Alabama and the Oil Spill: Federal Report
A president commission studying last year’s BP gulf oil spill is out with its final report this week. It contains recommendations the panel hopes will prevent another large-scale oil disaster. The include a new federal agency to oversee offshore drilling, an industry-created institute to police safety and increasing the liability caps for damages when companies drill off shore. The report also pieces together the events surrounding last April’s oil well explosion. Commissioner Terry Garcia tells WBHM’s Andrew Yeager that the panel concluded the disaster could have been prevented and that blame doesn’t rest just with BP. It goes industry wide.
Read the presidential commission’s report
Why giant statues of snakes popped up in Geneva
These colorful snakes aren't just works of art. Erected for the World Health Assembly, they're meant to draw attention to an extremely neglected health issue: snakebite.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan literary giant who fought colonialism, dies at 87
The Kenyan author championed local African languages and was imprisoned for his work. His name was often mentioned in discussions about the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Judge blocks Trump administration’s effort to bar Harvard from enrolling international students
The preliminary injunction would prevent the federal government from revoking Harvard's ability to enroll international students.
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of the 10th U.S. president, dies at 96
Harrison Ruffin Tyler was just three generations from the White House, since his father and grandfather both fathered children in their 70s. The chemical engineer helped preserve his family's legacy.
A Swiss village is buried after a glacier collapses in the Alps
The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.
Hundreds of writers call for Gaza ceasefire and aid
More than 300 writers from the UK and Ireland have signed a letter calling for immediate aid and a ceasefire in Gaza.
