Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing

Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. Read More

Settlement fails many workers who cleaned up BP's oil spill

When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — ... Read More

Takeaways from AP’s story on the BP oil spill medical settlement’s shortcomings

Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. A court settlement was supposed to help ... When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s ... Read More

BP defeated thousands of suits by sick Gulf spill cleanup workers. But not one by a boat captain

John Maas helped clean up the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and is likely the only sick worker to prevail in a lawsuit against BP. Read More

Netanyahu is caught between hitting Iran and heeding allies

When Iraq fired dozens of Scud missiles on Israel in early 1991, the U.S. implored then Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir not to respond. Shamir said he had to act. After ... Read More

Biden counters RFK Jr. with Kennedy family endorsements

President Joe Biden will be endorsed by more than a dozen members of the Kennedy family at an event Thursday in Philadelphia, as he looks to blunt the outsider presidential ... Read More

Germany arrests two alleged Russian spies planning sabotage

German authorities arrested two men suspected of spying for Russia and membership of a terror group planning acts of sabotage, in a case the interior minister called “particularly serious.” ... Read More

Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden's climate law will help, AP-NORC poll finds

NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 45% of U.S. adults say they have become more concerned about climate change over the past year. Read More

‘The Jinx – Part Two’ review: A filmmaker continues his investigation into accused killer Robert Durst

When it premiered on HBO a decade ago, the true crime docuseries “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” stood out mainly because of Durst’s willingness to appear ... Read More