United Parcel Service said Wednesday it plans to hire more than 100,000 extra workers to help handle an increase in packages during the critical holiday season. The shipping and logistics company made a similar hiring move during the 2020 and 2021 holiday seasons. An increase in package shipping for UPS …
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30 August
U.S. stocks slump for 3rd straight day as investors fret over interest rates
Stocks deepened their late August skid with more losses Tuesday, as Wall Street grapples with the prospect that high interest rates are here to stay until the Federal Reserve brings inflation down. The S&P 500 fell 44 points, or 1.1%, to close at 3,986, bringing its loss in the past three days …
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30 August
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Timothy Thibault, a top-level FBI agent who had been under fire for his role in investigations regarding President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, resigned late last week and was walked out of the FBI, two U.S. officials confirmed. But these officials also said that Thibault had reached retirement age, and they …
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29 August
Suspect arrested in random shootings that killed 3, “terrorized” Detroit
A 19-year-old man suspected of randomly killing three people on Detroit streets over roughly two hours may have been emboldened when he didn’t encounter police after the first shooting, the mayor said Monday. The first victim, a 28-year-old man, was shot and killed before dawn Sunday, less than two miles …
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24 August
Government lawyers advised Barr not to bring obstruction charges against Trump after Mueller report, newly
A Justice Department memo from 2019 that was released Wednesday revealed government lawyers urged then-Attorney General William Barr to decline to bring obstruction charges against President Donald Trump based on their ruling that the then-president had not “corruptly” sought to interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. “A fair evaluation …
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19 August
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to airlines: This year’s travel disruptions “unacceptable”
As air travel has returned to pre-pandemic levels in the past several months, airports and airlines have struggled to keep up with the increase in demand. CBS News has obtained a letter Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sent to JetBlue Airways in which he called the frequent flight delays and cancelations …
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18 August
“Uncountable times”: witness in R. Kelly case gives testimony of frequent underage sex with singer
A woman who has been central to R. Kelly’s legal troubles for more than two decades testified Thursday that the R&B singer had sex with her “hundreds” of times before she turned 18 years old, starting when she was just 15. Jane — the pseudonym for the now-37-year-old woman at …
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14 August
Full transcript of “Face the Nation” on Aug. 14, 2022
On this “Face the Nation” broadcast moderated by Margaret Brennan: Rep. Adam Schiff, Democrat of CaliforniaRep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of PennsylvaniaRep. Michael McCaul, Republican of TexasAlberto Carvalho, superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District Click here to browse full transcripts of “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m Margaret Brennan in Washington. …
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12 August
California ponders extending life of state’s last operating nuclear plant beyond 2025
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed extending the life of the state’s last operating nuclear power plant by at least five to 10 years to maintain reliable power supplies in the climate change era. A draft bill obtained by The Associated Press and which Newsom’s office confirmed said the …
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9 August
Former prosecutor on why FBI search of Trump’s Mar
The FBI’s execution of a search warrant at former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, is “unexplored territory,” according to former prosecutor and deputy assistant attorney general Harry Litman. Litman told CBS News’ Catherine Herridge that securing a search warrant in this case would require a very high standard of evidence. “This …
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