Jul 01 Watch 8:58 A tech apprenticeship program helping middle America find jobs without college By Paul Solman Even before the pandemic sent shock waves through the U.S economy, innovation had always been a key to success in business. As part of our "Work Shift" series, economics correspondent Paul Solman looks at one businessman whose determination to locate… Continue watching
Jul 01 Facing skilled worker shortage, U.S. companies try to train their own new labor pools By Levi Pulkkinen, The Hechinger Report With a growing consensus that some sectors of the economy face a shortage of qualified workers, employers are paying entry-level workers to learn on the job. Continue reading
Jul 01 CBO projects federal deficit will hit $3 trillion this year By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press In an updated forecast Thursday, the CBO said the deficit for the current 2021 budget year, which ends Sept. 30, will be the second-largest in history, coming in shy of last year's record shortfall of $3.13 trillion. Continue reading
Jul 01 NFL fines Washington Football Team $10 million after misconduct investigation By Stephen Whyno, Associated Press The investigation found ownership and senior officials paid little attention to sexual harassment and other workplace issues that made the environment "highly unprofessional."… Continue reading
Jul 01 Monument unveiled to activist, journalist Ida B. Wells in Chicago By Associated Press Officially called The Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument, the commemoration created by sculptor Richard Hunt was dedicated Wednesday in the Bronzeville neighborhood where Wells lived out her life. Continue reading
Jul 01 Read the full indictment against the Trump Organization The former president's company and its longtime finance chief were charged Thursday in what a prosecutor called a “sweeping and audacious” tax fraud scheme. Read the full indictment. Continue reading
Jul 01 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on Surfside, Florida building collapse By Alexandra Jaffe, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Joe Biden drew on his own experiences with grief and loss to comfort families affected by the Florida condo collapse, telling them to “never give up hope” even as the search for survivors paused early Thursday, a week after… Continue reading
Jul 01 Crews cleaning up after Zion National Park flash flood By Associated Press Zion National Park officials and business owners in a nearby tourist town are still cleaning up and assessing the damage from a massive flash flood that ripped through the popular red rock park, sending mud and debris onto streets. No… Continue reading
Jul 01 Trump Organization and its CFO plead not guilty to tax crime charges By Michael Sisak, Tom Hays, Associated Press Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was arraigned a day after a grand jury returned an indictment charging him and Trump's company with tax crimes. The lawyers for the Trump Organization pleaded not guilty to scheme to defraud and other charges,… Continue reading
Jul 01 Britney Spears’ father seeks court probe of her allegations By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press Britney Spears' father has asked the court overseeing his daughter's conservatorship to investigate her statements to a judge last week on the court's control of her medical treatment and personal life, which she called overly restrictive and abusive. Continue reading