U.S. safety regulators have pressured Tesla into recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles with its “Full Self-Driving” system because it misbehaves around intersections and doesn't always follow speed limits. The recall, part of part of a larger investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration into Tesla's automated driving systems, is the...
Sen. John Fetterman Checks Into Hospital for Depression
Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, still recovering from a stroke, has checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to seek treatment for clinical depression, his office said Thursday. Fetterman, who has struggled with the aftereffects of a stroke he suffered last May, checked himself in Wednesday night, it said. “While...
Biden to Speak on Unknown Aerial Objects Amid Review
President Joe Biden is set to deliver his most substantial account Thursday of U.S. efforts to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects, following three weeks of high-stakes aerial drama sparked by the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy balloon transiting much of the country. The president's remarks come after...
Group: Tesla Workers Fired After Union Push at Factory
Several employees at a Tesla factory have been fired a day after launching union organizing efforts, according to Tesla Workers United. The workers at the Buffalo, NY plant received an email Wednesday evening updating them on a new policy that prohibits them from recording workplace meetings without all participants’ permission,...
Russia Fires Another Missile Barrage at Ukraine, Kills 1
Russia again pummeled Ukraine with a barrage of cruise and other missiles on Thursday, hitting targets from east to west as the war 's one-year anniversary nears. One of the strikes killed a 79-year-old woman and injured at least seven other people, Ukrainian authorities said. Russian forces used a variety of missile...
GOP Subpoenas Tech CEOs as Part of Probe Into Censorship
Subpoenas were sent to the chief executives of the five largest tech companies on Wednesday as congressional Republicans moved to investigate what they assert is widespread corporate censorship of conservative voices. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the subpoenas as the latest in a...
Oakland A’s Owner Focusing on Move to Las Vegas, Says Baseball Commish
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher has focused on Las Vegas of late as a new home for the franchise. Manfred, speaking Wednesday at baseball's Cactus League media day, isn't closing the door on the team remaining in Oakland. “I think Mr. Fisher wants to make...
Rep. Barbara Lee Files to Seek Feinstein’s Senate Seat
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee filed federal paperwork Wednesday to enter the race for the California seat held by long-serving Sen. Dianne Feinstein, potentially adding another Democrat and a nationally recognized Black woman to a growing field that already includes two other House members. Though Lee has not made a formal...
California and Nevada May Ban Forced Prison Labor, Servitude
Lawmakers in Nevada and California are advancing legislation to remove “involuntary servitude” from their states' constitutions, a move that follows four states' bans on forced labor that passed in ballot measures last fall. The goal of these proposals is to remove exceptions from the states' constitutions that allow forced labor...
Turkey Quake Revives Debate Over Nuclear Plant Being Built
A devastating earthquake that toppled buildings across parts of Turkey and neighboring Syria has revived a longstanding debate locally and in neighboring Cyprus about a large nuclear power station being built on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coastline. The plant’s site in Akkuyu, located some 210 miles to the west of the...