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New York officials fired more than 2,000 prison guards on Monday for not returning to work after a weekslong strike.Enough correctional officers had returned to work for the state to declare an end to the wildcat strike, a labor action that violated a state law prohibiting strikes by most public employees.”After 22 days of an illegal strike, the governor and I are happy to report it is now ended,” Corrections Commissioner Daniel Martuscello said during a virtual press briefing.The state and the guards’ union, the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, reached a new deal to end…
CNN — Elections in Greenland, an island home to about 57,000 people, are usually a local affair. There is little opinion polling, with only two newspapers in the Danish autonomous territory. Greenlanders mull over politics in private Facebook groups, with key issues in the past centering on the economy, mining, fishing law and of course, its relationship and history with Denmark. But as Greenlanders head to the polls on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump’s idea to annex the nation has thrown this year’s elections into the international spotlight. Speaking about Greenland in his speech to Congress last week, Trump said,…
CNN — The California governor’s race isn’t waiting for former Vice President Kamala Harris to make up her mind whether she’s going to run. Former Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, who represented Orange County in the US House for three terms, announced Tuesday she’s entering the race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is term-limited from running again. Porter enters a field that already includes Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, former state Senate Leader Toni Atkins and former state Controller Betty Yee. Last year, Porter finished a distant third in the state’s top primary for an…
CNN — House Republicans are hoping to vote Tuesday on a stopgap bill aimed at funding the federal government through September 30 and preventing a shutdown after Friday. The chamber’s GOP leaders are racing to lock down support among their members for the package so they can send it this week to the Senate, where it faces hurdles in securing the backing of enough Democrats to reach the 60 votes needed to pass. Overall, the measure would boost defense spending by $6 billion compared to fiscal year 2024 and decrease nondefense spending by $13 billion. While Republicans have described the…
New York CNN — In 2021, Boston began requiring real estate developers to consider how their projects could hurt residents historically discriminated against in housing and take steps to reduce those impacts. In creating its zoning ordinance, Boston relied on an underused mandate in the 1968 Fair Housing Act — one that the Obama administration put teeth into for the first time in decades. “Without the Obama rule, we would have been left with the same flowery language that had been dormant for 50 years,” said Massachusetts State Senator Lydia Edwards, then a Boston city councilor. “The point of rules…
Nissan said Tuesday that Ivan Espinosa, its chief planning officer, would take the helm from April 1, ending weeks of speculation over who will succeed Makoto Uchida as leader of the troubled Japanese carmaker. Uchida had been under pressure to step down following a worsening earnings performance at Japan’s third-largest automaker and the collapse of merger talks with Honda (HMC). It was not clear whether the appointment of Espinosa, 46, would put those talks back on the table or open up the possibility of investment from another partner. Espinosa, a Mexican citizen who joined Nissan in 2003, has spent much…
London CNN — A cargo ship that smashed into a US military chartered oil tanker off the northeast coast of England on Monday was carrying sodium cyanide, according to the maritime intelligence company and shipping journal Lloyd’s List. The collision sparked a huge fire, a dramatic rescue effort and fears of environmental damage. Just before 10 a.m. local time (6 a.m. ET), a Portuguese-flagged container ship called the Solong careered into the oil tanker, called the Stena Immaculate, which was at anchor in the North Sea about 10 miles off the English coastline, according to the ship tracking tool VesselFinder.…
CNN — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of a California fire chief who claimed he lost his job because of his Christian faith, a case that could have made it easier for Americans to win discrimination lawsuits against employers. Ronald Hittle, a 24-year veteran of the fire department in Stockton, California, said he was fired after attending a two-day Christian conference on city time. The city countered that Hittle had been instructed to attend a “leadership” conference and told the high court in a brief that the chief had a long history of disobeying direction…
CNN — Elon Musk spent the weekend with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, getting a round-trip ride on Air Force One. While Musk has spent an increasing amount of time with Trump, three of his companies are having a rough go. His X social media platform was down for much of the day Monday; Tesla shares plunged 15% and erased the last of their post-Election Day gains; and SpaceX continued to struggle with the aftermath of yet another rocket explosion. That’s taking a toll on Musk’s fortune: He lost $29 billion in net worth on Monday alone, according to the…
CNN — The Supreme Court on Monday said it would review a Colorado law that bars mental health professionals from practicing “conversion therapy” for minors, a discredited practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Kaley Chiles, a licensed counselor and practicing Christian, challenged that law under the First Amendment, claiming that her patients voluntarily seek out her services. Chiles, who was represented by the religious group Alliance Defending Freedom, argued that the laws enacted in Colorado and more than 19 other states “silence counselors’ ability to express views their clients seek.” But state officials countered…