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Month: December 2023

The Washington Post braces for historic 24-hour strike as journalists protest staff cuts and contract frustrations

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of staffers at The Washington Post are set to strike for 24 hours on Thursday, protesting recently announced cuts to the newspaper’s workforce and applying pressure on management to reach an agreement on a new union contract. “Taking this historic action is not a decision we came to

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Blinken says RSF members in Sudan have committed crimes against humanity & ethnic cleansing

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allied militias in Sudan have committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has assessed. Blinken also determined that members of the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces have committed war crimes, he said in a statement Wednesday.

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Biden tells Congress that it can’t wait to pass aid for Ukraine as he tries to jumpstart stalled negotiations

By Michael Williams and Betsy Klein, Priscilla Alvarez and Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Congress to resolve negotiations over the future of Ukraine funding, saying “petty partisan politics can’t get in the way” of aid for Kyiv. “History’s going to judge harshly those who turn their back on

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Photography by Suffolk County inmates on display at correctional facility in Yaphank

By JENNIFER MCLOGAN Click here for updates on this story     YAPHANK, New York (WCBS) — An exhibition featuring photography by inmates serving time for nonviolent substance abuse offenses is on display on Long Island. Men and women incarcerated at the Suffolk correctional facility in Yaphank said learning photography in special classes instilled pride and self-worth.

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Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments on removing Trump from ballot under insurrection clause

BY NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump should be barred from running for president again under the Constitution’s ban against those who “engaged in insurrection.” The oral arguments are scheduled to begin Wednesday afternoon and come after a district

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