• Amid layoffs, Amazon pauses construction on second headquarters in Virginia

    Amid layoffs, Amazon pauses construction on second headquarters in Virginia

    Mar 03, 2023 06:38 PM EDT

    ... on how their teams worked. The change, which will be effectively on May 1, has ignited some pushback from employees who say they prefer to work remotely. Goldsztejn said the company is expecting to move forward with what he called pre-construction work on the construction in Virginia later this ...

  • Richard Belzer, stand-up comic and 'Law & Order' TV detective, dies at 78

    Richard Belzer, stand-up comic and 'Law & Order' TV detective, dies at 78

    Feb 20, 2023 12:44 AM EDT

    ... many cast members quickly became famous, Belzer's roles were mostly smaller cameos. He later said “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels reneged on a promise to work him into the show. But Belzer became one of the era's top stand-ups. He was known especially for his biting, cynical attitude ...

  • How kids meals are getting a makeover in New Orleans

    How kids meals are getting a makeover in New Orleans

    Feb 16, 2023 10:04 PM EDT

    ... especially for underserved communities and our communities of color who are less likely to have access to healthier beverages.” Do policies aimed at kids meals work? In a city that consistently makes the list of America’s least healthy cities, LaGarde said these kinds ofpolicies “are opportunities to make … life ...

  • Police special units like the one that killed Tyre Nichols are common. Here's why they've drawn criticism

    Police special units like the one that killed Tyre Nichols are common. Here's why they've drawn criticism

    Feb 03, 2023 11:28 PM EDT

    What’s different about special units? Specialized units can be effective, Klinger said. Patrol units spend most of their shift responding to radio calls or writing traffic tickets, leaving only a handful of hours to do “proactive” police work. “The guys and gals that are working the specialized units, they ...

  • How Utah's new ban on gender-affirming care for minors is affecting trans teens in the state

    How Utah's new ban on gender-affirming care for minors is affecting trans teens in the state

    Feb 03, 2023 10:25 PM EDT

    ... state’s gender-affirming care ban, Cox wrote: “We sincerely hope that we can treat our transgender families with more love and respect as we work to better understand the science and consequences behind these procedures.” To McPeck-Stringham, those words ring hollow. “If he actually treated trans people with ...

  • Biden tells Congress he plans to end COVID emergency declarations on May 11

    Biden tells Congress he plans to end COVID emergency declarations on May 11

    Jan 30, 2023 11:16 PM EDT

    ... the emergencies that kept millions of Americans insured during the pandemic. Combined with the drawdown of most federal COVID-19 relief money, it would also shift the development of vaccines and treatments away from the direct management of the federal government. Biden’s announcement comes in a statement opposing resolutions ...

  • Tyre Nichols' death renews push for police reforms

    Tyre Nichols' death renews push for police reforms

    Jan 29, 2023 05:47 PM EDT

    “Changing a rule doesn’t change a behavior,” said Katie Ryan, chief of staff for Campaign Zero, a group of academics, policing experts and activists working to end police violence. “The culture of a police department has to shift into actually implementing the policies, not just saying there’s ...

  • How to help victims of California's storms

    How to help victims of California's storms

    Jan 21, 2023 07:02 PM EDT

    ... to send to strategic local partners, which can redirect assistance for those who are missing paychecks or facing housing insecurity. “Agricultural workers are displaced from work because the fields are all flooded. Real people are losing wages and jobs,” True said. “We want to make sure that people who have ...

  • WATCH: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds news briefing as the nation's debt ceiling deadline approaches

    WATCH: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds news briefing as the nation's debt ceiling deadline approaches

    Jan 18, 2023 06:28 PM EDT

    ... shift money among accounts to keep the government open through at least June. President Biden and Congress are supposed to use that additional time to work out an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. But so far both sides are at a stand-off. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said ...

  • Why manufacturers are hiking COVID vaccine prices

    Why manufacturers are hiking COVID vaccine prices

    Jan 14, 2023 10:45 PM EDT

    John Yang:  So, it's a shift from a guaranteed market to supply and demand? Jennifer Kates:  Exactly. It was guaranteed before. The government bought vaccines, even if not everyone got vaccinated. And we know that's the case. But yes, it's shifting to the commercial market. This was ...