Plan to Build NIH-Funded Bat Research Lab in Colorado Sparks Fears of Lab Leak

Colorado State University officials deny the controversial bat disease research lab will conduct gain-of-function experiments, but locals opposed to the facility cite evidence the university is already conducting risky research on deadly pathogens. Colorado State University (CSU) is proceeding with … Read More

Receipts show the white hospital worker accused in viral video of trying to steal a Black man’s rental bike paid for it herself, lawyer says

The attorney for the white New York City hospital worker who was accused of trying to take a rental bicycle from a Black man in a viral video says that the woman paid for the bike herself — and has … Read More

Deutsche Bank settles record $75 MILLION Epstein sex-trafficking lawsuit: Accusers to receive up to $5M each after judge ruled he ‘solicited bank’s advice about structuring withdrawals to evade notice’

Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging the German bank facilitated the late Jeffrey Epstein‘s sex-trafficking ring, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs. The suit was filed last year in New York … Read More

Canada’s Alberta blanketed by smoke as wildfire battle continues

May 17 (Reuters) – Smoke blanketed the skies over much of Alberta on Wednesday as firefighters from Canada and the U.S. battled raging wildfires that have prompted evacuations, disrupted rail service and shut energy production in Canada’s main oil-producing province. … Read More

Colombian officials celebrated the survival of four children in a plane crash. But where are the kids now?

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that the four children had been located and were in good health. Hours later, he clarified that the youngsters’ location remains unknown. Andrea Blanco reports Seventeen days after a small aircraft crashed in the Colombian … Read More

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