A group of blood cancers excluding Hodgkin lymphomas
Sam Neill has died in Sydney at 78. The Northern Ireland-born New Zealand actor, famed for Jurassic Park, The Piano and The Hunt for Red October, had been cancer-free after a 2022 diagnosis. Family statements describe a sudden, unexpected death, with tributes pouring in from leaders and peers.
The Supreme Court has ruled 7-2 that federal pesticide law bars state failure-to-warn lawsuits over Roundup, overturning a $1.25m jury verdict and imperilling thousands of similar claims against Bayer. The decision follows the EPAs position that glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer and clears the way for dismissal of many pending suits.
Nicholas Rossi has died in a Utah hospital while serving a prison sentence for two 2008 rape convictions. He was extradited from Scotland in 2024 after a decades-long case involving alleged faked deaths, multiple aliases, and Interpol notices. Authorities say he died from complications of an existing medical condition after discontinuing treatment.