They contend that salary increases will help improve patient care by resolving understaffing stresses.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Pressure mounts on U.S. railroads and unions to reach a deal
Business groups and the White House are concerned that a national rail strike would be ‘an economic disaster.’
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Loss of unifying queen could fray the bonds of fractious U.K.
Queen Elizabeth II has been likened to the invisible glue holding the United Kingdom together.
Posted inNation & World, News
Alabama nearly ready with untried execution method, state says
The method, nitrogen hypoxia, is supposed to cause death by replacing oxygen with nitrogen.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Top-ranked U.S. colleges all cost more than $55,000 a year
U.S. News & World Report on Monday published its list of the top colleges for the upcoming school year.
Posted inNation & World, News, Religion and Values, Schools and Education
Faculty, students sue Christian school over LGBTQ hiring ban
Tensions over LGBTQ-related policies have flared recently at several religious colleges in the United States.
Posted inNation & World, News
100 years after compact, Colorado River nearing crisis point
In November 1922, seven land-owning white men brokered a deal to allocate water from the Colorado River, which winds through the West and ends in Mexico.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Second trial set to begin for Infowars’ Alex Jones in Sandy Hook hoax case
Last month, a Texas jury ordered Jones to pay $49.3 million to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, one of 26 students and teachers killed in the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Jones’ lawyer has said an appeal is planned.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Should I get the omicron booster now or wait?
For those at lower risk of exposure or developing severe disease, holding off could make sense.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump asks judge to block FBI from Mar-a-Lago records, opposes arbiter picks
The Trump team also referred to the documents that were seized as ‘purported’ classified records, suggesting his lawyers do not concede the Justice Department’s contention that highly sensitive, top-secret documents were found.