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After D.C. Jet Collision, an Ice Skating Community in Boston Mourns
The plane crash wasn’t the Skating Club of Boston’s first airline tragedy. Ten members of the U.S. figure skating team were killed in 1961.The New York Times - 7h -
Starbucks and Workers United Union Agree to Contract Mediation
A labor agreement, covering more than 500 U.S. stores, would be the company’s first. Talks stalled last year over wages.The New York Times - 1d -
How the D.C. Plane Crash Shattered Wichita’s Big Dreams of Skating and Flight
The city had tried for years to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and to get a direct flight to the northeast.The New York Times - 4h -
Boston figure skating community mourning 6 killed in D.C. plane crash
Boston is mourning the loss of six members of its ice skating community in Wednesday's Washington, D.C., plane crash. CBS News Boston reporter Laura Haefeli has more.CBS News - 12h -
International Skating Union to honor athletes killed in plane crash
International Skating Union President Jae Youl Kim has held back tears while announcing they will honor athletes and others killed in the mid-air collision near Washington, DABC News - 12h -
Air traffic control union president on plane crash
Nick Daniels, the president of the National Air Traffic Controllers' Association, joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the deadly midair collision over Washington D.C.'s Potomac River.CBS News - 14h -
Figure skating community mourns loss of victims killed in midair collision
The figure skating community is grieving the loss of some of their rising stars killed in the midair collision Wednesday night. More than a dozen top skaters were killed in the crash.CBS News - 14h -
14 linked to figure skating were on crashed plane
Fourteen members of the figure skating community were among the passengers on a jet that collided with an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., according to the Skating Club of Boston's executive ...ESPN - 15h -
Dick Button, 95, Figure Skating Champion and TV Commentator, Dies
He won an Emmy for his enthusiastic and sometimes acerbic analysis on sportscasts, but before that he made history as a two-time Olympic gold medalist.The New York Times - 21h -
American figure skating icon Dick Button, 95, dies
American figure skater Dick Button, a five-time world champ and two-time Olympic gold medalist who later became the voice of the sport, has died at 95.ESPN - 1d -
Dick Button, American figure skating icon and broadcaster, dies at 95
American figure skating icon Dick Button, who won consecutive Olympic gold medals on the ice before he became the voice of the sport on television, died Thursday, U.S.NBC News - 1d -
Dick Button, figure skating legend and Olympic champion, dies at 95
Dick Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, has died at the age of 95.CBS News - 1d -
Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95
Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at age 95ABC News - 1d -
Figure skating community mourns members killed in plane crash
More than a dozen members of the U.S. figure skating community were on board the American Airlines plane that collided with a military helicopter near Washington, D.C.. on Wednesday night. CBS News ...CBS News - 1d -
Olympic figure skating great and commentator Dick Button dies at 95
Olympic figure skating great and commentator Dick Button dies at 95ABC News - 1d -
Boston Skating Club is at the center of another airplane tragedy
Nancy Kerrigan stepped to the microphone at the Boston Skating Club in Norwood, Massachusetts, visibly shaken.NBC News - 1d -
'Everyone is like family': Figure skating community devastated by D.C. plane crash
There is no telling what the young figure skaters and their coaches and parents who perished in the crash of Flight 5342 were set to achieve on or off the ice.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
’Several members’ of skating community were on flight that crashed near Reagan National
Several members of the ice skating community were on the American Airlines flight that crashed near Ronald Regan National Airport on Wednesday evening. Figure skaters from both the U.S. and Russia ...The Hill - 1d -
Germany's Hase and Volodin take the lead in pairs at European figure skating championships
Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin put themselves firmly on course for their first European figure skating title in the pairs short programABC News - 2d -
Philadelphia Whole Foods first to unionize
Employees at a Philadelphia Whole Foods made history as the first Amazon-owned grocery chain to unionize following a Monday vote. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) cited a 130-100 vote of ...The Hill - 3d -
Pirates, wolf howls and roller-skates: New York’s reimagined tiki bars
The mid-century kitsch fest is back — but this time mainly shorn of its more problematic aspectsFinancial Times - 3d -
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Ilia Malinin takes largest lead in U.S. Figure Skating Championships history
Ilia Malinin goes into Sunday's free skate, which is live on NBC and Peacock, seeking a three-peat.Yahoo Sports - 6d -
Amazon’s Fight With Unions Heads to Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia are voting on whether to form the first union in the Amazon-owned chain. The company is pushing back.The New York Times - 6d -
Glenn edges Liu to defend U.S. figure skating title
Amber Glenn repeated as figure skating champion at nationals, narrowly defeating Alysa Liu by just over a point Friday night.ESPN - 6d -
Prep talk: Redondo Union's Brayden Miner is a late-blooming standout
The son of former USC and NBA guard Harold Miner is coming on strong during his senior season for the Sea Hawks.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 19 -
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UK must rejoin EU customs union, says Lib Dem Davey
Sir Ed also called for Donald Trump to be offered a state visit to the UK, but only if he delivered support for Ukraine.BBC News - Jan. 16 -
Effort to unionize college athletes hits road block
The legal efforts to unionize college athletes appear to be running out of steam this month as a new Republican-led administration gets set to take over the federal agency in charge of ruling on ...ESPN - Jan. 10 -
Qatar Airways agrees £80m sponsorship deal for rugby union’s Nations Championship
Eight-year agreement deepens Qatar’s role in the sport Inaugural Nations Championship is in London next year Qatar Airways has agreed a deal worth up to £80m to become title sponsors of the new ...The Guardian - Jan. 10 -
The Roller-Skating Economist You Can Thank for Congestion Pricing
Charging drivers to enter Lower Manhattan vindicates the lifelong mission of a Nobel laureate who, as it happened, died behind the wheel of a car.The New York Times - Jan. 10 -
Mick Lynch announces retirement as head of RMT union
Mr Lynch steered the union through fierce pay strikes in 2022 and 2023 before securing a new deal.BBC News - Jan. 9 -
Canada on Trump's Proposed Union: Thanks, but Let's Just Be Friends
The president-elect’s comments about the U.S. annexing its northern neighbor were rejected by Canadians of all political stripes.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 9 -
Dockworkers union, port companies reach tentative 6-year deal
Tens of thousands of dockworkers reached a tentative agreement Wednesday on a new, six-year contract with the U.S.NBC News - Jan. 9 -
Amazon workers in North Carolina to vote on unionization next month
If the election is successful, the warehouse would be only the second Amazon site in the U.S. to unionize.CNBC - Jan. 8 -
U.A.W. Seeks Union Election at Ford Battery Plant in Kentucky
The United Automobile Workers union asked a federal labor regulator to conduct an election at a factory Ford jointly owns with a South Korean battery company.The New York Times - Jan. 8 -
Labor Board Says Google Should Have to Bargain With Contractors’ Union
A National Labor Relations Board complaint says that as a joint employer of workers from IT staffing firm Accenture Flex, the tech giant should be obliged to negotiate with its union.Inc. - Jan. 7 -
Police union endorses Trump’s attorney general pick Pam Bondi
The nation’s largest police union endorsed Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general, ahead of her confirmation hearings in the Senate. In a letter to the Trump transition team ...The Hill - Jan. 6 -
Journalists at The Athletic Move to Join New York Times Union
The NewsGuild of New York asked The Times to voluntarily recognize journalists from the sports news website as part of the newsroom’s union.The New York Times - Jan. 6 -
Union hires Carnell seeking MLS playoffs return
The Philadelphia Union named Bradley Carnell as the fourth head coach in the Major League Soccer team's history on Thursday.ESPN - Jan. 3
