July 1, 2021

Rescuers trying to free worker trapped in DC home collapse

WASHINGTON — Emergency crews responded Thursday to a report of a building under construction that collapsed in the nation’s capital. Several people were reported to […]
July 1, 2021

Greece: Fugitive far-right former lawmaker arrested

ATHENS, Greece — A leading member of Greece’s extreme right-wing Golden Dawn party has been arrested in Athens, nearly nine months after he disappeared before […]
July 1, 2021

Teamsters approve revised offer, ending labor dispute at St. Paul Park refinery

Union workers at Marathon Petroleum’s St. Paul Park refinery approved a new contract Thursday, ending a five-month work stoppage. The 200 members of Teamsters Local […]
July 1, 2021

Trump Organization, CFO indicted on tax fraud charges

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s company and its longtime finance chief were charged Thursday in what a prosecutor called a “sweeping and audacious” tax fraud […]
July 1, 2021

130 countries back deal on global minimum tax for companies

FRANKFURT, Germany — Some 130 countries have agreed on a global minimum tax backed by U.S. President Joe Biden as part of a worldwide effort […]
July 1, 2021

New Mexico gives most US funding to child care of any state

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico is directing the nation’s biggest chunk of federal coronavirus relief money to helping middle-class families pay for child care, […]
July 1, 2021

Minnesota Legislature approves nearly $30M to cover tax refunds due Enbridge

Minnesota counties on the hook for huge tax refunds to Enbridge — through no fault of their own — will be bailed out by the […]
July 1, 2021

Washington state blackouts hit same customers repeatedly

SPOKANE, Wash. — The rolling blackouts that cut electricity for tens of thousands of Spokane, Washington, residents amid this week’s record-breaking heat wave mostly hit […]
July 1, 2021

Jeff Bezos picks female aerospace pioneer to launch with him

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Sixty years after acing astronaut tests but barred because she was a woman, Wally Funk will rocket into space alongside Jeff […]
July 1, 2021

Mets, under new owner Cohen, to celebrate Bobby Bonilla Day

NEW YORK — The New York Mets under new owner Steven Cohen are embracing Bobby Bonilla Day, an annual remembrance of a famously unsuccessful contract. […]