Thursday, 4 November 2021

Supply chain delays disrupt California agriculture exports

California farmers say they are having trouble exporting their crops because of delays in the global supply chain

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Teen indicted on murder charge in officer's fatal shooting

A teenager with a lengthy arrest record has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of a South Florida police officer

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Latinos with dark skin face more discrimination, study finds

The Pew Research Center has found that skin tone impacts the everyday lives and the long-term success of Latinos in the U.S. The nonpartisan organization released findings of a survey on Thursday

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Noem contradicts labor secretary on meeting with daughter

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is contradicting her own labor secretary about a meeting last year in her office, saying there was no discussion of how her daughter could still win a real estate appraiser license after a state agency moved to deny it

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2 students charged with homicide in death of Iowa teacher

Two 16-year-old students are charged in the death of a high school Spanish teacher in southeast Iowa

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Man pleads guilty in cocaine plot tied to couple's abduction

A Montreal man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he was part of an effort to smuggle 1,500 kilos of cocaine from Peru to Vermont and then to Canada

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Charges: 3 federal jail workers took drugs, booze to inmates

An indictment says two guards and a jail secretary smuggled drugs, booze and cellphones to inmates at the troubled Manhattan federal jail for more than a year

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Groups sue Tennessee over law against trans school athletes

Two civil rights groups have filed a federal court challenge against a Tennessee law that bars transgender athletes from playing public high school or middle school sports aligned with their gender identity

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Body donated for science dissected at 'Oddities' expo

News agencies report that the body of a Louisiana man who wanted it donated for science was dissected before paying viewers at an event marketed as an “Oddities and Curiosities Expo” in Oregon

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PG&E to spend $125M for igniting massive California fire

Pacific Gas & Electric has reached a $125 million settlement agreement with California regulators over the destructive Kincade fire, which was ignited in 2019 by the utility’s equipment in a remote area of Sonoma County

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Remains found thought to be German hiker missing since 1983

Skeletal remains found in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park are believed to be those of a 27-year-old man from West Germany who disappeared during a mountaineering trip nearly 40 years ago

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Nebraska AG finds 258 victims of Catholic church sex abuse

A Nebraska attorney general’s office investigation has identified 258 victims who made credible allegations of sexual abuse against 57 Catholic church officials in the state going back decades

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Appeals court agrees city can't ban Catholic group's rally

A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling that Baltimore city officials cannot ban a conservative Roman Catholic media outlet from holding a rally at a city-owned pavilion during a U.S. bishops’ meeting

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