- Associated Press
Executions worldwide jumped last year to the highest number since 2015, Amnesty report says
The number of executions recorded worldwide last year jumped to the highest level since 2015, with a sharp rise in Iran and across the Middle East, Amnesty International said in a report released Wednesday. The human rights group said it recorded a total of 1,153 executions in 2023, a 30% increase from 2022. Amnesty said the figure does not include thousands of death sentences believed to have been carried out in China, where data is not available due to state secrecy.
- Kansas City Star
MLB will integrate Negro Leagues statistics into record books & new leaders emerge
Starting Wednesday, Major League Baseball will have a new record holder in several single-season and career categories.
- Reuters
US judge rejects Amazon bid to dismiss FTC lawsuit over Prime program
A U.S. judge in Seattle on Tuesday rejected Amazon.com's request to dismiss a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that accuses the company of enrolling millions of consumers into its paid Amazon Prime service without their consent. Attorneys for Amazon had urged U.S. District Judge John Chun to dismiss the FTC's claims. The FTC lawsuit filed in June argues Amazon made it hard to cancel and knew that a percentage of consumers accidentally signed up for Prime and that some consumers were charged for multiple months before they canceled their memberships.
