Pennsylvania’s steel industry faced significant challenges this year as federal decisions threatened operations at two major companies: Cleveland-Cliffs and U.S. Steel. While Gov. Josh Shapiro joined bipartisan efforts to protect Cleveland-Cliffs’ Butler County plant, his neutrality on the U.S. Steel merger has drawn criticism from state lawmakers and workers.
California’s insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lara, issued a one-year moratorium on non-renewals and cancellations in areas affected by the state's fires.
Ice cream company Ben and Jerry's is joining a protest to "send an urgent message to the incoming administration," according to a newsletter shared on social media.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has delayed its Oscar nominations announcement by 48 hours due to the deadly wildfires devastating Los Angeles. Originally scheduled for January 17, the announcement will now take place on January 19, the BBC reports.
Sean “Diddy” Combs is reportedly unhappy with the attention fellow inmate Luigi Mangione is receiving at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn. Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has overshadowed Combs, who was previously the facility's most high-profile inmate following his September 16 arrest on sex trafficking charges.
The Biden administration released 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Oman on Monday, marking another step toward the administration's goal of closing the detention facility. These men, described by U.S. Department of Defense records as “former al-Qaeda members,” were captured after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
A Virginia NICU nurse, Erin Strotman, 26, has been arrested after seven babies at Henrico Doctors' Hospital in Richmond suffered inexplicable broken bones.
Three East Chicago Central High School officials are facing criminal charges after entering a student's home without permission to recover stolen property following a football game on October 25, 2024.
