A new stipulation is set for Roman Reigns and Jey Uso’s Hell in a Cell match. WWE announced tonight that Reigns will defend his Universal Championship against Uso in the first-ever Hell in a Cell I Quit match later this month. It’s taking place at WWE’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view on Sunday, October 25….
As climate talks get underway in Lima, Peru, a comprehensive study by several environmental groups published Tuesday finds that protecting indigenous lands in the Amazon is “critical to the stability of the global climate as well as to the cultural identity of forest-dwelling peoples and the health of the ecosystems they inhabit.” Because the biologically…
As people across Pakistan and the world mourn the at least 148 people—most of them children—killed by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters in the city of Peshawar on Tuesday, critics warn that retaliatory measures by the Pakistani government could lead to further human rights violations. On Wednesday, Pakistan commenced three days of mourning with school closures…
The U.S. imposed new economic sanctions against North Korea on Friday after blaming the country for the recent hacks into Sony Pictures’ systems. Although the identity of the hackers is still unknown and there is little evidence to support the FBI’s official consensus that North Korea orchestrated the attack, which released tens of thousands of…
Oil and gas wells in California are releasing dozens of pollutants into the air in at least two counties, exposing residents to numerous toxins and unknown effects, a report by an environmental watchdog published Thursday has found. As one of the country’s largest oil producers, California is home to thousands of oil wells, with 5.4…
Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham on Tuesday said she is considering mounting a challenge to Sen. Tim KaineTimothy (Tim) Michael KaineWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Senate panel passes amendment to bar using troops against protesters Defense bill turns into proxy battle over Floyd protests MORE (D-Va.)…
Canadian governments on both federal and provincial levels, as well as law enforcement officials, have “failed to adequately prevent and protect Indigenous women and girls from killings, disappearances, and extreme forms of violence,” according to a report released Monday by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, an autonomous arm of the Organization of American States….
Joseph Sledge became a free man on Friday after a three-judge panel declared him innocent of a 1976 murder for which he had been convicted. Seventy-year-old Sledge, who always maintained his innocence, had already spent 37 years behind bars. As WRAL reported: “Last month, the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission recommended the case of Joseph…
This year’s WWE Draft kicks off with night one taking place on SmackDown tonight. The draft begins tonight and concludes on Monday’s episode of Raw. The draft is again divided into two pools of wrestlers, with more than 20 eligible to be drafted by SmackDown or Raw tonight and more than 30 eligible to be…
In the wake of the NSA mass surveillance scandal, an overwhelming majority of investigative journalists believe that the U.S. government is spying on them, and large numbers say that this belief impacts the way they go about their reporting, a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday reveals. The findings are based on a December online…