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Month: May 2024

Biden campaign HQ staffers finalize union agreement, making it the first presidential reelection campaign to organize

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Staffers at President Joe Biden’s campaign headquarters in Delaware finalized a union contract last week after collective bargaining negotiations, making Biden the first incumbent to run for reelection with a unionized workforce and underscoring his pro-labor outlook. Officials said the new contract covers wages, time off and severance, among

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10-year-old girl survives apparent murder-suicide shooting that killed mother, HCSO says

By Courtney Fischer Click here for updates on this story     SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A critically injured 10-year-old girl is the only survivor in a shooting that left two adults dead at a Spring-area apartment complex. Officials are calling the incident a murder-suicide. Harris County sheriff’s deputies were called to The Pierpont apartments in the

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Federal officials are investigating another close call between planes at Reagan National Airport

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are investigating an incident in which an American Airlines plane rolling down the runway canceled its takeoff from Reagan National Airport to avoid colliding with another plane landing on an intersecting runway. It was the second close call at the busy airport near Washington, D.C., in the past six weeks.

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DC attorney discipline board recommends Rudy Giuliani be disbarred for bogus 2020 election fraud claim

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani is one step closer to being disbarred. The professional responsibility board in Washington, DC, recommended Friday that the ex-New York mayor and federal prosecutor lose his law license because of his involvement in a bogus 2020 election fraud lawsuit. Giuliani’s

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El Salvador says it foiled a plot to plant bombs on the day of President Bukele’s inauguration

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador says it has foiled a plot to plant bombs around the country to coincide with President Nayib Bukele’s inauguration on Saturday. The National Police said the plot involved “veterans” of the country’s 1980-1992 civil war, an apparent reference to former leftist guerillas. Police posted photos of cylinders

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Merrill Lynch agrees to pay nearly $20 million to settle class action racial discrimination lawsuit

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Merrill Lynch has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accuses the Wall Street brokerage giant of racially discriminating against its Black financial advisers. The lawsuit alleges that African American advisers employed by Bank of America-owned Merrill received less compensation

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