Uber, Lyft, DoorDash drivers in the U.S. to strike on Valentine’s Day for fair pay ( www.nbcnews.com )
Ken Paxton plans to file criminal complaints against lawmakers who impeached him ( www.nbcnews.com )
Construction workers are dying from suicide at an alarming rate, with an estimated 6,000 construction workers dying as a result of suicide in 2022 ( www.nbcnews.com )
Nonunion autoworkers are watching the UAW — and deciding whether they want in ( www.nbcnews.com )
Freedom Caucus rebels against a short-term funding bill with new demands ( www.nbcnews.com )
The new list of policy changes sought by the ultraconservative House lawmakers drew immediate pushback from Democratic leaders, who warned it would cause a shutdown.
Texas woman arrested for allegedly attempting to drown 3-year-old Palestinian Muslim child in possible hate crime ( www.nbcnews.com )
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UAW loses Alabama union vote seen as bellwether for organizing autoworkers in the South ( www.nbcnews.com )
Republican officials led a vigorous campaign opposing the organizing effort. In the run-up to Friday's vote, six Southern governors, all Republicans, led by Alabama's Kay Ivey, warned about “special interests looking to come into our state and threaten our jobs and the values we live by.”...
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Washington state ‘conversion therapy’ ban ( www.nbcnews.com )
Over the objection of three conservatives, the court left in place a state law that bars therapists from counseling minors to change sexual orientation or gender identity, a practice favored by some conservatives.
Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s bid to use congressional map with just one majority-Black district ( www.nbcnews.com )
The court’s decision is in line with its June ruling in the same case that reaffirmed key protections for minority voters.
75 Pittsburgh officers on leave after firing their weapons during hourslong standoff at eviction attempt ( www.nbcnews.com )
Trump’s bond in Georgia election interference case set at $200,000 ( www.nbcnews.com )
Texas abortion ban linked to rise in infant and newborn deaths. Is it a 'foreshadow' for other states? ( www.nbcnews.com )
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Robert Morris warned sex abuse accuser she could be prosecuted for seeking compensation, emails show ( www.nbcnews.com )
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Morgan Spurlock, documentary filmmaker behind 'Super Size Me,' dies at 53 ( www.nbcnews.com )
Woman involved in Slender Man attack as a child again seeks release from psychiatric institute ( www.nbcnews.com )
Alabama GOP refuses to draw second Black district, despite Supreme Court order ( www.nbcnews.com )
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., have been calling state legislators about the map, which could affect control of Congress.
She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail. ( www.nbcnews.com )
Nikki Haley says she 'will be voting for Trump' ( www.nbcnews.com )
Michigan attorney general charges 'false electors' over efforts to overturn the 2020 election ( www.nbcnews.com )
Sixteen people forged documents and claimed to be "duly elected and qualified electors" for the state of Michigan, Attorney General Dana Nessel said.
Ron DeSantis fires roughly a dozen staffers in a campaign shake-up ( www.nbcnews.com )
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A collision course over government funding raises fears of a shutdown ( www.nbcnews.com )
Speaker McCarthy and the Republican-led House have moved to spend less than the new budget caps and impose conservative policies, conflicting with the Senate's bipartisan path.
NAACP urges Biden to halt weapons to Israel and help end Gaza war ( www.nbcnews.com )
Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in defamation damages, jury rules ( www.nbcnews.com )
Fake Joe Biden robocall tells New Hampshire Democrats not to vote Tuesday ( www.nbcnews.com )
The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says it is investigating what appears to be an “unlawful attempt” at voter suppression after NBC News reported on a robocall impersonating President Joe Biden that told recipients not to vote in Tuesday’s presidential primary....
Minor who died in poultry plant accident got the job with the identity of a 32-year-old ( www.nbcnews.com )
