Tag: Gave
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Man wins $175 million in damages after exposure to Roundup weed killer gave him cancer
[ad_1] A jury in the US has ordered one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical conglomerates to pay $175 million (£144 million) to a man who said he developed cancer after using the company’s weed killer. Bayer AG, the German corporation, was told by a jury in Philadelphia on Friday to pay retired restaurant owner Ernest…
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A turncoat Democrat gave the North Carolina GOP a supermajority. She just got her reward
[ad_1] North Carolina Republicans just unveiled new gerrymanders that would not only entrench the party in power but would also reward a turncoat Democrat whose inexplicable party switch handed the GOP a veto-proof supermajority in April and ushered in a new era of ultraconservative governance. As a result of that switch by state Rep. Tricia…
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Mother Who Gave Abortion Pills to Teen Daughter Gets 2 Years in Prison
[ad_1] A Nebraska woman who acquired abortion pills that her teenage daughter used to end her pregnancy last year was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison. The woman, Jessica Burgess, 42, was charged after the police found her private Facebook messages, which revealed plans she had with her daughter to end the pregnancy…
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By naming alliance INDIA, Opposition gave BJP opportunity to tamper with Constitution: Mayawati | India News
[ad_1] Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati said on Wednesday that the Opposition, by naming its alliance as INDIA, gave the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) the opportunity to tamper with the Constitution over the issue of the country’s name. “Also, there is an apprehension that all this is happening…
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Roundup class action: Hundreds claim this common weed killer gave them cancer
[ad_1] Key PointsThe landmark class action alleges a component in the popular Roundup weed killer caused their disease. Many of the people who have joined the class action used Roundup as part of their work.Federal Court proceedings that started on Monday are intended to determine whether Roundup contains a carcinogen. Hundreds of Australians diagnosed with…
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Hitting the Books: The programming trick that gave us DOOM multiplayer
[ad_1] Since its release in 1993, id Software’s DOOM franchise has become one of modern gaming’s most easily recognizable IPs. The series has sold more than 10 million copies to date and spawned myriad RPG spinoffs, film adaptations and even a couple tabletop board games. But the first game’s debut turned out to be a…
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Walter Sofronoff KC gave board of inquiry report to journalists before handing it to ACT government | The Canberra Times
[ad_1] Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times’ Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter. Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra…
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TikTok gave Ottawa ‘false’ reassurances: Intelligence report
[ad_1] OTTAWA—An intelligence brief obtained by the Star suggests the federal government was warned TikTok misled the public and governments about its data harvesting and security practices months before Ottawa banned the app from federal devices. The detail comes from a document prepared by the Privy Council Office’s Intelligence Assessment Secretariat, which compiled a brief…