news2shortsWorkers call proposals ‘almost laughable’ with new CEO’s pay package 10,000 times the median salary of barista Negotiations between Starbucks and its union have broken down with workers calling the company’s proposals “almost laughable” and highlighting the multi-million pay package of the coffee chain’s recently appointed CEO. Since late 2021, over 530 Starbucks stores have … Read more
Killing people with paperwork instead of a gun doesn’t make you any less of a murderer At this very moment Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last month, is sitting in a federal jail cell in Brooklyn. He’s got a barrage of court appearances scheduled and, once he has wound his way … Read more
Workers at Teleperformance, customer support company for Apple, Google and Netflix, accuse it of union busting and surveillance Call center workers for some of the world’s biggest tech companies including Apple, Google, Microsoft and Netflix are accusing their employer of retaliating against union organisers, constantly surveilling staff and even refusing bathroom breaks. In the US … Read more
Bitter battle expected at Senate hearing but Republicans appear confident Pete Hegseth will be confirmed Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s controversial pick for US secretary of defense, will testify at a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, as the military veteran and Fox News host faces intense scrutiny over allegations of sexual assault, excessive alcohol use and … Read more
Investigation finds very high levels of lead and arsenic in homes near a factory processing US toxic waste Raquel Villarreal lives in a bright-yellow house in Mexico’s Monterrey metropolitan area with her family and nine cats. Here, the emergency medicine doctor has raised three daughters, one of whom died at the age of 14. Just … Read more
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick to run the Department of Defense, is set to begin confirmation hearings Tuesday on Capitol Hill. In his opening statement obtained by NBC News, he leans into his outside perspective. “It’s time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm,” he is expected to say. NBC’s Ryan Nobles … Read more
Special counsel Jack Smith says the government had enough evidence to convict Donald Trump if he had not been reelected. The report on Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election was set to go to a jury in Washington if not for the Justice Department’s longstanding policy to not prosecute a sitting president. NBC’s … Read more
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., declared in a statement that he intends to vote to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to serve as Secretary of State. “Senator Rubio and I share many similar views on foreign policy and as a result, have worked closely together in the Senate to move forward with legislation regarding … Read more
With fire weather expected to continue until at least Wednesday, officials have pre-deployed firefighters across surrounding counties Tell us about the financial consequences you are facing due to the California fires California homeowners and business owners who lost everything in the devastating Los Angeles-area fires now have to tackle their insurance companies to recover the … Read more
President-elect Trump took one more dig at Jack Smith after the Justice Department released the former special counsel’s report early Tuesday. Attorney General Merrick Garland released the first volume, which focuses on the election case against Trump, of Smith’s report on Tuesday at midnight after back-and-forth in the federal court system. The report was released … Read more
