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Thousands of flights canceled as concerns grow over summer travel
As the summer air travel season continues, a concerning trend has developed with thousands of flights getting canceled this week. According to flight tracking website FlightAware, there were 1,759 “total cancellations within, into, or out of the United States” Thursday. Friday’s cancellation numbers topped 1,100 by early afternoon and were at 1,255 by mid-afternoon. Airports… -
UK government orders Assange extradition to US, WikiLeaks to appeal
The British government’s Home Office announced it has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. Friday’s announcement marked the latest development in what has been more than a decade of legal battles for Assange in the U.K. Assange faces 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse in… -
5 ways to commemorate Juneteenth in 2022
Federal agencies and corporations were left scrambling last year to give their employees the day off when Congress passed a bill making Juneteenth a national holiday and President Joe Biden signed it into law. It’s the first federal holiday created since Martin Luther King Jr. Day nearly four decades ago. June 19, 1865, commemorates the… -
Treasury Department sanctions companies over Iran petrochemicals
The Treasury Department announced sanctions against Iranian petrochemical producers, as well as companies in China and the United Arab Emirates that help export Iran’s petrochemicals. The sanctions specifically target two companies based in Hong Kong, three in Iran, and four in the UAE, as well as on Chinese citizen Jinfeng Gao and Indian national Mohammed… -
Europe leaders visit Ukraine as US promises more military support
As Ukraine approached four months of fighting back Russia’s latest invasion, leaders in Europe and the United States continued pledging military support. The European support Thursday came in the form of a visit to Ukraine from the leaders of four European countries: French President Emmanuel Macron; Italian Premier Mario Draghi; German Chancellor Olaf Scholz; and… -
Abbott plant pauses baby formula production due to severe weather
Abbott Nutrition, whose Michigan plant has been at the center of the ongoing baby formula shortage, has had to halt production at the plant for the second time this year. This time, the pause was due to severe weather that hit the area earlier this week. “Severe thunderstorms and heavy rains came through southwestern Michigan… -
Buffalo shooting suspect charged with hate crimes, could face death penalty
The Justice Department announced that Payton Gendron, the man accused of shooting and killing 10 black people at a Buffalo supermarket last month, has been charged with hate crimes. Those hate crime charges are just some of the federal charges the department announced Wednesday. The full list of charges includes: 10 counts of committing a… -
Trump gets split result in South Carolina primaries, Texas flips House seat
The latest round of primaries for November’s midterms unfolded in Maine, Nevada, South Carolina and Texas. South Carolina’s primaries produced mixed results for former President Donald Trump. In perhaps the biggest win for Trump, five-term Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) lost his primary to state Rep. Russell Fry. According to the state’s elections website, it wasn’t… -
Millennials, Gen Z leverage social media to push salary transparency to forefront
Inc. Magazine hailed 2022 as “The Year of Salary Transparency,” and LinkedIn listed salary transparency as an idea that will change the world. At least seven states, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Washington, and two cities (Cincinnati and Toledo) already have some form of pay transparency law on the books. On Nov.… -
House passes Supreme Court security bill; Biden expected to sign
The House joined the Senate in a nearly unanimous vote to pass the “Supreme Court Police Parity Act of 2022”, a bill that expands police security to the families of justices and senior officers of the court. The Senate had passed the bill shortly after a leaked opinion indicated the court was set to overturn… -
Brittney Griner detention extended as State Department meets with team
According to Russian state news agency Tass, American women’s basketball star Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia has been extended once again. The latest extension, the third since she was originally detained back in February, means Griner will be in Russian custody until at least July 2. In addition to the extended detention, Tass also reported… -
China, Taiwan spar over Taiwan Strait in latest escalation of tensions
In the latest example of escalating tensions between China and Taiwan, the two countries have spent days sparring over the Taiwan Strait. On Tuesday, Taiwan’s foreign ministry expressed support for the travel of international vessels, including those from the United States, through the strait. “The Taiwan Strait is international waters, and the waters outside our… -
Texas DPS asks AG to withhold body camera video from Uvalde shooting
According to a report from Vice, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has requested that Attorney General Ken Paxton prevent the public release of police body camera video from last month’s shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde. Vice reported it had filed a public records request for “photographs and audio as well as…
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