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DHS employee says department reached “breaking point” with shutdown – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News homeland security correspondent Nicole Sganga spoke with multiple workers at the Department of Homeland Security about the toll the partial government shutdown is taking after 69 days. They say they feel forgotten. Source link

“I thought our story was epic, you know. You and me. Spanning years and continents. Lives ruined and blood shed. Epic.” Over the last decade or two, internet meme-speak has watered down the word epic to a synonym of awesome, but with an exaggerated grandeur not quite captured by merely saying, “That’s awesome!” Because awesome itself has been watered down over the years, and no longer really…

Spirit Airlines has approached the Trump administration about an emergency bailout to keep the beleaguered discount carrier in business and avoid liquidation due to skyrocketing fuel prices, CBS News has learned.  “Spirit is looking for a lifeline,” a source familiar told CBS News. Some Spirit creditors have questioned the airline’s ongoing viability and are concerned the airline will not be able…

More than a thousand PECO workers across the region could be headed toward a strike as a critical contract deadline approaches. The current agreement between PECO and IBEW Local 614 is set to expire at midnight Tuesday, raising the possibility of a walkout if a deal is not reached in time. Union leaders and PECO management are expected to meet again Tuesday morning in what’s being described as a…

LOS ANGELES — A verdict has been reached in the landmark civil trial that accused social media giants of profiting from products designed to be dangerously addictive to children. “We have been notified that the jury has reached a verdict,” an attorney for the plaintiff said in an email. “It will be read this morning.” The trial, which began last month in a Los Angeles County courtroom and…