Keystone pipeline shut after spilling 9,000 barrels of oil in North Dakota
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Chicago teachers’ union, mayor huddle in effort to end 11-day strike
The head of Chicago’s teachers’ union and Mayor Lori Lightfoot met on Thursday to try to resolve one of the last sticking points in an 11-day strike – whether to make up class days lost by the city’s 300,000 students during the walkout.
U.S. vaping-related deaths rise to 37, cases of illness to 1,888
U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 1,888 confirmed and probable cases and 3 more deaths from a mysterious respiratory illness tied to vaping, taking the total death toll to 37.
Homes destroyed, hundreds more evacuated as Los Angeles wildfires spread
More wildfires ignited near Los Angeles on Thursday, destroying homes and forcing evacuations, as the region faced a second day of gusting desert winds that have fanned flames and displaced thousands of people.
Chicago mayor seeks ‘spirit of compromise’ as teachers strike hits 11th day
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot called on the city’s teacher’s union to embrace a “spirit of compromise” as a strike that has kept 300,000 public students away from school extended into an 11th day on Thursday, despite a tentative contract deal.
Convictions of ex-Valeant and Philidor executives are upheld, payouts reduced
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld the convictions of two drug industry executives for defrauding Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc through a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme, but reduced how much they must forfeit for their crimes.
Desert winds fuel twin wildfires around Los Angeles
Firefighters in Southern California braced for another day of gusting desert winds on Thursday as they confronted twin wildfires that have displaced thousands of residents in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Chicago teachers, mayor trade blame as strike extends into 11th day
The Chicago teachers union and Mayor Lori Lightfoot lashed out at one another over who was to blame as a strike that caused 300,000 public school students to miss classes extended into an 11th day on Thursday, despite a tentative contract deal.
Trump rule on health insurance leaves immigrants, companies scrambling for answers
Nearly a decade after receiving U.S. citizenship, Guatemalan-born Mayra Lopez thought she had cleared all the hurdles for her parents to join her in the United States.
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr due in court on new charges in groping case
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr is due in court on Thursday to face new criminal charges involving a third woman accusing him of sexual misconduct, less than a month after he pleaded not guilty to groping one woman’s breasts and pinching another’s buttocks.
