Jake Johnson

The Teamsters launched what the union described as "the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history" on Thursday morning to protest the e-commerce behemoth's with organized drivers and warehouse workers across the country.

"People in Gaza are struggling to survive apocalyptic conditions, but nowhere is safe, no one is spared, and there is no exit from this shattered enclave," said the humanitarian group's secretary-general.

"Democratic voters should decide who wins our primaries, not outside groups," said the longtime Democratic National Committee member and outspoken progressive.

"Oz's deep ties to the private healthcare industry make his nomination to lead our nation's current healthcare system totally egregious," said Public Citizen healthcare advocate Eagan Kemp.

The union now represents 11,000 workers at over 500 stores, while Starbucks continues to delay a contract agreement.

"Nearly 60% of mandatory spending is for Medicare and Social Security," noted one expert. "If they don't touch those, they'd have to cut Medicaid to the bone."

"How does the Pentagon 'recently learn' that it has more than double the number of U.S. troops in Syria than it claimed to have a day earlier?" asked veteran journalist Jeremy Scahill.

Salem-Cambridge's Henry Dill pins Ballston Spa's Aonghus Paige in the third-place match at 152 pounds in Saturday's Thomas Chickanis Memorial Tournament at Hudson Falls. Salem-Cambridge finished fourth in the team

HUDSON FALLS — Justin Mullis of Hudson Falls avenged his loss in last year's finals by taking home the lone local championship Saturday at the annual Thomas Chickanis Memorial wrestling tournament.

Starbucks Workers United accused the company of "backtracking on our promised path forward" and failing to present a "serious economic proposal" to unionized baristas.