Exclusive-Union leaders backing Amazon election in Alabama discuss effort with White House

The White House and the labor leaders connected with the Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union have discussed the group's effort to unionize an Amazon.com Inc facility in Alabama, an RWDSU official said on Wednesday.

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In uneasy truce, House Republicans fail to punish Greene or Cheney

U.S. House Republicans opted on Wednesday not to punish newcomer Marjorie Taylor Greene for incendiary comments, including support for violence against Democrats, and turned back an attempt to oust a leader who had voted to impeach President Donald Trump.

'Hoping and praying': Tampa eyes Super Bowl windfall despite COVID-19 crunch

This Sunday's Super Bowl in Tampa will hardly rake in as much revenue as in past years but it is a welcome salve for Florida's third-largest city, with local businesses grateful for any windfall during a pandemic.

New vaccine sites in urban California to tackle COVID-19 disparities

New vaccination centers are to open this month in the heart of two urban California communities especially hard hit by the coronavirus, as state and federal officials try to tackle racial and economic disparities hindering U.S. immunization efforts.

U.S. Treasury says more time needed to decide on Trump tax returns - Bloomberg News

The U.S. Treasury said it needs more time to decide whether to fight House Democrats in their effort to get former President Donald Trump's personal and business tax returns, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

No in-person school in Chicago as labor dispute drags on over COVID-19 safety plan

Chicago schools have postponed in-person classes for another day for thousands of students after the third-largest district in the U.S. failed to reach an agreement with the teachers union on a COVID-19 safety plan.

Mexico says five of dead in U.S. poultry plant incident were Mexicans

Five of the six people who died in an accident at a Georgia state poultry plant late last month were Mexicans, Mexico's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Colorado man aged 95 fatally shoots assisted-living staffer, police say

A 95-year-old resident of an assisted-living center near Denver was arrested on Wednesday for investigation of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a facility employee who may have owed him money, police said.

U.S. rescuers brave cracking ice to pull two from sinking truck

U.S. firefighters battled crumbling ice in Long Island Sound to rescue two people trapped after a truck broke through and sank in the frigid waters beneath, authorities said on Tuesday.

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