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Congress is moving urgently to head off the looming U.S. rail strike. The bill would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement reached in September that failed to gain the support of all 12 unions involved.

The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration. It would impose a compromise labor agreement brokered by President Joe Biden’s administration.

A godmother of Prince William quit the royal household on Wednesday and apologized for repeatedly asking a black British woman where she was “really” from, plunging Buckingham Palace into a fresh racism row. Susan Hussey’s resignation came just as William

The European Union has threatened it could ban Twitter unless Elon Musk abides by its strict content moderation rules.

A campaign to vaccinate older Chinese has sparked hopes Beijing might roll back severe anti-virus controls that prompted angry protesters to demand President Xi Jinping resign.

At least 2 killed in Alabama as severe storms and tornadoes sweep across the South  CNN Supercell storms rip through southern states leaving millions at risk for dangerous tornadoes  Fox News Severe Weather Threat In The South Could Impact 17 Million  NBC News

NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated.

In a Show of Unity, House Democrats Elect Hakeem Jeffries Minority Leader  The New York Times LIVE: Democratic leaders make remarks after Hakeem Jeffries elected to lead House Democrats  Reuters Jeffries wins historic bid to lead House Dems after Pelosi  Yahoo News Opinion:

The platform is proving to be a critical avenue for those who seek to broadcast images of demonstrations to the world.

Archeologists have rediscovered a pre-Hispanic fresco depicting mythological scenes in northern Peru that they had only seen in black and white photographs that were more than a century old. “It’s an exceptional discovery, first of all, because it is rare