Chicago teachers strike enters seventh school day as talks continue
About 300,000 students in Chicago missed classes for a seventh day on Friday as the city’s teachers union and school district worked to resolve their contract deadlock over class sizes, support-staff levels and pay.
Chicago teachers strike enters seventh school day
About 300,000 students in Chicago will be out of class for the seventh day on Friday as the teachers union and the school district struggle to resolve their deadlock over class size and support-staff levels.
Winds driving California wine country fire abate – for now
The winds that drove wildfires that forced some 2,000 people to flee homes in Northern California’s wine country are expected to abate on Friday.
U.S. Representative Cummings to be eulogized by Obama, Clintons in Baltimore
The late Elijah Cummings, a veteran Democratic lawmaker and civil rights activist who was a leading force in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, will be eulogized on Friday by former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in his hometo…
Trump, Democrats to address criminal justice reforms at South Carolina forum
Republican President Donald Trump and his top Democratic rivals for the White House in November 2020 will take part in a forum on criminal justice reform at a historically black South Carolina college this weekend.
Democratic rivals look to break Biden’s firewall with black South Carolina voters
With each passing day, South Carolina looms larger as perhaps Joe Biden’s last line of defense if he hopes to secure the Democratic presidential nomination next year.
U.S. Coast Guard hunts man who went overboard from cruise ship
The U.S. Coast Guard was searching early on Friday for a 26-year-old man who went overboard from a Carnival Cruise ship about 47 miles (76 km) out in the Gulf of Mexico, near the port of Galveston in Texas.
California wine country fire began near damaged PG&E tower, 2,000 flee
A wind-driven wildfire that forced some 2,000 people to flee homes in Northern California’s wine country on Thursday erupted near the base of a damaged high-voltage transmission tower owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Co, utility and fire officials sai…
California wine-country fire began near damaged PG&E tower
A wind-driven wildfire that forced some 2,000 residents to flee their homes in Northern California’s wine country on Thursday erupted near the base of a damaged high-voltage transmission tower owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Co, utility and fire offi…
Senate Democrat Schumer proposes plan to swap gas cars for electric vehicles
Senator Chuck Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, late on Thursday proposed a $454 billion plan over 10 years to help shift the United States away from gasoline-powered vehicles by offering cash vouchers to help Americans buy cleaner vehicles.
