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Recovery 1, an oil spill response vessel from the Marine Spill Response Corp., sails along the Orange County coast on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Pipeline company evades questions over a 15-hour gap before reporting oil spill

LOS ANGELES — When workers for the company operating the Elly drilling rig saw oil in the water miles from the California shoreline, they didn’t immediately call authorities. Instead, … more

Anita Chabria, Laura J. Nelson and Adam Elmahrek, Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 11/14/21

Employees at Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook took to a chat room to question policies that helped enable the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol building. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS)

Facebook faulted by staff over Jan. 6 insurrection: 'Abdication'

As rioters breached barricades and bludgeoned police with flagpoles before storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, some employees at Facebook Inc. took to an internal discussion board … more

Michael Riley, Bloomberg News (TNS) | 10/23/21

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia) and other Democratic members of Congress hold a news conference to push for a solar tax credit at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 28, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS)

The 2022 midterms are on track to be one of the most expensive elections ever. Here’s why

Get ready for a barrage of campaign ads — even more than usual. Democrats and Republicans are setting a torrid fundraising pace more than one year out from the midterm … more

Adam Wollner, McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS) | 10/23/21

US President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall at Baltimore Center Stage in Baltimore, Maryland on October 21, 2021. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Biden’s trimmed paid leave plan lags rest of world by months

Democrats’ latest paid family and medical leave proposal would offer workers four weeks annually — significantly lowering the promised benefits and leaving the U.S. lagging much of the … more

Chris Marr and Mary Biekert, Bloomberg News (TNS) | 10/23/21

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, shown at a May press conference on the COVID-19 pandemic, offered up to $1 million in bounties for convictions of people nationwide for voter fraud. Patrick said he's been doing it to support President Donald Trump's efforts to identify voter fraud in the presidential election. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/Dallas Morning News/TNS)

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has paid his first voter fraud bounty. It went to an unexpected recipient

Nearly a year after offering up a hefty bounty for evidence of voter fraud in the wake of Donald Trump’s loss, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has handed out his first reward. But … more

Lauren McGaughy, The Dallas Morning News (TNS) | 10/22/21

Benefits of Pfizer child shot likely outweigh risks, FDA says

The staff of the Food and Drug Administration said the benefits of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine for young children likely outweigh its risks, ahead of a meeting next week … more

Robert Langreth and Fiona Rutherford, Bloomberg News (TNS) | 10/22/21

Children who have been expelled to Mexico after crossing the border with their parents into the United States reach to get a pastry. U.S. officials encountered more than 1.7 million migrants crossing the border with Mexico over the past year — a record number that the GOP will likely use to criticize the Biden administration's border policies. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Record US border crossings kindle GOP rebuke of Biden policies

U.S. officials encountered more than 1.7 million migrants crossing the border with Mexico over the past year — a record number likely to escalate Republican attacks on the … more

Ellen M. Gilmer and Andrew Rosati, Bloomberg News (TNS) | 10/22/21

Police officers work a crime scene on Northwest 25th Street and Northwest 92nd Avenue in Doral, Florida on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. According to police, a gunman opened fired on Doral police Friday morning, wounding two officers before they returned fire and killed him. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/TNS)

2 police officers shot in Doral, Fla., on busy roadway; suspected gunman is dead

A gunman opened fired on Doral police on a busy road Friday morning, wounding two officers before they returned fire and killed him, the department said. Both officers are expected … more

David Ovalle and David Goodhue, Miami Herald (TNS) | 10/22/21

Weapons training at a shooting range in Oak Forest, Illinois. (Youngrae Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Organizer cancels 'Embattled Warriors' tactical training for Christians in SW Missouri

A tactical event scheduled for Saturday in southwest Missouri that organizers said was to train Christians in areas including "hand-to-hand combat" has been canceled. more

Judy L. Thomas, The Kansas City Star (TNS) | 10/22/21

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen addresses a hybrid meeting hosted by President Joe Biden with corporate chief executives and members of his cabinet to discuss the looming federal debt limit in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Oct. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS)

US posts $2.77 trillion budget gap, second-biggest ever

The U.S. posted the second-largest annual budget deficit on record for 2021 as pandemic-relief spending sustained the federal government’s massive borrowing needs. The deficit for the fiscal … more

Christopher Anstey, Bloomberg News (TNS) | 10/22/21

Lalain Reyeg administers a COVID-19 booster vaccine and an influenza vaccine to Army veteran William Craig at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital on Sept. 24, 2021, in Hines, Illinois. Today, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky endorsed a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 65 years and older, those with underlying medical conditions or those who work in high-risk situations. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/TNS)

Moderna, J&J boosters get CDC’s backing, opening door for shots

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention backed COVID-19 booster shots from Moderna Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, a move that will allow recipients of all three shots cleared in the U.S. to … more

Fiona Rutherford, Robert Langreth and Riley Griffin, Bloomberg News (TNS) | 10/22/21

Simon Huizar, 13, receives a first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccination clinic at the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA on May 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Pfizer says COVID vaccine 91% effective in kids ages 5 to 11

Pfizer Inc. said the COVID shot it’s developed with BioNTech SE was 90.7% effective against symptomatic cases in young kids ages 5 to 11, according to a briefing document posted on the Food and … more

Robert Langreth, Bloomberg News (TNS) | 10/22/21

Brian Laundrie. (Courtesy North Port Police Department/TNS)

FBI confirms Brian Laundrie’s remains found in Florida park

Brian Laundrie’s remains have been confirmed. Dental records from the remains discovered Wednesday in a Florida park made the identification official, the FBI said Thursday. more

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News (TNS) | 10/21/21

In this file photo, Steve Bannon, who was a strategist for former President Donald Trump, exits Manhattan federal court in New York on Aug. 20, 2020, following his arraignment on fraud charges over allegations that he used money from his group "We Build The Wall" on personal expenses. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

House holds former Trump aide Stephen Bannon in contempt for defying subpoena in Jan. 6 probe

The House on Thursday voted 229-202 to hold former White House adviser Stephen Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the select committee … more

Chris Marquette, CQ-Roll Call (TNS) | 10/21/21

Human remains found in Florida in search for Brian Laundrie, missing boyfriend of slain Gabby Petito

Human remains were found in a Florida nature preserve where authorities have been searching for fugitive Brian Laundrie, the only suspect in the strangulation death of his … more

David Matthews and Leonard Greene, New York Daily News (TNS) | 10/20/21

Christina Ponce, a public health nurse for Contra Costa County, California, fills syringes with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized booster doses for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and for certain populations who got the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and cleared the way to “mix and match” boosters for all three coronavirus vaccines. (Rachel Bluth/KHN/TNS)

FDA authorizes broad, flexible COVID-19 booster policy

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized booster doses for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and for certain populations who got the Moderna COVID-19 … more

Emily Kopp, CQ-Roll Call (TNS) | 10/20/21

From the start of October 2020 through Oct. 14, 2021, Americans filed more than 269,000 fraud complaints related to coronavirus, according to the most recent data from the Federal Trade Commission. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Americans tricked out of more than $586 million in COVID-related scams

Scammers have bilked American consumers out of more than $586 million through fraud schemes inspired by the global COVID-19 pandemic. From the start of October 2020 through Oct. 14, 2021, … more

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News (TNS) | 10/20/21

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., walks to a Senate Democrat Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Building on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Senators returned to Washington after a one-week recess to continue work on infrastructure, budget reconciliation and other legislative matters. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)

Voting rights bill dies in Senate, amping up pressure to end filibuster

Congressional Democrats’ hopes to expand voting rights died Wednesday afternoon when Senate Republicans blocked voting on a bill that would have established Election Day as a … more

Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 10/20/21

A truck hauls a piece of John Deere equipment from the factory past workers picketing outside of the John Deere Davenport Works facility on Oct. 15, 2021 in Davenport, Iowa. More than 10,000 John Deere employees, represented by the UAW, walked of the job at yesterday after failing to agree to term of a new contract. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/TNS)

US labor unions are having a moment

U.S. organized labor is having a moment after decades of erosion in both influence and power, giving workers their best chance in recent memory to claw back lost ground. more

Ian Kullgren, Brian Eckhouse and Deena Shanker, Bloomberg News (TNS) | 10/20/21

Art Acevedo, who was fired as Miami's police chief last week, speaks during a news conference at Miami City Hall in Coconut Grove, Florida, on Monday, March 15, 2021, before he started his tenure. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/TNS)

‘A pretty embarrassing episode’: Former Austin, Houston police chief Art Acevedo discusses Miami ouster

In his first televised one-on-one interview since he was fired last week, former Miami police chief Art Acevedo said he had a few regrets from his six-month tenure. Among them: … more

Joey Flechas, Miami Herald (TNS) | 10/19/21

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