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Category: National News
Chicago Teachers Union files grievance over wage theft, pressures CPS for contract settlement
Chicago Teachers Union officials filed a grievance with Chicago Public Schools alleging that the district is shorting some educators’ wages.
New York Daily News, NY Times ask federal judge to reject OpenAI, Microsoft challenges to copyright suit
Lawyers for the New York Daily News, The New York Times, and other newspapers Wednesday asked a Manhattan judge to reject an effort by OpenAI and Microsoft to dismiss parts of their lawsuits accusing the tech giants of stealing reporters’ stories to train their AI products.
Hollywood’s awards season dates, and how they’ve been affected by the wildfires
Hollywood’s awards season has all but come to a rare halt as the wildfires continue to disrupt life and work in the Los Angeles area.
A retro blue VW van miraculously survives deadly Los Angeles fire
A photo of the vibrant retro VW bus taken by an Associated Press photographer was circulating widely on television and online, giving viewers a measure of joy.
Speaker Johnson orders US Capitol flags raised to full height for Donald Trump’s inauguration
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former President Jimmy Carter.
US TikTok users flock to Chinese app Xiaohongshu in protest with TikTok ban looming
As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S.
USDA documented insects, slime and ‘general filth’ at Boar’s Head plants, records show
Government inspectors documented unsanitary conditions at several Boar’s Head deli meat plants, not just the factory that was shut down last year after a deadly outbreak of listeria poisoning, federal records show.
Capital One is accused of cheating customers out of $2 billion
The advertisement from Capital One had many of the same promises that other banks offer for high-yield savings accounts: There were no fees, no minimum deposits and the money would earn much more in interest than in traditional bank accounts.
Michelle Obama will skip Donald Trump inauguration, but ex-Presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush will be there
Former first lady Michelle Obama will skip the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, the second time in two weeks that she is not attending a gathering of former U.S. leaders and their spouses, but former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will be there.