Business

As Tourism Picks Up Again, Resort Areas See Trouble Hiring Enough Staff

7:25am June 25, 2021

by Rob Mentzer

After a rough tourism season last year, Wisconsin Dells is among those destinations seeing record numbers as vaccinated Midwesterners are ready to travel. But with that boom comes new challenges.

White House Says U.S. Will Move Away From Goods Made By Forced Labor In Xinjiang

4:39pm June 24, 2021

by Jackie Northam

The Biden administration announced measures to eliminate goods made by forced labor in China's Xinjiang region from supply chains used by U.S. companies.

John McAfee talks to the media outside Beacon Hotel where he stayed after arriving from Guatemala in December 2012 in Miami Beach, Fla. McAfee was found dead in a Spanish prison cell on Wednesday, according to his lawyer.

John McAfee, Software Pioneer, Found Dead In A Spanish Prison Cell

1:31pm June 24, 2021

by Bobby Allyn

Just hours earlier, a court in Spain had approved the extradition of McAfee to the U.S., where he was set to stand trial on federal tax-evasion charges in New York.

Jonathan Caballero is among the millions of workers who are rethinking how they want to live their lives after the pandemic. He has found a new job that won't require a long commute.

Economy

As The Pandemic Recedes, Millions Of Workers Are Saying 'I Quit'

8:16am June 24, 2021

by Andrea Hsu

People are leaving their jobs in search of more money, more flexibility and more happiness. A record 4 million workers quit just in April.

Massachusetts Bar Takes In $1,800 In Fake Money

6:05am June 24, 2021

Ralph's Tavern briefly accepted Monopoly money in payment for the cover charge and food. The tavern is campaigning for a spot on a planned version of the Monopoly game that is Worchester-themed.

A man buys multiple copies of the latest Apple Daily newspaper in Hong Kong. Police raided the office of Apple Daily, the city's fierce pro-democracy newspaper, in an operation involving more than 200 officers. Secretary for Security John Lee said the com

World News

Hong Kong's Apple Daily To Shut Down This Weekend After Having Its Assets Frozen

1:13am June 24, 2021

by Emily Feng

The pro-democracy newspaper will run its last edition on Saturday — signaling the end to Hong Kong's once freewheeling and muckraking reporting environment as well.

National

SCOTUS: Union Organizers Cannot Access California Farms

6:21pm June 23, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Aaron Tang about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling deciding that a California regulation allowing unions to engage with workers in their workplace is unconstitutional.

World News

Hong Kong's 'Apple Daily' Shut Down, Leadership Arrested

4:34pm June 23, 2021

by Emily Feng

Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy paper, Apple Daily, says it is shutting down. Its accounts have been frozen and much of its top leadership has been arrested.

National

In The Wake Of The Pandemic, Workers Are Reestablishing Their Values — By Quitting

4:34pm June 23, 2021

by Andrea Hsu

In the wake of the pandemic, workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers. Some say they want to work less and enjoy life more. Others simply don't want to sit in an office full-time.

The Supreme Court found that a law that allowed farmworkers union organizers onto farm property during nonworking hours unconstitutionally appropriates private land.

National

In A Narrow Ruling, Supreme Court Hands Farmworkers Union A Loss

1:06pm June 23, 2021

At issue in the case was a California law that allows union organizers to enter farms to speak to workers during nonworking hours for a set a number of days each year.