Vaughn Cockayne

DeSantis signs bill preventing direct payment of union dues

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that placed restrictions on public sector unions, drawing cheers from allies and the ire of union representatives and Democratic lawmakers.

May 10, 2023

Changes to D.C skyline may be coming as Height Act faces new challenge

The District of Columbia's Height Act has kept buildings low, but Mayor Muriel Bowser's Comeback Plan might include revisions to the 1910 law and raise the city's skyline.

May 10, 2023

Paramount to shutter cultural touchstone MTV News as part of major cutback

MTV News, at one time a generation's cutting-edge source for all things popular culture, is on the cutting board this week after media giant Paramount Global announced it would be eliminating 25% of its domestic workforce as it works through a merger of its MTV and Showtime networks.

May 10, 2023

Complications delay retroactive pay to D.C. teachers

Retroactive pay due to D.C. teachers as part of a new teachers union contract has been delayed a month, city officials say.

May 9, 2023

One of the first unionized Starbucks moves to decertify union

A Starbucks location in Buffalo, New York, has filed a petition to decertify its union.

May 9, 2023

Dormant Twitter accounts will disappear soon, Musk warns

Twitter CEO Elon Musk warned users Monday that they may see their follower count drop due to a purge of dormant accounts.

May 9, 2023

3-2-1: Virgin Galactic will blast off rocket this month in bridge to commercial flights

Virgin Galactic will fire off a test rocket in May to set up a launch of its long-awaited consumer flights.

May 9, 2023

Possible meteorite crashes into New Jersey home

An unidentified object believed to be a meteorite smashed into a family's home in New Jersey this week.

May 9, 2023

Twitter mobile app down for hours

An outage on Twitter's mobile app made the social-media site inaccessible to many for hours on Thursday morning.

May 4, 2023

Elon Musk’s Vegas Loop gets approval for expansion in Las Vegas

The Boring Co.'s Vegas Loop won approval for a significant expansion of stations and tunnels Wednesday.

May 4, 2023

Oakland teachers begin strike after negotiation breakdown

Around 3,000 Oakland teachers hit the picket line Thursday morning after failing to reach a contract agreement with the school district late Wednesday.

May 4, 2023

Beware harsh hurricanes: Forecasters predict ‘very active’ season

Scientists say this year will have more hurricanes than usual.

May 4, 2023

One dead after shooting at Colorado Tesla charging station

An altercation at a Tesla charging station Wednesday left one dead and one in custody, according to police.

May 4, 2023

Elon Musk threatens to give away NPR’s Twitter handle

Twitter CEO Elon Musk told NPR this week that if the company wasn't going to use its Twitter account, he might give it away,

May 3, 2023

Twitter API now free for public announcement accounts

Twitter announced this week that it would be making its Application Programming Interface (API) data free for qualified accounts that post "public announcements."

May 3, 2023

Two 10-year-olds work unpaid at Kentucky McDonald’s

Two 10-year-old children worked unpaid shifts at a McDonald's in Louisville, Kentucky, according to labor investigators.

May 3, 2023

Starbucks gears up to fight NLRB in appeal after firing union planners

Starbucks' challenge to the National Labor Relations Board's demand to reinstate fired union organizers is the first appeals test of the agency's power.

May 3, 2023

Fake bomb on Harvard campus leads to arrest

A Massachusetts citizen was arrested Tuesday after planting a fake bomb on Harvard University's campus last month.

May 3, 2023

Death of 7-year-old boy linked to his mother, Lori Vallow Daybell, in Idaho murder trial

DNA from a hair found stuck to duct tape wrapping the dead body of a 7-year-old boy matched his mother, analysts told prosecutors Monday during the mother's murder trial.

May 2, 2023

Samsung restricts ChatGPT to thwart data leaks

South Korean tech conglomerate Samsung confirmed this week that it has banned the use of artificial intelligence technology, such as ChatGPT, on its professional devices.

May 2, 2023