Twitter reaches deal to sell to Elon Musk for about $44 billion
The sale caps a dizzying saga for Twitter and Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a prolific user of the social media platform.
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Thousands of nurses at Stanford hospitals are striking over wages and mental health
The labor union representing the nearly 5,000 striking nurses says 93% of staff voted to authorize the strike, which does not have an end date.
A judge holds Donald Trump in contempt of court and fines him $10,000 per day
Trump has been ordered to pay $10,000 for each day he does not turn over documents sought by the N.Y. attorney general in connection with a civil probe of the Trump Organization.
A 2nd Amazon warehouse on Staten Island begins voting on a union
Less than a month after the Amazon Labor Union unionized the first Amazon facility in the U.S., workers at a smaller warehouse across the street begin voting on whether to join the upstart union.
NLRB sues Starbucks for retaliating against 3 workers involved in unionizing
Federal officials asked the court to have the employees reinstated. At least 28 Starbucks stores across the country have voted to form a union.
Antarctica's 'Penguin Post Office' is hiring
If you can sort mail, sell postage stamps and count penguins, this could be the job for you.
Crude oil is down more than $20 from last month, but prices at the pump remain high
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks E&E News reporter Ben Storrow for the reasons gas prices remain high.
Political donations by cryptocurrency are on the rise
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Washington Post reporter Tory Newmyer about cryptocurrency advocates donating to candidates in the midterm elections.
Too many slices in a full loaf of bread? This program helps find half-loaves for sale
Prashant Baid created halfloafnear.me for himself; he hates throwing out bread that's gone bad. But now, he says, the program has struck a chord with other people seeking to reduce food waste.
The growing demand for clean energy sources could mean a resurgence in mining
Materials like lithium are used in batteries for things like electric vehicles. For Cornwall, England, that's already led to a small mining boom.