Mar 01 Watch 5:55 News Wrap: Chicago voters oust mayor in election where crime was a top issue In our news wrap Wednesday, voters in Chicago oust Mayor Lori Lightfoot as two other candidates go to a runoff, police in Israel used force against crowds protesting an overhaul of the nation's courts, rescuers in Greece spent the day… Continue watching
Mar 01 Sen. Bernie Sanders schedules vote to force Starbucks CEO to testify By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press Sen. Bernie Sanders is raising the stakes in his effort to get Starbucks' interim CEO Howard Schultz to testify at a Senate hearing about the company's compliance with federal labor laws. Continue reading
Mar 01 WATCH: Biden nominates Julie Su to serve as secretary of labor By Seung Min Kim, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Su, a civil rights attorney and former head of California's labor department, was central to negotiations between labor and freight rail companies late last year, working to avert an economically debilitating strike. Continue reading
Feb 28 Postal Service buys 9,250 electric vans, 14,000 charge stations By Associated Press The U.S. Postal Service is buying 9,250 Ford Motor Co. electric vans and 14,000 charging stations as part of a move to switch its fleet to electric vehicles. Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 4:07 News Wrap: White House bans TikTok from government-issued devices In our news wrap Tuesday, the White House gave federal agencies 30 days to remove TikTok from all government-issued devices citing security concerns, a Ukrainian commander says Russian forces are trying to encircle Bakhmut, Ukraine has received over $100 billion… Continue watching
Feb 28 Biden to nominate Julie Su as the next U.S. labor secretary By Seung Min Kim, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden is nominating Julie Su, the current deputy and former California official, as his next labor secretary. She would replace the departing incumbent, former Boston mayor Marty Walsh. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 4:13 News Wrap: Storm system brings blizzard to California and tornadoes to Plains In our news wrap Monday, the latest in a barrage of storms forced blizzard warnings in California and piled up tornado wreckage in the Southern Plains, air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine and intense fighting raged around Bakhmut, all three… Continue watching
Feb 27 Federal officials promise to trim backlog of health care investigations By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press Federal officials say they're working to cut down on a growing backlog of complaints lodged against health care providers and government agencies by patients who claim their civil rights or privacy have been violated. Continue reading
Feb 25 G-20 talks in India end without consensus on condemning Ukraine war By Aijaz Rahi, Ashok Sharma, Associated Press A meeting of finance chiefs of the Group of 20 leading economies ended on Saturday without a consensus, with Russia and China objecting to the description of the war in Ukraine in a final document. Continue reading
Feb 24 U.S. judge won’t block huge lithium mine on Nevada-Oregon line By Scott Sonner, Associated Press A federal judge has sided with the Biden administration and a mining company in a fight with environmentalists and tribal leaders trying to block a huge lithium mine in Nevada near the Oregon line. Continue reading