Mine Workers Arrested Outside NYC BlackRock Headquarters

Mine Workers From Across Appalachia Arrested Outside BlackRock Headquarters in New York City

Striking workers are demanding higher wages and better health benefits — and voiced concerns about the future of their union in the transition away from coal.

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A Zhvavyi UAV, a modification of the Ukrainian Heavy Shot drone, is displayed during a closed practical military drill for young people aged 18 to 24 and older in Ukraine, on August 15, 2026. The event allowed participants to test themselves in the modern army. Under the guidance of instructors, they piloted UAVs and unmanned ground vehicles, handled weapons and learned the basics of tactical medicine. The training was organized by the 241st Territorial Defence Brigade together with the 4th Recruitment Centre of the Territorial Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It’s Time to Rein in Lethal AI Drones

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Humans need to act, as AI agents scheme in the digital shadows.

Demonstrators against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stand behind a fence outside the Bishop Whipple Federal Building where federal agents are operating, following last weeks fatal shooting of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti by ICE agents during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 26, 2026. On January 24, federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, while scuffling with him on an icy roadway in Minneapolis, less than three weeks after an immigration officer fired on Renee Good, also 37, killing her in her car. US President Donald Trump blamed their deaths on Democratic "chaos," as his administration faced intensifying pressure over its mass immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

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Matt Sledge

- Aug. 25

Right-leaning and libertarian groups told the court that ICE engaged in illegal “ideological targeting” of the left in the Minneapolis 15 case.

President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, salute as a U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, Texas, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

Targeting Iran

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Nick Turse

- Aug. 25

A government official accused the Pentagon of “an accounting trick” in its slow tally of Iran war casualties.

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