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The US Justice Department on Tuesday notified Boeing that it breached terms of its 2021 agreement in which the company avoided criminal charges for two fatal 737 Max crashes.
Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama are voting to join the UAW. Here's what's at stake for workers nationwide.
A victory would hold significant implications, redoubling the union’s momentum as it seeks to organize a slew of additional plants throughout the South. A loss, however, could scare off workers at other facilities and derail the union’s success.
`Micropreemie’ baby who weighed just over 1 pound at birth goes home from Illinois hospital
Nyla Brooke Haywood was delivered on Nov. 17 at just 22 weeks after her mother was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, a dangerous high-blood pressure condition. She weighed 1 pound and 1 ounce, and was 11 inches long.
US is experiencing more tornado outbreaks, despite fewer tornado days overall, researchers say
The variability of tornado occurrences in the U.S. has increased over recent decades, in that there are now fewer days in which a tornado forms. However, there are more tornadoes on those days, according to the NOAA's National Severe Storm Laboratory.
More than 100 blazes are burning in western Canada and sending smoke to the US. One of them is threatening to overrun a town
The Parker Lake Fire in northeastern British Columbia has more than tripled in size over the weekend to 13,000 acres and is now on the doorstep of the small community of Fort Nelson.
Are US interest rates high enough to beat inflation? The Fed will take its time to find out
The sharp interest rate hikes of the past two years will likely take longer than previously expected to bring down inflation, several Federal Reserve officials have said in recent comments, suggesting there may be few, if any, rate cuts this year.
More US parents than ever have paid leave this Mother’s Day - but most still don’t
In the absence of a federal law, 13 states plus the District of Columbia have adopted paid family and medical leave laws, which entitle workers to paid time off to care for newborns or other loved ones who require care.
Local governments struggle to distribute their share of billions from opioid settlements
Settlement money to help stem the decades-long opioid addiction and overdose epidemic is rolling out to small towns and big cities across the U.S., but advocates worry that chunks of it may be used in ways that don't make a dent in the crisis.