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New Jersey set to shed $182M Unilever assets over Ben & Jerry's boycott

A New Jersey state treasury official said on Wednesday it is set to divest $182 million in Unilever Plc (ULVR.L) stock and bonds held by its pension funds over the restriction of sales by the consumer giant's Ben & Jerry's ice cream brand in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.

'Tunnels to Towers' Siller: 'Shame on those in charge' for Afghanistan catastrophe

Tunnels To Towers Foundation CEO Frank Siller condemned the Biden administration for how it is orchestrating the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, lamenting the crisis gripping the country as Westerners are now trapped behind Taliban checkpoints, while Afghans who helped the U.S. are being hunted by the militants.

OSHA proposes $1.3M in penalties over worker deaths

Federal workplace safety regulators on Wednesday proposed $1.3 million in penalties for the construction company that employed two men who died when they were struck by a dump truck and pushed into a 9-foot deep trench at a sewer project in Boston in February.