The US is wrapping up a pier to bring aid to Gaza by sea. But danger and uncertainty lie ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the coming days, the U.S. military in the eastern Mediterranean is expected to jab one end of a hulking metal dock — the length of five U.S. football fields — into a beach
US FDIC’s Gruenberg to create office to address workplace conduct issues
By Douglas Gillison and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation plans to tell Congress he will establish a new, independent office devoted to professional conduct after an external review found
Meme stocks are roaring again. This time may be different
NEW YORK (AP) — Meme stocks are shaking Wall Street once again. That shouldn’t be much of a surprise. Ever since bands of smaller-pocketed and novice investors began taking stock prices of downtrodden companies to breathtaking heights
US suggests additional tariffs if production of Chinese electric vehicles moves to Mexico
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is suggesting that additional tariffs could be put in place if the Chinese makers of electric vehicles try to move their production to Mexico to avoid newly announced import taxes. President
Judge rejects Hunter Biden’s bid to delay his June trial on federal gun charges
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s federal gun case will go to trial next month, a judge said Tuesday, denying a bid by lawyers for the president’s son to delay the prosecution. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika
US lawmakers urge mediation board to help flight attendants reach labor deals
(Reuters) – More than 160 U.S. House lawmakers on Tuesday urged the National Mediation Board (NMB) to take steps to help about 80,000 flight attendants reach new contract deals. Flight attendants at United Airlines, American Airlines, Alaska
Chicago mayor’s bumpy first year tests progressive credentials, puzzling some supporters
CHICAGO (AP) — When union organizer Brandon Johnson was elected Chicago mayor last year, he promised to unroll a “bold progressive movement” in the nation’s third-largest city. A year later, he shocked liberal Democrats by promoting plans
Trial for final wrongful death suit in Astroworld concert crowd crush is set for September
HOUSTON (AP) — The one remaining wrongful death lawsuit filed after 10 people were killed during a deadly crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld music festival has been set for trial in civil court in September, a
As Melinda French Gates leaves the Gates Foundation, many hope she’ll double down on gender equity
NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda French Gates is already one of the biggest philanthropic supporters of gender equity in the United States and is now poised to put another $12.5 billion toward intractable problems like closing the
8 dead, at least 40 injured as farmworkers’ bus overturns in central Florida
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A bus carrying farmworkers in central Florida overturned on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring about 40 other passengers, authorities said. The bus was transporting 53 farmworkers at about 6:40 a.m. when it
