The conversation features a radio show discussing the Veterans Forward Radiothon, hosted by Jeff Pierce and John Williams. They welcome Charlie Summers, a retired Navy captain and president of the Maine Energy Marketers Association, who praises the hosts’ contributions to veterans. Summers highlights the importance of recognizing veterans’ sacrifices and mentions his family’s military history. He pledges $500 to Veterans Forward and encourages others to donate, emphasizing the need for support to help veterans with basic needs. The hosts also mention the phone number for donations and briefly touch on Summers’ work with the Maine Energy Marketers Association.
Blue Origin launched its huge New Glenn rocket Thursday with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars. It was only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos' company and NASA are counting on to get people and supplies to the moon.
More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers plan to strike at 65 U.S. stores Thursday to protest a lack of progress in labor negotiations with the company.
President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.
The U.S. Mint on Wednesday ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and because the 1-cent coin that could once buy a snack or a piece of candy had become increasingly irrelevant.
