The New York State Public Employment Relations Board has ruled that non-judicial court employees who were fired for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 must be rehired and compensated, including back pay with interest.
The Energy Department's conclusion is significant because of its scientific expertise and its oversight of several national laboratories that conduct advanced biological research.
The City of Seattle agreed to settle a lawsuit with business owners and residents over the city's 2020 handling of the so-called autonomous zone protests originally dubbed the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP).
Sam Bankman-Fried was hit with new criminal charges on Thursday, in an expanded indictment accusing the founder of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange of conspiring to make more than 300 illegal political donations.
