Senator Elizabeth Warren is in command of Washington lawmakers who demand that the nation’s top grocery retailers, including Stop & Shop, Trader Joe’s, Wegmans, and Whole Foods, reinstate risk-paying for hourly workers as the Companies have withdrawn compensation even when Coronavirus cases have skyrocketed in recent weeks. “Frontline workers are …

Iranian police have said they will “decisively” deal with further protests over economic difficulties, a day after security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the southwestern city of Behbahan. Iran’s rulers have tried to prevent a resurgence of last November’s anti-government protests in which hundreds of people were …

Coronavirus infections are on the rise in a North Texas federal prison, where more than 1,000 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 and at least one inmate has died. Of the 1,798 inmates at the Federal Correctional Institute in Seagoville, at least 1,072 have contracted the virus. Ten staff members …

Eagle County has updated its public health order, effective immediately.Nate Peterson | [email protected] Eagle County has updated its public health order in an effort to curb the increasing spread of COVID-19. The new order takes effect immediately. Transmission within the county has steadily increased in the past few weeks, with …

This bacterium is a true metalhead. Scientists have discovered a new type of bacteria that survives by gobbling up metal, according to a new study. Researchers have long believed that a metal-chewing bacteria existed, but couldn’t prove it until Jared Leadbetter, a Caltech microbiologist in Pasadena, launched an experiment. He …