Howard University faculty are threatening to strike over working conditions and wages
Currently, there are 150 non-tenure-track, full-time teaching faculty and over 200 adjunct professors on Howard's campus.
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To try or not to try — remotely. As jury trials move online, courts see pros and cons
Courts turned to remote juries during the pandemic. Now they're grappling with continuing a practice that can expand the pool of jurors but is also susceptible to problems common to all video calls.
Samoa locks down after recording its first community COVID-19 case
A 29-year-old woman tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday during routine testing before boarding an international flight.
Gas prices are near record highs. A fuel tax holiday could give consumers some relief
Gasoline prices hit record highs last week, so politicians in both parties proposed suspending state and federal gas taxes. But some warn such tax "holidays" may cut funding for needed road repairs.
Peru court orders ex-President Fujimori freed from prison
The decision restores a humanitarian pardon even though authorities gave no indication the former president's release was imminent.
What the Amazon-MGM deal means for the streaming business
MGM is the film and television studio behind iconic films like the James Bond franchise, Rocky and The Silence of the Lambs.
Seen as heroes at home, Filipino workers feel 'abandoned' amid Hong Kong's COVID surge
Many of the domestic workers say they were banished from their employers' homes after getting sick — and fired — even though terminating an employee for falling ill is against Hong Kong law.
Putin's warning to anti-war Russians evokes Stalinist purges
The Russian president's references to "cleansing" of "scum and traitors" evoked terrifying memories of the mass arrests of the Stalin era, when repression was justified for "cleansing" Soviet society.
A Russian court extended Brittney Griner's detention until May 19, state media says
Russian authorities said earlier this month that they detained Griner at a Moscow-area airport for allegedly transporting vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage.
Dolly Parton will stay on this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee list
Earlier this week, the county music legend posted on her social media accounts that she didn't think she'd necessarily earned the right to be nominated.