It’s become a common sight: jubilant Starbucks workers celebrating after successful votes to unionize at dozens of U.S. stores. But when the celebrations die down, a daunting hurdle remains: To win the changes they seek — like better pay and more reliable schedules — unionized stores must sit down with […]
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Twitter shareholders to meet amid Elon Musk’s takeover drama
FILE – Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2020. Twitter’s regularly scheduled shareholder meeting Wednesday, May 25, 2022, won’t include a vote on Musk’s $44 billion bid for the social platform. That vote will take place […]
Services set for ‘hero’ officer killed in supermarket attack
GETZVILLE, N.Y. — The security guard at a Buffalo supermarket who was shot and killed while trying to stop the gunman in a racist attack May 14 will be laid to rest Wednesday, as the country grapples with another massacre at a Texas school that killed 19 children and two […]
An ocean first: Underwater drone tracks CO2 in Alaska gulf
SEWARD, Alaska — In the cold, choppy waters of Alaska’s Resurrection Bay, all eyes were on the gray water, looking for one thing only. It wasn’t a spout from humpback whales that power through this scenic fjord, or a sea otter lazing on its back, munching a king crab. Instead, […]
Uvalde pastor hails community as ‘a light that shines in the darkness’
As the Uvalde, Texas, community mourns the unimaginable loss of 19 children and two teachers killed in a mass shooting, one man of faith called it his hardest day as a pastor, but remains strong in the belief that “God’s grace” will get them through. Pastor Doug Swimmer from The […]
Tentative $161.5 million settlement reached in opioid trial
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Attorneys for the state of West Virginia and two remaining pharmaceutical manufacturers have reached a tentative $161.5 million settlement just as closing arguments were set to begin in a seven-week trial over the opioid epidemic, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Wednesday. Morrisey announced the development in court […]
Russian rockets hit eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk
POKROVSK, Ukraine — The Russian rocket strikes came early in the morning in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk on Wednesday, shaking buildings, jolting people out of bed and sending chunks of concrete and jagged pieces of metal flying through the air. One of the two rockets left a crater […]
Poll: High court approval drops after abortion opinion leak
WASHINGTON — Public approval of the Supreme Court has fallen following the leak of a draft opinion that would overturn the Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing abortion rights nationwide, according to a poll. Disapproval of the nation’s highest court was especially pronounced among the roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults who […]
Sweden, Finland delegations in Turkey for NATO talks
ANKARA, Turkey — Senior officials from Sweden and Finland met with Turkish counterparts in Ankara on Wednesday in an effort to overcome Turkey’s strong objections to the Nordic nations’ bids to join NATO. Sweden and Finland submitted their written applications to join NATO last week. The move represents one of […]
Chinese leader Xi defends record to UN human rights chief
BEIJING — Chinese leader Xi Jinping defended China‘s record to the top U.N. human rights official Wednesday, saying each nation should be allowed to find its own path based on its particular circumstances and criticizing those countries that lecture others on human rights and politicize the issue. “Through long-term and […]