Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was a founder of the American Civil Liberties Union and women’s voting rights advocate who also joined the Communist Party.
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Thousands of Los Angeles city workers walk off job for 24 hours alleging unfair labor practices
SEIU Local 721 says members voted to strike because the city has failed to bargain in good faith and engaged in labor practices that restricted employee and union rights.
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Woman seriously wounded by rare shark bite off New York City beach
The bite appeared to be far more serious than many of the other shark encounters reported in the region, which often involve the predators lightly nibbling the swimmer to determine whether they are prey, then moving on.
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Eastern U.S. cleans up after deadly storms as New England braces for flooding
The storms spawned tornado watches and warnings in 10 states from Tennessee to New York with more than 29.5 million people under a tornado watch Monday afternoon.
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South Korea evacuates thousands of Scouts from coastal campsite as tropical storm nears
The 37,000 Scouts, who hailed from 156 countries and were mostly teenagers, folded up their tents before boarding over 1,000 vehicles for the evacuation that began Tuesday morning.
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Supreme Court reinstates regulation of ghost guns – firearms without serial numbers
The Biden administration’s regulation aimed at reining in the proliferation of ghost guns will be in effect while court challenges play out.
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DeSantis replaces campaign manager as he resets his faltering 2024 presidential bid
The changes come after DeSantis made 2 big staff cuts in the past few weeks, laying off about a third of his staff in late July as the campaign faced financial trouble.
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Antarctica risks ‘cascades of extreme events’ as Earth warms, study says
Scientists are alarmed at how Antarctic ice has failed to grow back after hitting an all-time low in February – a deviation so extreme from the norm that it’s been dubbed a ‘six sigma event,’ or once-in-a-7.5-million-year phenomenon.
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Harris will announce a new rule that raises worker pay on federal construction projects
The Labor Department will provide the first update in 40 years to the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931, which requires the payment of prevailing local wages on public works.
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Ukraine says Russia targeted rescue workers with a ‘double tap’ missile strike
One of the 9 killed was an emergency official, and most of those wounded were police officers, emergency workers and soldiers.