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Johnson & Johnson Successfully Secures Defense Verdict In a Wrongful Death Mesothelioma Trial in Ohio
Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio – Plaintiff Marwin L. Smith, executor of the estate of Audrey L. Smith, filed an asbestos lawsuit alleging that the decedent was exposed to asbestos through her personal use of Johnson’s Baby Powder and through bystander exposure from family members’ use of the product……By: Goldberg Segalla
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U.S. to Send Dozens Back to Afghanistan, Despite Risk of Persecution
The Trump administration plans to fly the Afghan immigrants from Louisiana to Pakistan, where they are expected to be expelled over the border to Afghanistan.
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Traffic Control Errors Caused Spain’s Deadly Train Crash, Official Says
The transport minister said a judge would investigate controllers’ actions, including authorizing a train to proceed at high speed though another was stalled in front of it.
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Could El Salvador’s Bukele Be Haiti’s Savior?
The Salvadoran government dispatched more than 2,000 troops to Haiti this week in an extraordinary deployment on foreign soil.
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Israel’s Election Is Unlikely to Change Its Policies and Global Isolation
The leading contenders, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, aren’t substantially different in their approach to Israel’s security or in their opposition to a Palestinian state.
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An Arab Town in Israel Celebrates the Election but Wonders What Will Change
Gains for Arab-led parties have electrified Taibe, in central Israel, even as voters elsewhere in Israel say they have no place in any future government.
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But I’ve Seen Everything: Patrick Stewart (1940-2026)
The “Next Generation” Star Trek movies were never quite as popular, or as well-received, as the original series Shatner flicks. But one of Patrick Stewart’s closing lines from his crew’s big-screen debut, “Star Trek: Generations,” still sits with me decades later. “Time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, and reminds us…
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Yes She Did: A Tribute to the Legendary Dolores Huerta
The term icon is being thrown around so casually these days that I consulted the textbook definition of it: “A person or thing widely admired or recognized for having great influence, significance, or style in a specific sphere.” If you replace the “or” with “and” this summation fully applies to the legendary labor leader Dolores…
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Monsters on My Wall: Nick Digilio on 40 Years, 40 Horror Films
Few critics are more closely tied to the horror community than Chicago legend Nick Digilio. An award-winning critic and broadcaster, he’s closely associated with Flashback Weekend, an annual Chicago event for genre nuts. He’s also seen the genre shift over the last 40 years and used that knowledge to write 40 Years, 40 Horror Films,…
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5 of Our Favorite Auction Items on Sale at the Siskel and Ebert Bronze Statue Fundraising Auction
Last week, we announced that my late husband, Roger Ebert, and his longtime partner in criticism, Gene Siskel, will be memorialized with a bronze statue at Prudential Plaza here in Chicago, designed by acclaimed Illinois sculptor Preston Jackson. To raise money for the campaign, Chicago film producer Pam Kasper has started a fundraising campaign via…
