Uber pays $3.4M for Seattle gig worker leave law violations
SEATTLE — Uber has agreed to pay more than $3.4 million to 15,000 drivers after acknowledging violations of Seattle's pioneering paid sick leave law...
All big banks pass latest Federal Reserve ‘stress tests’
NEW YORK — All 23 of the nation's biggest banks are healthy enough to withstand a sudden economic catastrophe, the Federal Reserve said Thursday...
Jewish Museum in Berlin opens kids’ museum about Noah’s Ark
BERLIN — Torrential rain pours down, waves break and big puddles splash as visitors enter the new children's museum at the Jewish Museum in...
Police, Trump supporters sued over Texas highway incident
AUSTIN, Texas — Civil rights organizations and people who were part of a Biden campaign caravan last fall that was surrounded on a Texas...
Alabama teenager donates his hair for children with cancer
Kieran Moïse’s afro was a splendid 19 inches, a huge part of his personality. But after six years of growth, the 17-year-old Alabamian knew...
Some expressed concern about road safety at fatal wreck site
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Local officials were concerned about the safety of a heavily traveled stretch of Interstate 65 where 10 people died in a...
Gibraltar votes on whether to ease its strict abortion law
GIBRALTAR — Gibraltar was holding a referendum Thursday on whether to introduce exceptions to the British territory’s ban on abortion.
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Spain to allow fans back into stadiums next season
MADRID — Spain will be closer to normal when it comes to allowing fans into stadiums next season, the government said Thursday.
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EU pushes on with migrant policy outsourcing plans
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders pushed ahead Thursday with plans to outsource the bloc’s migration policy challenges by spending billions of euros to improve...
German vaccine center flooded, 5 injured by heavy hail
BERLIN — Officials say a vaccination center was flooded and five people were injured by hail during heavy storms in southwestern Germany overnight.
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