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Associated Press
Eamon Farhat, Bloomberg
The UK’s new state-owned energy company is hoping to mobilize £15 billion ($20 billion) of private-sector finance to help fund 15 gigawatts of clean power and storage assets.
Associated Press
Labor Notes
Every few years a book comes out that tries to explain what’s happening in the labor movement and maybe cheer us up from the bad news of union decline. Dave Kamper’s new book, Who’s Got the Power: The Resurgence of American Unions, does the job. And it’s packed with insights about unions and organizing drawn from key labor events during the pandemic era.
Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune
Dozens of protestors gathered outside a $10,000-a-plate dinner for Governor Mike Braun at The Banc mixed-use development in Hammond Tuesday night.
Associated Press
Sean McLain, Wall Street Journal
The anonymous founders of the new group say Amazon’s policies have made it harder to earn profits from package delivery.
CNN.com Wire Service, San Jose Mercury News
Latinos make up roughly half of Constellation Brands' beer customers.
Katherine Hamilton, Wall Street Journal
The regulator is asking Boeing to sell Spirit businesses that supply products to Airbus, as well as Spirit’s Malaysian aerostructures business Subang.
Al Jazeera
Experts tell Al Jazeera what would happen if the world decided to downgrade its richest residents.
Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune
Ald. Lynn Florian, 8th Ward, said it is a way to help the bee population and other pollinators make flowers grow.
Michael Gold, New York Times
In publicizing the photos and videos, Democrats in Congress appeared to be intensifying pressure on the Justice Department to release its files on the Epstein case.
Associated Press
- Reuters: EU to launch antitrust probe into Meta over use of AI in WhatsApp, FT reports
- Associated Press: Americans gave $4B on GivingTuesday 2025 as donations and volunteering gain big over last year
- Reuters: Brazil judge orders government to add JBS subsidiary to 'dirty list' for slavery
- Reuters: Narrower Republican win in Tennessee House race lifts Democrats' midterm spirits
- Reuters: US FTC says Boeing must divest Spirit AeroSystems assets to proceed with merger
Reuters
Al Jazeera
Jailed former prime minister was finally allowed to meet his sister, Uzma Khanum, on Tuesday, following protests.
Al Jazeera
Israeli PM's office said talks are an initial bid 'to establish a basis for a relationship and economic cooperation'.
Kellen Browning, New York Times
Charles Booker is running again for the chamber as Democrats take chances even in heavily Republican states like Kentucky, where Senator Mitch McConnell is retiring.
Bloomberg
Chase Hunter, San Jose Mercury News
Chinook salmon, along with the endangered steelhead trout, are considered indicator species for the environment, suggesting that other animals such as otters, eagles, beavers and bears may also return to the Sunol Valley region.
Talia Soglin, Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune
The SEIU Local 73 filed a petition to add about 1,600 school-based Chicago Public Schools workers to its ranks. The Chicago Teachers Union disagrees.
Associated Press, San Jose Mercury News
Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the armed services to open all military jobs to women, removing the final barriers that had kept women from serving in combat.