New York Times tech workers to strike over return-to-office rules ( www.reuters.com )
At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars ( www.reuters.com )
US judge blocks Georgia ban on treatment for transgender youth ( www.reuters.com )
A U.S. judge has blocked the state of Georgia from enforcing a new Republican-backed law that bars doctors from providing hormone replacement therapy to treat gender dysphoria in transgender children under age 18....
Judge warns Trump not to threaten witnesses in 2020 election subversion case ( www.reuters.com )
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US labor agency sues Starbucks over treatment of Seattle workers ( www.reuters.com )
Georgia grand jury recommended charging Lindsey Graham, other Trump allies ( www.reuters.com )
A Georgia grand jury recommended criminal charges against Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and other allies of Donald Trump as part of its investigation into efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 presidential defeat, said a report released on Friday....
Despair makes young US men more conservative ahead of US election, poll shows ( www.reuters.com )
Detroit Three automakers enter final hours to avoid wider UAW strike ( www.reuters.com )
The Detroit Three automakers and the union representing the companies' U.S. hourly workers on Friday entered the final hours to reach new labor agreements before the current coordinated strike expands to include more plants.
Toyota says plant shutdown last week due to Zero disk space ( www.reuters.com )
I’m sending this to my boss to remind him why monitoring disk space is vital.
US prisons rife with human rights abuses, especially against Black people, UN says ( www.reuters.com )
Practices that are routine in U.S. prisons, like shackling women during childbirth and unpaid forced labor, are an “affront to human dignity,” and represent the “worst version of a racist criminal legal system” that perpetuates slavery to the present day, according to the U.N. report.
Ex-Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years for role in US Capitol attack ( www.reuters.com )
US Senator Joe Manchin says 'thinking seriously' about leaving Democratic Party ( www.reuters.com )
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a maverick Democrat who has often bucked party leadership, told a radio station in his home state of West Virginia on Thursday that he is “thinking seriously” about leaving the party....
Insight: Swing state Republicans bleed donors and cash over Trump's false election claims ( www.reuters.com )
Republicans in the battleground states of Michigan and Arizona are paying a high price for their full-throated support of former President Donald Trump and his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
Workers stage Japan's first strike in decades over department store sale ( www.reuters.com )
US Federal Reserve launches "FedNow" - the long-awaited instant payments service, modernizing the US banking system ( www.reuters.com )
The “FedNow” service, which has been in the works since 2019, will seek to eliminate the several-day lag it commonly takes cash transfers to settle, bringing the U.S. in line with countries including the United Kingdom, India, Brazil, as well as the European Union, where similar services have existed for years....
Summer power prices seen surging for Texas, falling in California | Reuters ( www.reuters.com )
Biden plan would guarantee overtime pay for 3.6 million workers ( www.reuters.com )
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday moved to extend mandatory overtime pay to 3.6 million salaried workers, going even further than an Obama-era rule that was struck down in court....
In battleground Arizona, key independent voters decry Trump, support Georgia election indictment ( www.reuters.com )
As Trump was arrested yet again on Thursday following his fourth indictment this year - and the second related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden - his support among Republican voters has been surging....
US House passes bipartisan bill to avoid government shutdown ( www.reuters.com )
Reuters Article: "Wall St Regulator Adopts Dodd Frank Rule Against Trader Conflicts." New rule bars traders in asset-backed securities from betting against those same assets they sold to investors. ( www.reuters.com )
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US judge rejects challenge to Connecticut assault weapons ban ( www.reuters.com )
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Texas AG threatens to prosecute doctors in emergency abortion ( www.reuters.com )
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[News] US Supreme Court's Thomas flew on GOP donor's jet, cites security risks ( www.reuters.com )
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted flights by private jet last year and cited security concerns around the court's controversial abortion decision to justify some of the private travel, according to a disclosure form released on Thursday....
US Supreme Court announces formal ethics code for justices ( www.reuters.com )
The code contains sections codifying that justices should not allow outside relationships to influence their official conduct or judgment, placing restrictions on justices participating in fundraising and reiterating limits on the accepting of gifts. It also states that justices should not “to any substantial degree” use...
Russia fines Reddit for first time over 'banned content,' RIA says ( www.reuters.com )
Russia on Tuesday fined social media site Reddit for the first time for not deleting "banned content" that it said contained "fake" information about Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, RIA reported on Tuesday, citing a Moscow court....
