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Amazon’s first U.S. union overcomes hurdles, faces new ones
NEW YORK — When a scrappy group of former and current warehouse workers on Staten Island, New York went head-to-head with Amazon in a union election, many compared it to a David and Goliath battle. David won. And the stunning upset on Friday brought sudden exposure to the organizers and...
New Twitter biggie Musk may have thoughts on edit button
Elon Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO and power Twitter user who is now Twitter’s largest shareholder and newly appointed board member, may have thoughts on a long-standing request from users: Should there be an edit button? On Monday evening, Musk launched a Twitter poll about whether they want an edit...
Wild foal made an orphan after tourists took it from its mom, North Carolina national park says
A newborn wild horse on one of North Carolina’s barrier islands had to be permanently taken from its mother after well-meaning tourists ferried it off the Shackleford Banks, according to Cape Lookout National Seashore. The incident happened March 26, and the people involved have been cited for removing a wild...
Arrest made in connection with Sacramento mass shootingVideo
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police announced an arrest Monday connected to the shooting that killed six people and wounded a dozen others in the heart of California’s capital as at least two shooters fired more than 100 rounds and people ran for their lives. Police said they booked Dandrae Martin,...
Russia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine’s streets
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains images that might be disturbing to some readers. BUCHA, Ukraine — Moscow faced a new wave of revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, some...
Biden: Putin should face war crimes trial for Bucha killingsVideo
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday called for a war crimes trial against Russia President Vladimir Putin and said he’d seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine. “You saw what happened in Bucha,” Biden said. He added that Putin “is a war criminal.” Biden’s comments to reporters came...
Wins for pro-Putin leaders buttress autocracies in Europe
BUDAPEST, Hungary — After two nationalist European strongmen won overwhelming victories in elections Sunday, one of the first foreign leaders to congratulate both was not from a neighboring country or a regional ally. It was Russian President Vladimir Putin. The parliamentary elections in Hungary and Serbia both brought landslide wins...
WHO says 99% of world’s population breathes poor-quality air
GENEVA — The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use, which generates pollutants that cause respiratory and blood-flow problems and lead to millions of preventable deaths each year. The World...
Russia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine’s streets
BUCHA, Ukraine — Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets, buildings and yards strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, many of them evidently killed at close range. The grisly images of battered or...
U.S. seizes yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain — The U.S. government seized a mega yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with close ties to the Russian president on Monday, the first in the government’s sanctions enforcement initiative to “seize and freeze” giant boats and other pricey assets of Russian elites. Spain’s Civil...
California police search for shooters who killed 6, hurt 12
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The usual crowds filled the streets as bars and nightclubs were closing in California’s capital city of Sacramento when the sound of rapid-fire gunshots sent people running in terror. In a matter of seconds, the latest U.S. mass shooting had left six people dead and 12 wounded....
Steel made without coal heating up in Sweden
LULEA, Sweden — For hundreds of years, raging blast furnaces — fed with coking coal — have forged steel used in cars, railways, bridges and skyscrapers. But the puffs of coal-fired smoke are a big source of carbon dioxide, the heat-trapping gas that’s driving climate change. According to the World...
3 face charges after death of Ohio officer hit during I-75 chaseVideo
BLUFFTON, Ohio — One man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and two more face other counts following the death of a police officer struck and killed by a fleeing car on an Ohio interstate during a high-speed chase through multiple counties, authorities said. Authorities said 20-year-old Emin Johnson of...
Biden cites economic gains, but voters see much more to do
WASHINGTON — Seven months before he faces a critical test from voters in the midterm elections, President Joe Biden is turning his focus to kitchen-table issues as he struggles to get credit for a recovering economy. Since Biden took office last year, job growth has been vigorous and steady —...
Ukraine accuses Russia of massacre, city strewn with bodiesVideo
BUCHA, Ukraine — Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area. Ukrainian authorities accused the departing forces on Sunday of committing war crimes and leaving behind a “scene from a...
California mass shooting: 6 dead, 10 injured in SacramentoVideo
SACRAMENTO, Calif — Six people were killed and 12 injured in a mass shooting early Sunday as bars and nightclubs were closing in downtown Sacramento and police in California’s state capital were searching for at least one suspect. Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester said at a news conference that police...
Fossil fuel backers overshadow climate change talks in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A flurry of summits this week across Dubai addressed the threat of climate change, or at least acknowledged that a pivot away from fossil fuels toward cleaner sources of power is needed to keep temperatures from rising. The glaring fault lines, however, lie on when...
Mormons stress unity amid polarization at Utah conference
SALT LAKE CITY — Top leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints addressed covid-19, the church’s support of non-discrimination laws, war in Ukraine and legacies of racism at the faith’s first in-person conference since the onset of the pandemic on Saturday. The nearly 17 million-member faith, which...
Ukrainian forces retake areas near Kyiv amid fear of traps
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian troops moved cautiously to retake territory north of the country’s capital on Saturday, using cables to pull the bodies of civilians off the streets in one town out of fear that Russian forces might have booby-trapped them before leaving. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in his...
New radio station helps Ukrainian refugees adapt in Prague
PRAGUE — This is Radio Ukraine calling. A new Prague-based internet radio station has started to broadcast news, information and music tailored to the day-to-day concerns of some 300,000 Ukrainian refugees who have arrived in the Czech Republic since Russia launched its military assault against Ukraine. In a studio at...
Ramadan kicks off in much of Middle East amid soaring prices
CAIRO — The Muslim holy month of Ramadan — when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk — began at sunrise Saturday in much of the Middle East, where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent energy and food prices soaring. The conflict cast a pall over Ramadan, when large gatherings...
Russian official says sanctions jeopardize future of International Space Station
MOSCOW — Russia’s top space official says the future of the International Space Station hangs in the balance after the United States, the European Union, and Canadian space agencies missed a deadline to meet Russian demands for the lifting of sanctions on Russian enterprises and hardware. The head of Russia’s...
U.S. investigators fly to China to aid in plane crash probe
BEIJING — U.S. accident investigators arrived in China on Saturday to help authorities look for clues into what caused last month’s crash of a Boeing jetliner with 132 people aboard. The seven-member team from the National Transportation Safety Board will participate in the Civil Aviation Administration of China’s investigation of...
Federal tax probe into Biden’s son, Hunter, moves forward
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury has heard testimony in recent months about Hunter Biden’s income and payments he received while serving on the board of a Ukraine energy company, according to two people familiar with the probe. It remains unclear whether he might be charged. But the grand jury...
U.S. to require greater fuel efficiency for new vehicles
DETROIT — New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026, up from about 28 mpg, under new federal rules unveiled Friday that undo a rollback of standards enacted under President Trump. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said its...
