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E.D. Louisiana Dismisses Antiperspirant/Benzene Claims – Again
We are in New Orleans for the annual DRI Drug & Medical Device Seminar, so we would be remiss if we passed up the opportunity to write on a Louisiana case. The case will sound familiar….By: Reed Smith
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Ukraine Claims Gains Near Bakhmut as Deadly Fighting Continues
Ukraine’s military said it had reclaimed about three square miles outside the eastern city of Bakhmut, which would be its first significant gains there in weeks.
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Aboard ‘the Beast’ Train on a Journey From Mexico to America
Migrants slip onto a freight train in Mexico headed north to Ciudad Juárez, where most will try to cross into the United States.
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‘We Don’t Want This War’: Trapped in Khartoum as Combat Rages
Sudan’s capital city has become an arena for a battle between two generals vying for power, while residents brave shelling, looting and dwindling supplies of food, water, medicine and electricity.
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In Karnataka Election, More Modi, Less Hindu Nationalism
A state election in Karnataka was being watched for what it might say about national elections next year.
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‘Death Is Everywhere’ in a Once-Jubilant Kherson
No city in Ukraine has suffered the reversal of fortunes that Kherson has. Liberated in the fall, it was a symbol of hope. Now it is a kill zone.
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As His Nike Deal Stalls, Tom Sachs Apologizes for Workplace Culture
The artist’s former employees had said he made impossible demands. “We did not take the necessary time to professionalize our operations,” Sachs said. “I wish I had prioritized this a decade ago.”
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Setting the Stage for Africa at the Venice Architecture Biennale
Lesley Lokko, its first curator of African descent, brings an ambitious exploration of the continent’s impact on the globe.
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MoMA PS1 Looks to Los Angeles for New Director
The Long Island City contemporary art museum has chosen a veteran curator as its leader: Connie Butler of the Hammer Museum.
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Book Club: The Next Chapter
Four brilliant, accomplished, gorgeous female actors play four friends who take a bachelorette trip to Italy in this dumb, dull, dud of a waste of their time and ours. I’ll bet the actors had a lot more fun when they were just hanging out between scenes than anyone will in watching the movie. In one…