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Amazon workers hold a walkout over conditions at the company's Staten Island warehouse in March 2020.

Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island push for union vote

Some 2,000 workers from four facilities have signed cards seeking an election to form a union, according to organizers.

A portable FEMA cot at a temporary medical facility in a gym at Southern New Hampshire University.

Two Local Tribes Get Increase From Federal Government Disaster Assistance

Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Bob Fenton announced Thursday that President Joe Biden has increased disaster assistance available for two local tribes.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, pictured in 2019, is hoping to change how the justice system handles cases involving 16- and 17-year-olds who are charged as adults.

Teens Can Get Swept Into Adult Prisons. D.C.'s Attorney General Wants To Change That

Karl Racine's proposal could overhaul the way juveniles are charged as adults and offer greater opportunities for rehabilitation.

Homeless camps in downtown San Diego, March 14, 2014

San Diego County's homeless count pushed to February

The San Diego Regional Task Force on Homelessness delayed its annual homeless count, due to COVID-19 concerns. It is now set to take place Feb. 24.

Viliami, Muele, Talia and Siona Thompson carrying boxes to drop off at a donation site at Rancho Buena Vista High School on Jan. 25, 2022.

Rancho Buena Vista High students organize Tonga relief drive

A group of local high school students worried more about the people of Tonga and have organized a donation drive.

Hilton Kelley's home in Port Arthur was damaged by Hurricane Harvey. The local environmental and health activist says many Black people in the city were denied FEMA assistance to repair their homes, which he attributes to systemic racism in how the agency allocates money. "We don't want a handout," he says. "We just want what's due to us."

Why FEMA Aid Is Unavailable To Many Who Need It The Most

The people who need help the most after disasters are least able to get it from the federal government. Internal records show that FEMA knows it has a problem.

Heavy machinery is used to build sand barriers to contain oil washed up in Huntington Beach, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021.

San Diego County 'ready to respond' if oil spill heads south

San Diego County officials Wednesday said they were ready to respond should oil from the pipeline break in Orange County make its way into San Diego County waters and beaches.

Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores has been hired as an assistant coach by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Brian Flores, who is suing the NFL, will join the Steelers as a defensive coach

Flores' lawsuit alleging racial discrimination by the NFL will continue, his attorneys say. In Pittsburgh, Flores will join a staff led by the NFL's only Black head coach, Mike Tomlin.

A Ukrainian refugee on their way to Poland.

Why Poland's restrictive abortion laws could be problematic for Ukrainian refugees

Poland's abortion laws are among the strictest in Europe. Advocates are seeking to help Ukrainian refugees who wish to terminate a pregnancy — including women raped by Russian soldiers during the war.

In this photo illustration, a container of Johnson's baby powder sits on a table in 2019. Johnson & Johnson announced a voluntary recall of 33,000 bottles of the baby powder after federal regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in the product.

J&J is using a bankruptcy maneuver to block lawsuits over baby powder cancer claims

Johnson & Johnson spun off liabilities — including roughly 38,000 lawsuits — linked to claims of asbestos contamination in its baby powder to a new firm, which then declared bankruptcy.

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