Wednesday night, John Deere announced it had reached a new, six-year collective bargaining agreement with the union representing about 10,000 workers at 14 locations across the United States. 

U.S. oil majors Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp were among the top buyers at a federal auction of oil leases in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday that generated more than $190 million – the highest since 2019.

The council decreed that bishops hold the final authority as the head of their parishes to determine the standards of taking communion.

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Jacob Chansley to 41 months in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The 34-year-old, dubbed the “QAnon Shaman” for his horned headdress and “Q sent me” sign, pleaded guilty to obstructing an official proceeding when he and thousands of others illegally entered the U.S. Capitol to protest the 2020 presidential election results.  

One of the states most associated with resistance, if not defiance, of President Joe Biden’s push for vaccine mandates is expected to make official a quartet of laws that would further limit public or private entities from demanding COVID-19 inoculations. 

The Philippines on Thursday condemned “in strongest terms” the actions of three Chinese coast guard vessels that it said blocked and used water cannons on resupply boats headed towards a Philippine-occupied atoll in the South China Sea.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it is pausing the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses with over 100 employees following a motion to stay the mandate by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.