UPS and Teamsters union reach agreement, avert strike

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400tmax/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union representing about 330,000 UPS employees in the U.S., have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement. Contract negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters restarted on

North Korea stonewalls US on status of detained soldier

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omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the week since U.S. Army Private 2nd Class Travis King crossed into North Korea, American officials have been unable to extract even the most basic information about his condition from tight-lipped

Trader Joe's recalls cookies that may contain rocks

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Trader Joe’s (NEW YORK) — Trader Joe’s shoppers should check their pantries for two kinds of the company’s cookie products that were recently recalled because they “may contain rocks.” The retailer announced in a press release on

Air quality alert

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The smoke from wildfires in Canada is back and that has forced the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) to issue another Air Quality Alert for most of lower Michigan. The National Weather Service

Dozens dead, hundreds evacuated as wildfires rage in Algeria

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Billel Bensalem/APP/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 34 people have died and thousands more have been forced to evacuate as authorities battle raging wildfires in Northern Algeria, Algeria’s Interior Ministry announced. At least 8,000