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WQAD (MILAN, Ill.) — A John Deere worker who was taking part in the ongoing strike was killed in a traffic accident while walking to the picket line on Wednesday morning, the United Auto Workers Union [Read More…]

Delta Air Lines (NEW YORK) — The travel industry is gearing up for what could be its busiest season since the coronavirus pandemic began, and at least one U.S. airline is aiming to make things [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jessica Rosenworcel is in line to make history as the first woman to head the Federal Communications Commission, after President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday his intent to officially nominate [Read More…]

5./15 WEST/iStock (WASHINGTON) — A Senate panel on Tuesday grilled executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on what the social media companies are doing to ensure young users’ safety in the wake of revelations about [Read More…]

iStock/jetcityimage (NEW YORK) — Rental car giant Hertz announced it was buying 100,000 Tesla electric vehicles that will be available to customers starting next month. Tesla stock soared on news of the massive order, and [Read More…]

iStock (NEW YORK) — A coalition of Amazon warehouse workers in New York City have officially filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday. Kayla Blado, the press [Read More…]

Diy13/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The day of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Facebook noticed a rise in social media posts calling for violence and incitement around the certification of the U.S. presidential election result and the storming [Read More…]

svetikd/iStock (NEW YORK) — The supply chain issues the U.S. economy is currently facing are not only affecting consumers during the peak shopping season, but small businesses have also started to feel the effects of [Read More…]

marekuliasz/iStock (MICHIGAN) — “Attack the grade here. Now mash the brake and modulate the throttle,” Al Oppenheiser, the chief engineer of GMC’s Hummer EV, guided me as I carefully steered the 9,000-lb. truck up a [Read More…]

tacojim/iStock (NEW YORK) — A spate of strikes has rocked the private sector, revealing the new power workers wield as the pandemic wanes in the U.S. and sending a message to employers who may have [Read More…]

P_Wei/iStock (NEW YORK) — Last year, Thanksgiving and Black Friday looked a little different, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While holiday shopping has increasingly shifted to online in recent years, the pandemic led to an [Read More…]

LaylaBird/iStock (NEW YORK) — More than 50 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Latinas typically earn only 57 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men and must work [Read More…]

scyther5/iStock (NEW YORK) — Silenced by many major platforms, former President Donald Trump is launching his own social media app. Trump Media and Technology Group and Digital World Acquisition Group, which is already listed on [Read More…]

evemilla/iStock (NEW YORK) — Citing what it calls an “unrelenting assault” by greedy lawyers, Johnson & Johnson is hoping to use the bankruptcy process to dispose of 40,000 lawsuits that claim its baby powder products [Read More…]

DarioEgidi/iStock (NEW YORK) — The strained supply chain and worldwide shipping crunch has had an impact on everything from holiday shopping to every day goods and services. Good Morning America assembled an expert panel to [Read More…]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has spoken out about his decision to take paternity leave after the birth of his twins, calling it “important work.” The comments from Buttigieg [Read More…]

iStock (NEW YORK) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is accusing Amazon leadership — including former CEO Jeff Bezos — of misleading or lying to Congress in the wake of reports from media outlets that [Read More…]

SHansche/iStock (WASHINGTON) — As the U.S. economy struggles to fully recover from the coronavirus pandemic, supply-chain disruptions across the country are driving up prices and leading to a growing shortage of goods. The supply chain [Read More…]

Evgenia Parajanian/iStock (NEW YORK) — Holiday travel may be more chaotic this year, experts warn, as looming vaccination deadlines threaten airline and airport staffing. Forty percent of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workforce hasn’t received [Read More…]

sanfel/iStock (NEW YORK) — Boeing’s former 737 MAX test pilot, Mark Forkner, was indicted for fraud Thursday for allegedly misleading regulators about problems tied to the aircraft’s two fatal crashes. The ex-chief technical pilot is [Read More…]