Ukrainians are being forced to become Russian citizens, U.S.-backed research finds
Ukrainians living in Russian-occupied territory are being forced to assume Russian citizenship or face harsh retaliation, including possible deportation or detention, U.S.-backed research published on Wednesday said. Yale University researchers said that as part of a plan by Moscow to assert authority over Ukrainians, residents of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson المزيد
FBI finds 200 sex trafficking victims, 59 missing children in two-week sweep
The FBI found 200 sex trafficking victims and more than 125 suspect during a two-week child explotation operation in July, federal officials said Tuesday. During “Operation Cross County,” the FBI located 59 victims of child sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation and 59 missing children. The FBI teamed with state المزيد
Mexico authorities complicit in case of 43 missing students, report finds
The five-member multinational panel investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College, in Mexico, has not been able to determine what exactly happened to them, the investigators said Tuesday at a press conference. The investigators with the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), a panel المزيد
Kevin Spacey not guilty of sexual assault, U.K. court finds
A jury in London on Wednesday found actor Kevin Spacey not guilty of sexually assaulting four men. The high-profile case has been running for almost four weeks in the British capital, with Spacey, 64, and all four of his accusers testifying. The actor, who wept after the verdict was delivered, المزيد
More than 40 million people in the U.S. live in urban heat islands, climate group finds
Climate Central researchers found that nine major cities — New York, Houston, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, San Antonio, San Diego, Phoenix and Detroit — each housed at least 1 million people currently affected by the urban heat island effect. In New York City, the group reported that almost 80% of المزيد