Frustrated by an “appalling counterproposal” earlier this week, the head of the union representing 340,000 UPS workers said a strike is imminent and gave the shipping giant a Friday deadline to improve its offer. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters walked away from negotiations Wednesday, demanding that UPS give its “last, best, and...
Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action in College Admissions, Says Race Cannot Be a Factor
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies. The court's conservative majority overturned admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation's oldest private and public colleges, respectively. Chief Justice John Roberts...
Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon Will Step Down Friday. He’s Not Happy About It
Until Monday, only two politicians had lasted at least seven years as speaker of the California Assembly: A U.S. Navy veteran who was so powerful that people called him “Big daddy;” and a lawyer who was so confident he nicknamed himself the “Ayatollah.” Now, joining Jesse Unruh and Willie Brown...
Ukraine Arrests Man Accused of Helping Russia Target Pizza Parlor in Strike That Killed 11
Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man they accused of helping Russia direct a missile strike that killed at least 11 people, including three teenagers, at a popular pizza restaurant in eastern Ukraine. The Tuesday evening attack on Kramatorsk wounded 61 other people, Ukraine's National Police said. It was the...
Human Remains From Imploded Tourist Submersible Recovered Near Titanic Wreck
Human remains have likely been recovered from the wreckage of the submersible that imploded during an underwater voyage to view the Titanic, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday. The news came hours after the announcement that debris from the Titan, collected from the seafloor more than 12,000 feet below the...
Police Video Shows Officer Killing Gunman and Ending a Shooting at a Texas Mall
Police released video footage on Wednesday of an officer killing a neo-Nazi gunman, quickly ending a mass shooting that left eight people dead and seven others wounded at a Dallas-area shopping mall. The edited five-and-a-half-minute video details the final moments of Mauricio Garcia, 33, after he unleashed a rain of...
Trump’s GOP Support Dips Slightly After His Indictment Over Classified Documents: Poll
Former President Donald Trump's criminal indictment on charges of mishandling government secrets appears to have dented his popularity among Republicans — but only slightly —- according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Sixty percent of Republicans now have a favorable view of Trump, down...
President Talks up ‘Bidenomics’ Though New Poll Shows Just 34% Approve
President Joe Biden made his pitch Wednesday to a skeptical public that the U.S. economy is thriving under what he now touts as “Bidenomics” -- even as a new poll showed that could be a hard sell as the foundation for his 2024 reelection campaign. In a major economic speech...
Texas Power Grid Under Pressure, Unable to Import Power from Beyond Borders
On another 100-degree day in Texas, Sean Whitaker lingered outside a Dallas cafe after polishing off an iced coffee, having switched off the power to everything back home except his refrigerator. “That's the reason I'm out," said Whitaker, 52, finding shade at a patio table. As an unrelenting heat wave grips Texas for...
Is It a ‘Richcession’? Or a ‘Rolling Recession’? Or Maybe No Recession at All?
The warnings have been sounded for more than a year: A recession is going to hit the United States. If not this quarter, then by next quarter. Or the quarter after that. Or maybe next year. So is a recession still in sight? The latest signs suggest maybe not. Despite much...