Author: Myles Ulwelling

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Google terminated 28 employees on Wednesday who opposed the tech giant’s cloud computing agreement with the Israeli government. Protesters staged sit-ins Tuesday at two Google offices — New York City and Sunnyvale, Calif. — in opposition to the $1.2 billion agreement that the company has with Amazon for providing cloud computing services to Israel. Nine people…

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– 202404Gulf Spill Workers Left Behind 84220

Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. A court settlement was supposed to help compensate them, but it hasn’t turned out as expected. A large majority got only the minimum award and had to file individual lawsuits to recover more. However, attorneys familiar with the issue say only one person has received a settlement after suing — and that took extraordinary luck and effort. Judges have dumped plaintiff experts. BP has fought every case. And lawyers sometimes have done a poor job representing clients. The entire sprawling process has left those who jumped into action after the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history stranded.

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