Costco, Teamsters reach tentative contract agreement, avoiding a strike
Costco and the Teamsters union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, avoiding a strike, the union said Saturday. Teamsters spokesman Matthew McQuaid confirmed the agreement, which ...
With home prices and mortgage rates high, many families find the American dream out of reach
The Petersen family’s two-bedroom apartment in northern California is starting to feel small. Four-year-old Jerrik’s toy monster trucks are everywhere in the 1,100-square-foot unit in ...
Author’s story of coping after a wildfire resonates with community affected by latest LA-area fires
On a quiet summer evening in June 1990, Pico Iyer sat in his family home in Santa Barbara, California, when suddenly, he was ...
Italy takes back 43 migrants it planned to process in Albania, a 3rd failed attempt to keep them out
An Italian navy ship on Saturday took migrants to Italy from asylum processing centers in Albania following a court decision in Rome. It was the third failed attempt by ...
Why Hotel Monteleone is a must-visit New Orleans landmark
The Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans stands as one of the last family-owned and operated hotels in the United States, renowned ...
Blockades, mass rally set in Serbia to mark 3 months since canopy collapse killed 15 people
Serbia’s students will lead mass demonstrations and blockades of three bridges over the Danube river in the northern city of ...
Sick and wounded children begin crossing from Gaza to Egypt in first opening in months
A group of 50 sick and wounded Palestinian children began crossing to Egypt for treatment through Gaza’s Rafah crossing on Saturday, in the first opening of the border ...
Former German President Horst Köhler dies at 81
Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the country by resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about ...
Takeaways from India’s budget that slashes income tax on the salaried middle class to spur growth
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government presented an annual budget to Parliament on Saturday that focused on wooing ...
A medical plane carrying a child patient and 5 others crashes in Philadelphia, setting homes ablaze
A medical transport jet transporting a child who had just completed treatment for a life-threatening condition, her mother ...
Hamas to release 3 male hostages, Israel to release dozens of Palestinian prisoners under ceasefire
Hamas-led militants are set to free three more hostages — all men — on Saturday, and Israel will release dozens of ...
A runaway alligator and other non-emergencies that hampered UK ambulance dispatchers
If your pet alligator escapes, don’t call for an ambulance — unless it has sunk its teeth into someone. That’s the message from the Welsh Ambulance Service in a plea to ...