A former morgue manager at the prestigious Harvard Medical School was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts donated for scientific research, the US Justice Department said.
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AFP reports: Cedric Lodge, 58, pleaded guilty in May to trafficking the stolen remains, which include internal organs, brains, skin, hands, faces and dissected heads, from 2018 through at least March 2020.
He was fired from the university in May 2023, Harvard has said.
Investigators said Lodge and his wife, Denise, took body parts from the school near Boston to their home in Goffstown, New Hampshire, as well as locations in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, “without the knowledge or permission of his employer, the donor, or the donor’s family” before shipping them to buyers in other states.
Denise Lodge, 65, was sentenced to one year in prison, the Justice Department said in a statement.
“Today’s sentencing is another step forward in ensuring those who orchestrated and executed this heinous crime are brought to justice,” said Wayne A. Jacobs, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia field office.
The Justice Department said many of the human remains sold by Lodge were subsequently resold at a profit.
Several of those buyers have been sentenced to jail time or were awaiting sentencing, the statement said.
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In a stunning reversal that has left climate activists reeling, the European Union has quietly walked back its flagship 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars — once celebrated as a historic milestone in the fight against climate change. Under intense pressure from struggling automakers and certain member states, the European Commission has reduced the requirement to a mere 90% cut in tailpipe emissions by 2035, effectively allowing a limited number of combustion-engine vehicles to remain on sale beyond the original deadline through various "compensation" mechanisms, including plug-in hybrids and synthetic fuels.
The latest bombshell came on December 16, 2025, when the European Commission unveiled its "Automotive Package," confirming that carmakers will only need to achieve a 90% CO2 emissions reduction from 2021 levels instead of the previous 100% zero-emission mandate. This dangerous concession marks the biggest retreat from the EU's green agenda in years, prioritizing short-term industry survival over long-term planetary protection. European Commission Official Press Release
This move exposes the harsh reality of EU politics: when powerful car giants like Volkswagen, BMW, and Stellantis cry crisis, Brussels bends. The original 2035 ban was meant to force a full transition to electric vehicles, slashing transport emissions — the bloc's largest source of CO2. Now, with sluggish EV sales and fierce Chinese competition, the Commission has caved, handing automakers breathing room at the expense of genuine climate action.
Critics are already calling it a betrayal of future generations. Environmental groups warn that delaying the phase-out will lock in more fossil fuel dependency, higher pollution, and missed opportunities for clean tech leadership. Meanwhile, industry lobbyists celebrate a "pragmatic" victory that saves jobs and protects European manufacturing from collapse.
The truth is clear: the EU's bold climate promises are crumbling under economic pressure. Will this secret softening of the rules doom the fight against global warming, or is it a necessary compromise in a turbulent world? One thing is certain — the war over the combustion engine is far from over.
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