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A year after deadly submersible implosion, deep-sea exploration continues
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The deadly implosion of an experimental submersible en route to the deep-sea grave of the Titanic last June has not dulled the desire for ocean exploration.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Family, friends and fellow sea explorers plan to hold both public and private ceremonies this week to honor the victims.
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VERBATIM: Tuesday marks one year since the Titan vanished on its way to the historic wreckage site. The U.S. Coast Guard quickly convened a high-level investigation into the disaster, but officials said no results will be released for at least another two months. The implosion killed the submersible’s operator, Stockton Rush, and four others.
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President Biden will nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero to replace Martin Gruenberg as head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Correspondent Jeremy House has more on the story.
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VERBATIM: The announcement from the White House came after Gruenberg’s tenure became marred by allegations of workplace abuse that led to him to resign. Goldsmith Romero is currently a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the nation’s financial derivatives regulator. Gruenberg last month said he would resign from the FDIC after an independent report by a law firm found incidents of stalking, harassment, homophobia and other violations of employment regulations, based on more than 500 complaints from employees…JH reporting.
Yellen says China’s trade policies could ‘interfere significantly’ with US bilateral relationship
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Chinese “overconcentrated supply chains” pose a threat to U.S. jobs and recent investments meant to build up the U.S. green energy sector.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Yellen spoke Thursday at the Economic Club of New York.
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VERBATIM: The treasury secretary says there is particular concern that China’s green energy products will undermine massive climate-friendly investments made through the Inflation Reduction Act that President Biden signed into law in August 2022. Yellen pointed to the share of Chinese manufacturing firms losing money. She also cited high savings rates for China in comparison to other OECD countries and restrictive investment policies, among other issues.
Supreme Court, siding with Starbucks, makes it harder for NLRB to win court orders in labor disputes
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The Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns.
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VERBATIM: The high court was acting on a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks. The justices tightened the standards for when a federal court should issue an order to protect the jobs of workers during a union organizing campaign. The court rejected a rule that some courts had applied to orders sought by the National Labor Relations Board in favor of a higher threshold, sought by Starbucks, that must be met in most other fights over court orders, or injunctions.
Senator Daines: “Shocking” There’s Been No Terrorist Attack “Yet”.
Democrats Block GOP Bill To Protect In Vitro Fertilization
Poll: Despite Conviction, Trump Leading Biden By 5 Points In Georgia
Manchin Leads Challenge To Biden Border Rules For “Sponsors” Of Unaccompanied Minors
Senate GOP Hopes To Advance House Passed ICC Sanctions Bill
Cruz Has Sideline Meeting With Hanks, Spielberg In Normandy
Trump Leading Biden By 5-Points In Quinnipiac Poll
GOP Whip Thune: “I Don’t Disagree” With WSJ Report On Biden’s Declining Mental Health
Sheehy Vs. Tester As GOP Aims For Red-State Flip In Senate Race
GOP Senator Britt Blasts “Fearmongering” In Democrats’ Contraception Bill
Former prosecutor settles lawsuit against Netflix over Central Park Five series
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Former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein (FAIR stine) and Netflix have announced they’ve settled the defamation lawsuit she filed four years ago.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Fairstein will not receive any money but a disclaimer will be shown. Netflix has also agreed to donate $1 million to the Innocence Project.
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VERBATIM: The lawsuit was filed over Fairstein’s portrayal in the streaming service’s miniseries about the five Black and Latino teenagers known as the now-exonerated Central Park Five. She had argued that the 2019 four-part series “When They See Us” defamed her by portraying her as a “racist, unethical villain.” The case was expected to go to trial later this month.
Amazon Labor Union moves to affiliate with the Teamsters union amid struggles
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The Amazon Labor Union has agreed to affiliate with the Teamsters union.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls says the labor group was combining forces “with one of the most powerful unions to take on Amazon together.”
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VERBATIM: The Amazon union is a grassroots labor group that won a major victory at an Amazon warehouse two years ago. If the proposed affilation is ratified, the agreement said members of the ALU will join the Teamsters as an “autonomous” local union. That union has the same rights and duties as a standard Teamsters chapter.
Former OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers flagging artificial intelligence risks
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A group of OpenAI’s current and former workers are calling on the ChatGPT-maker and other artificial intelligence companies to protect employees who flag safety risks about AI technology.
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VERBATIM: An open letter asks tech companies to establish stronger whistleblower protections. That would enable researchers to raise concerns about the development of high-performing AI systems internally and with the public without fear of retaliation. Former OpenAI engineer Daniel Ziegler, one of the organizers behind the open letter, says the development of more powerful AI systems is “moving fast and there are a lot of strong incentives to barrel ahead without adequate caution.”