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Planes were grounded for more than two hours at Chicago’s largest airport on Friday morning as a blizzard dumped snow and ice across much of the northern United States, disrupting commutes, air travel and the school day for millions of Americans. The storm was expected to be followed by a major Arctic air mass that […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s been a record year for labor strikes. Hollywood actors recently ended their historic, 118-day walkout. Thousands of auto workers in Detroit are returning to factories after more than 46 days on the picket lines. Their labor unions secured major gains during contract negotiations at a time when companies are
Across eastern and southern Ukraine, millions of civilians are facing an increasingly uncertain and dangerous future as winter conditions set in. For over 600 days, an unyielding barrage of shelling has left an estimated 1.4 million homes in ruin or disrepair. Thousands of families have been forced to flee, or have been left to shelter […]
Abuja, Nigeria CNN — Nigeria’s government has come under fire over a budget that included a 6 billion naira ($6.3 million) presidential yacht and luxury cars, as the country grapples with mounting debts and a cost-of-living crisis. Lawmakers rejected the plans for a presidential yacht before approving the N2.1 trillion ($2.7 billion) supplementary budget on […]
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: GSK will pay 23andMe $20 million for access to the genetic-testing company’s vast trove of consumer DNA data, extending a five-year collaboration that’s allowed the drugmaker to mine genetic data as it researches new medications. Under the new agreement, 23andMe will provide GSK with one year of […]
The increase in food insecurity in 2022 reverses a decade-long decline in the number of U.S. households experiencing hunger. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Just putting three meals a day on the table was a struggle for millions of people in the U.S. last year. That’s the sobering conclusion of a new report from the U.S. Department […]
CNN — The Biden administration has notified Congress that it will withhold $85 million in aid to Egypt that had been conditioned on Cairo’s progress in its treatment of political prisoners, instead diverting that money to Taiwan and Lebanon, sources with knowledge of the matter told CNN. The administration said it would redirect . . […]
These were not secret acts, but part of public life in the South. Sometimes thousands, and sometimes virtually the whole white community, would attend pre-announced lynchings. These were often day-long celebrations with a carnival atmosphere. Families came with picnic baskets, vendors sold food, and photographers documented the occasion—selling pictures of the lynching as postcards. Sometimes […]
An anonymous reader shares The Hill’s report from earlier this month. Apparently America’s tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service “cannot locate thousands of microfilm cartridges containing millions of sensitive individual and business tax account records, according to a watchdog report.” The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said in a report released August 8 that the IRS […]
NEW YORK >> The Biden administration will propose a new rule today that would make 3.6 million more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay, reviving an Obama-era policy effort that was ultimately scuttled in court. The new rule, shared with The Associated Press ahead of the announcement, would require employers to pay overtime to so-called […]