UPS plans to offer voluntary buyouts to unionized delivery drivers for the first time in its history as it looks to align the workforce with the downsizing of its domestic ground network and Amazon business. The news follows management’s disclosure in April of intentions to eliminate 20,000 front-line positions as part of a broader effort…
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul urged China to use its influence on Moscow to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to swiftly end its war on Ukraine. “We are counting on credible and concrete efforts by China, on its considerable influence on Russia, to end this conflict,” Wadephul said during a press conference with Chinese Foreign…
The massive tax and spending cut bill that Congress passed Thursday ends federal tax incentives for electric vehicles. Buyers have until Sept. 30 to qualify for the federal tax credits on EVs before they are terminated. But experts say there are still strong financial reasons to consider buying the vehicles even without those incentives. Before…
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to review an appeal raising the issue of parental consent for abortion. But that doesn’t mean the court won’t take a different case raising that issue in the future. Indeed, Justice Samuel Alito wrote a statement accompanying the denial, highlighting reasons why this case wasn’t an appropriate one in…
Nextracker is Thursday’s IBD Stock Of The Day, with the solar stock in a buy zone as President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which broadly includes support for the fossil fuel industry while doing away with renewable energy incentives, faces a House vote ahead of a July 4 deadline set by the president. Source link
An “interstellar object” is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed. The object — likely a comet — was first detected in data collected between by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS — an asteroid impact early warning system in Rio Hurtado, Chile, funded by NASA, the…
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters battled blazes Thursday near Athens and on the island of Crete, where thousands were forced to flee holiday resorts, while blazes in neighboring Turkey claimed at least two lives. More than 5,000 tourists, hotel workers and residents were evacuated from the Ierapetra area along Crete’s southern coast, authorities and hotel…
Kentucky has its first measles outbreak of 2025, as the U.S. case count sits just short of a 30-year high. There have been 1,267 confirmed measles cases this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Texas confirmed three more measles cases this week tied to a major outbreak that raged through the…
NEED TO KNOW A 23-year-old father is dead after he was critically injured at a construction site in Michigan on Monday, June 30 He was the sole provider for his young family, and leaves behind a six-year-old son “I never thought I would say goodbye to you,” the young man’s fiancée wrote in a Facebook…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are climbing further into record heights on Thursday after a report showed the U.S. job market looks stronger than Wall Street expected. The S&P 500 was up 0.8% in midday trading and on track to set an all-time high for the fourth time in five days. The Dow Jones…