Politics

Monsanto was just ordered to pay $289 million to a man who says its weed killer caused his cancer

There are thousands of other similar cases pending. A California jury on Friday ordered Monsanto to award $289 million in…

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Chris Collins drops reelection bid after being arrested for insider trading

Collins and two other men were arrested for insider trading with regard to Australian biotech company Innate Immunotherapeutics in 2017.…

6 years ago

Hawaii primary elections: live results for governor and House races

A nuclear false alarm has put an incumbent governor in danger. This Saturday, August 11, voters in Hawaii will choose…

6 years ago

Trump condemns “all types of racism and acts of violence” ahead of Unite the Right 2

He’s trying to avoid a repeat of his disastrous response to last year’s Charlottesville violence. President Donald Trump’s equivocal response…

6 years ago

NASA is shooting a spaceship at the sun. It might help us solve a huge mystery.

The Parker Solar Probe will try to solve the decades-old “coronal heating problem.” There’s a question that’s been baffling solar…

6 years ago

Watch NASA launch the Parker Solar Probe toward the sun

The Parker Solar Probe will try to solve a mystery of the sun’s super-hot corona. Live-stream the launch here. If…

6 years ago

Alaska Airlines plane stolen from SeaTac airport: What we know so far

“An airline employee conducted an unauthorized takeoff without passengers at Sea-Tac; aircraft has crashed in south Puget Sound.” An Alaska…

6 years ago

Twitter is planning to draft a policy on “dehumanizing speech”

A new report reveals the company’s ongoing internal confusion over how to deal with users like conspiracist Alex Jones. Twitter…

6 years ago

Vox Sentences: DC braces for impact

Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered…

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The limits of free speech for white supremacists marching at Unite the Right 2, explained

The First Amendment doesn’t protect targeted racial slurs that could spark violence. You may have heard that white supremacists are…

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