WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in order to be freed

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in order to be freed

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday that he was freed after years of incarceration because he “pled guilty to journalism.” In his first public remarks since he was released from prison in June, Assange gave evidence of the impact of his detention and conviction to the legal affairs and human rights committee of the Parliamentary … Read more

Port strike disrupts hamburger supplies, frozen seafood

Port strike disrupts hamburger supplies, frozen seafood

Dockworkers striking at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports are preventing imports of beef that restaurants and retailers increasingly rely on to make hamburgers due to limited domestic supplies, traders and industry members said. The labor strike blocks everything from shipments of automobiles to containers filled with Guatemalan bananas and Italian wine from loading or unloading at dozens of ports … Read more