By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc workers at a Staten Island sortation center have been given the greenlight to hold a vote on whether to unionize, according to a labor advocate, in what would be a second potential union election for the retailer in New York. The Amazon Labor Union has been notified by …
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By Brad Brooks and Steve Gorman LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) -A Texas judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a state-ordered child welfare investigation of the parents of a 16-year-old transgender girl for providing the teen gender-affirming medical treatment that Governor Greg Abbott has branded as child abuse. Siding against Abbott’s directive for such probes, the judge found …
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(Reuters) – The leader of the Alabama chapter of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia group pleaded guilty to criminal charges including conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday. Joshua James, 34, pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and …
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By David Shepardson and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Defense and Justice departments are no longer requiring masks be worn indoors at Washington-area facilities, they said on Wednesday, following the latest COVID-19 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Other agencies are expected to follow suit this week. The change affects about …
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -An estimated 38.2 million people watched live U.S. television coverage of President Joe Biden’s Tuesday night State of the Union speech, according to ratings data from Nielsen, a 42% jump from his 2021 address to Congress. The figure includes viewership of English- and Spanish-language coverage on 16 broadcast and cable networks. Biden’s …
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Texas man who is the first person to stand trial for joining the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol told a friend he wanted to drag Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of the building, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. Guy Reffitt of Wylie, Texas, …
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By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. health officials on Wednesday laid out a national blueprint to manage COVID-19 going forward, vowing to prepare for any new variant outbreaks without shutting down schools and businesses and calling for additional funding from Congress. The plan will help “move America from crisis to a time when COVID-19 …
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By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose SUPERIOR, Wis. (Reuters) – Fresh from his State of the Union speech, U.S. President Joe Biden visited the battleground state of Wisconsin on Wednesday and reiterated his support for the Ukrainian people abroad while touting the billions of dollars in public infrastructure investments he helped secure at home. A …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military said on Wednesday it will postpone a scheduled test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, in a bid to lower soaring tensions after Russia announced it was putting its nuclear forces on high alert. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s weekend announcement on the …
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives oversight panel has postponed its hearing on oil companies’ climate change disinformation due to the crisis in Ukraine but has asked the board members it had invited to testify to turn in documents by the end of next week, a committee staffer told Reuters on …
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