The manager of the Fukushima nuclear power plant admits to embarrassment that repeated efforts have failed to bring under control the problem of radioactive water, eight months after Japan's prime minister told the world the matter was resolved.
Tokyo Electric Power Co, the plant's operator, has been fighting a daily battle against contaminated water since Fukushima was wrecked by a March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government pledged half a billion dollars last year to tackle the issue, but progress has been limited.
Manager at Japan's Fukushima plant admits radioactive water "embarrassing"
Lawsuit challenging Ga. gay marriage ban filed
A gay rights group on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit in Atlanta challenging the state of Georgia's constitutional ban on same-sex marriages.
Lambda Legal filed the lawsuit on behalf of seven people and seeks class action status. They are suing the state registrar, a clerk of the Gwinnett County Probate Clerk and a Fulton County Probate Court judge in their official capacities.
The New York Times agrees to be gagged by Israel
Margaret Sullivan, The New York Times’ public editor, has written a thoughtful and important piece criticizing the way the newspaper complied with an Israeli-imposed gag order on the case of Majd Kayyal.
But it leaves some important questions unanswered about the Times’ apparent eagerness to let Israeli censors set its news agenda.
But it leaves some important questions unanswered about the Times’ apparent eagerness to let Israeli censors set its news agenda.
It's Earth Day today: Get your green on
Today's Google Doodle is home to a hummingbird, a puffer fish, a dung beetle and a moon jellyfish. It must be Earth Day!
With hundreds of events planned in cities all over the world, there is no shortage of ways to mark the 44th celebration of eco-friendliness.
This year's theme is something more than half the people on earth can relate to: green cities.
"For the first time in history, more than half of the people on earth live in urban areas," says Alex Standen, spokesman for Earth Day Network. "A lot of these cities are ripe for improvement. We are really emphasizing different parts of city infrastructure and how they can be transformed to be more sustainable and eco-friendly."
U.S. intelligence chief bars unauthorized contacts with reporters on all intel-related matters
Employees of U.S. intelligence agencies have been barred from discussing without authorization any intelligence-related matter - even if it isn’t classified - with journalists, under a new directive issued by Director of National Security James Clapper.
Intelligence agency employees who violate the policy could suffer career-ending losses of their security clearances or out-right termination, and those who disclose classified information could face criminal prosecution, according to the directive signed by Clapper on March 20.
New ice-dating technology gives insight on past climate
Scientists have successfully dated 120,000-year-old Antarctic ice using a new method called radiometric krypton dating. The technique will allow them to study ice that is more than 1 million years old, which will reveal important details about the planet’s ancient climate cycles, according to a report released Monday.
Accurately dating ancient ice is critical because it contains little air bubbles that scientists can analyze to construct a record of the composition of the atmosphere throughout history. Ice cores can be used to determine the composition of the air as well as temperature at the time.
New Jersey family files discrimination lawsuit over 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance
The American Humanist Association has filed a lawsuit on behalf of an unidentified family against a New Jersey school district alleging the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is discriminatory toward atheist children.
The suit against the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District contends the phrase "marginalizes atheist and humanist kids as something less than ideal patriots."
Oklahoma Supreme Court stays executions, orders hearing on drugs
Two inmates scheduled to die in Oklahoma this week and next have received stays from the state Supreme Court pending a hearing on the execution drugs.
The high court ruled late Monday in a decision Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said had caused a "constitutional crisis for our state." The state Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals have been fighting about jurisdiction since a lower-court judge ruled last month that the Oklahoma law protecting the identity of the companies supplying the drugs is unconstitutional.
Divided Supreme Court upholds Michigan measure banning race-based preferences
In a highly anticipated and fractured decision, justices in a plurality decision said courts lacked authority to interfere with the political decision made by Michigan voters.
“Courts may not disempower the voters from choosing which path to follow,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote.
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