal of an 88-year-old former boxer, who was the world’s longest-serving inmate sentenced to death until his release in 2014.