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Amazon fined $5.9 million for warehouse law violations

Amazon was fined roughly $5.9 million over alleged quota violations at two of its warehouses in California, the state’s Labor Commissioner’s Office announced Tuesday. The California Labor Commissioner’s Office said in a press release Tuesday that Amazon violated the state’s Warehouse Quotas law at two distribution warehouses in Moreno Valley and the Redlands. The law, which went...

Coolers, rope, tennis balls: What Milwaukee banned in ‘soft zone’ of RNC site

The Milwaukee Common Council passed an ordinance outlining the dozens of items to be banned in a restricted event area surrounding the Republican National Convention. The Wisconsin city, set to host the convention from July 15-18 at the Fiserv Forum, expects the event to draw more than 50,000 additional visitors to Milwaukee within a two-week...

‘Do your job’: Warren blasts Powell on bank rules

Banking regulators have been dragging their heels on finalizing rules set up to dampen the effect of another potential financial crisis like the one in 2008, and they need to hop to it, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday. The regulations, known as the Basel III endgame, would...

Nvidia becomes world’s most valuable company

Nvidia has surpassed Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable company. The chipmaker’s market capitalization rose to $3.34 trillion on Tuesday, just eclipsing Microsoft, which is valued at $3.32 trillion. The latest milestone for Nvidia comes less than two weeks after it crossed the $3 trillion mark for the first time and surpassed Apple as...

Senate GOP blocks Democratic effort to ban bump stocks after Supreme Court ruling

Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort by Democrats to pass a ban on bump stocks in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision overturning a Trump-era federal prohibition on the devices. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the author of the BUMP Act, brought his proposal up for unanimous consent, but Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) blocked...

Senate hearing explores COVID-19 origins: Takeaways

A Senate hearing Tuesday on the origins of the COVID-19 virus explored the foremost theories, with lawmakers and witnesses exchanging arguments over which one they believed. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs heard from four scientific experts on what the current information suggests about the beginnings of SARS-CoV-2.  The natural origins theory,...

Louisiana passes law limiting free-speech protections on campuses

Louisiana passes law barring civil disobedience from free-speech protection to curb pro-Palestinian protests on campuses.

Evening Report — MAGA brawl in Virginia

{beacon} Evening Report   © AP Photo/Carlos Osorio/Andrew Harnik MAGA fight takes center-stage in Tuesday elections Voters are at the polls now in Virginia, Oklahoma and Georgia. Primary season is winding down but there are still a few hotly contested races to keep an eye on... VIRGINIA Is Rep. Bob Good (R) cooked?...

Trump campaign says he will stay in Milwaukee for GOP convention, not at Chicago property

Former President Trump will stay in Milwaukee for the upcoming Republican National Convention, his campaign confirmed, batting down reports the former president intended to spend the night at his Chicago property and commute to the Wisconsin city for the event. A Trump campaign spokesperson denied reporting from ABC7 in Chicago that Trump was planning to stay at...

VA Dem Tim Kaine warns against taking election for granted as Trump eyes blue state

Sen. Kaine said he isn't taking reelection in November for granted as Trump and others see Virginia as a potential Republican pick up opportunity.

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