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The German carmaker Volkswagen has agreed to pay millions in compensation to former employees in Brazil who were persecuted during the country’s military dictatorship. A Brazilian government-appointed investigation found that Volkswagen was one of several corporations that secretly collaborated with the 1964-85 military government to identify suspected “subversives” and trade unionists. The compensation payments announced […]

A powerful Vatican cardinal accused of siphoning off funds to help his siblings has said he found the allegations against him “surreal”. Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, 72, told a press conference in Rome he was ready to “give my life for the pope” after the Vatican announced on Thursday night that said he had resigned […]

Firefighters from Mexico have arrived in California to help battle the wildfires ravaging the state. The US Forest Service in California welcomed firefighters from Mexico’s National Forestry Commission on Wednesday. “Fires do not have borders, fires do not have different languages and cultures. In the end we all speak the same language when it comes […]

Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue Station 65 was manned by a shift made up of all women for the first time in the history of the department, since it was founded in 1963. Rescue lieutenants Krystyna Krakowski Heiser and Kelsey Krzywada, firefighter paramedic Julie Dudley, captain Monica Marzullo and driver engineer Sandi Ladewski of the […]

A teenage bagger at a grocery store noticed an elderly customer fumbling around in her purse, coming up $20 short on a grocery bill of about $150. So, he stepped in and paid the rest of her balance. Izayah Edwards is a senior at Merrillville High School and works part-time at Jewel-Osco in Crown Point, […]

A rat has for the first time won a British charity’s top civilian award for animal bravery, receiving the honor for searching out unexploded landmines in Cambodia. Magawa, a giant African pouched rat, was awarded the PDSA’s Gold Medal for his “lifesaving bravery and devotion” after discovering 39 landmines and 28 items of unexploded ordinance […]

After a girl with autism lost access to her favorite food during the pandemic, her community stepped in to help. Crystal MacDonald’s daughter Ashlyn will not eat anything but SpaghettiOs. And when the pandemic hit, grocery stores were wiped out of the canned pasta. “I couldn’t find SpaghettiOs anywhere,” MacDonald said. “I just know that […]