Siskiyou County, California — Law enforcement authorities in Siskiyou County, far northern California, announced the arrest of a father and his adult son in the alleged kidnapping of two U.S. Forest Service workers, and they are now safe and free. The sheriff says they received a call around 10:55 a.m. Thursday from the Forest Service … Read more
Local news The Union will return to the negotiating table on June 9 and 23. Members of the Harvard Graduate Student Union picket at a doorway next to the Engineering Sciences Laboratory on Oxford Street. John Tolomacki/The Boston Globe After 40 days of picketing, Harvard graduate students on Monday ended their longest strike yet without … Read more
Longview, Washington — Crews have recovered six of nine workers missing and presumed dead after a chemical tank exploded in Washington state, officials said Thursday. Note: Video from a previous report. The total number of deaths reached 11, including three who are still missing. It is one of the deadliest workplace accidents in the United … Read more
Boston Marathon Paige Beatty, 23, is working with the BMC team to raise money for the hospital’s safety net mission and social workers who support patients in crisis. Big Betty will run the 2026 Boston Marathon. On our websiteWhy am I running?“, Boston Marathon athletes share what inspires them to take on the 26.2-mile trek … Read more
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly Announce Saturday, March 28, a comprehensive package of energy conservation measures, including a nationwide partial remote work mandate, as Egypt moves to manage economic pressure that it described as unprecedented in scope. Madbouly said, in a press conference after an inspection tour of the Obour Market on the outskirts of Cairo, … Read more
Local news The vote does not mean that workers will strike immediately; “We want our voice to be heard a little more first,” said spokeswoman Jenny Hamlin. Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, Massachusetts. Washington Post photo by Adam Glanzman As workers at the Coolidge Corner Theater negotiated their first-ever union contract since joining the union, … Read more
Putnam County, New York — Firefighters coordinated the rescue of a dog who fell down a steep slope and became trapped on a small rock just inches from the gushing Quaker Brook waterfall in Paterson, New York. On Sunday morning, the Paterson Fire Department learned of the trapped dog, Rudy, who had fallen 15 feet … Read more
For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila Tomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover basics like food and mortgage payments for her family while she is on unpaid leave from her job with the federal government. She continued to ask questions, and … Read more
san francisco — A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal employees during the government shutdown. US District Judge Susan Elston issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the dismissals while the lawsuit challenging them is pending. It had previously issued a temporary restraining order against the job cuts … Read more
AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Oct. 17, the Central Texas Food Bank (CTFB) held food distribution events at Fort Hood and at the Austin Airport focused on federal employees and their families, according to a news release from the charity. A volunteer (right) and a TSA employee (left) at a Central Texas Food Bank distribution event … Read more