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
Feb 24 Watch 4:10 News Wrap: 54 dead as heavy rain devastates coastal areas in Brazil By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, the death toll from heavy rain in Brazil that devastated coastal areas has risen to 54, parts of California saw blizzard and flood warnings as a storm intensified across the western U.S., the Federal Reserve’s… Continue watching
Feb 24 Wall Street closes out on its worst week of the year By Stan Choe, Associated Press Stocks have dropped through February as reports on inflation, the job market and spending by shoppers have come in hotter than expected. Continue reading
Feb 24 Federal Reserve rate hikes likely to cause a recession, research says By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press Can the Federal Reserve keep raising interest rates and defeat the nation's worst bout of inflation in 40 years without causing a recession? Not according to a new research paper. Continue reading