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Amongst division in France, one interfaith group comes together to celebrate Ramadan

A group of women in an interfaith group gathered for dinner to mark the start of Ramadan during a divisive presidential election.

Supreme Court to consider case pitting religious rights against LGBTQ discrimination

In 2017, the court heard a very similar challenge to Colorado's anti-discrimination law from a baker who objected to creating cakes for same-sex weddings.

Masked kitchen workers pass finished plates of food to a server at Claro restaurant on February 12, 2021 in New York City.

NYC Becomes Largest U.S. City To Require Proof Of Vaccination For Indoor Activities

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the new policy will take effect starting Sept. 13 and will apply to indoor dining, gyms and entertainment venues.

People walk by an Amazon Books store at the Westfield Garden State Plaza shopping mall in Paramus, N.J., on Jan. 10, 2022.

Amazon shuttering its physical bookstores and 4-star shops

The move comes as Amazon.com's overall revenue growth is slowing, and it's looking for new ways to reignite sales.

The former San Diego City College Child Development Center at 16th and B Streets downtown. The site will be cleared for new affordable housing to help low-come students, San Diego, CA, March 10, 2022.

State money will fund affordable housing for community college students

Local community colleges have been awarded state grant money to make plans for affordable housing to benefit struggling students.

Anthony Torres loads a vehicle with food at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank at Franklin D. Roosevelt Park in Los Angeles on March 23, 2021.

California’s plan to provide food assistance to undocumented residents leaves some out

California will offer food assistance to undocumented people over 55. Advocates want more. They say younger people need help, too.

People line up for coronavirus tests outside a hospital in Shanghai on Friday.

China locks down a city of 9 million amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases

The latest lockdowns extend China's draconian approach to the pandemic it has enforced for most of the past two years

Kyiv is hit by missiles — a day after sinking a Russian war ship

Missiles hit the environs of Kyiv, as Russia prepares for a renewed assault on eastern and southeastern Ukraine.

David Shadaha, who operates a cart called King of Falafel & Shawarma, takes an order from a customer in Midtown Manhattan, N.Y. Shadaha is back selling food after taking a job as a GrubHub deliveryman during the pandemic.

Wall Street Bosses Want Their Workers Back. That's Good For The King Of Falafel

Wall Street executives are pushing vaccinated workers to return to work, and that's good news for vendors and other small businesses in New York that depend on workers from finance.

Mannequins in a clothing shop are posed to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2020. The city was marking Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed from bondage, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth is now a federal holiday.

Juneteenth Is A Federal Holiday Now, But What That Means For Workers Varies Widely

Day off? Extra pay? Or business as usual? Federal workers usually get holidays off, but the short notice on Juneteenth has created some exceptions. And companies aren't required to observe holidays.

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