The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear Starbucks’s appeal of a decision ordering the coffee chain to reinstate seven terminated employees, who were part of a high-profile union drive and became known as the “Memphis Seven.” With implications for labor organizing more broadly, the justices will take up the case to decide the proper standard...
The Justice Department alleged Friday that Texas border officers erected additional concertina wire and fence on the banks of the Rio Grande, making it impossible for Border Patrol agents to do their jobs along the busiest parts of the U.S.-Mexico border. The court filing Friday continues a back-and-forth between Texas and the Justice Department over...
Story at a glance The rising cost of housing is keeping many Gen Zers from living on their own. A recent Credit Karma survey of 1,249 U.S. adults found that 31 percent of Gen Z live at home with a parent or other family member. And this number could go up. Among Gen...
The White House said Friday that President Biden is confident in his authority to conduct retaliatory strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, following criticism from some Democrats that he bypassed congressional approval. “We’re very comfortable and confident in the legal authorities that the president exercised to conduct these strikes,” White House national security spokesman...
There were nearly 2,000 flight cancellations Friday across the United States as a winter storm targets the Midwest, bringing blizzard conditions and bitterly cold temperatures. The airport with the most incoming and outgoing cancellations is Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. More than 400 outgoing flights have been canceled and more than 380 flights heading into O’Hare...
Former President Trump is set to rally in New Hampshire just days before the state’s first-in-the-nation primary. Trump will rally supporters in Manchester on Jan. 20, ahead of the primary on Jan. 23, his campaign announced Friday. He's also planning to deliver remarks in Atkinson next Tuesday, a day after the Iowa caucuses kick off...
Last year, human rights were suppressed and challenged around the world as wars waged on and began, climate-fueled disasters increased, economic inequality worsened and discrimination against marginalized communities continued, Human Rights Watch (HRW) declared. In a new report, the global nongovernmental organization focused on human rights called on governments internationally to protect and defend human...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed Friday that 2023 was the hottest single year ever recorded, confirming a determination earlier this week from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. In its annual global climate report, NOAA found that average land and ocean temperatures reached 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average last...