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WASHINGTON, Monday, Oct. 20. From the TIMES special correspondent at Centreville, we learn that Capt. CONGDON, of the Second Virginia Cavalry, left that place on Saturday at noon with sixty men, spending the night at Bristow Station, and reaching a point near Catlett's on Sunday at noon -- wishing to capture a train the rebels were running on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The party waited till near 4 o'clock, concealed, at which time a small detachment was advanced to the station, driving in the rebel picket guard. It was soon discovered that the enemy was guarding the train of...

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Workers quit in high numbers over the past few years — sometimes after being at the job under a year. Some employers are demanding that quitting workers reimburse them for their training costs. These agreements have generally been upheld in court, but are beginning to come under more scrutiny. Companies have grappled with labor shortages over the last few years as workers have quit at near-record rates. Now some businesses are trying to make it more costly for employees to join the Great Resignation. Nearly 10% of US workers are covered by training repayment agreement provisions, according to a study...

On Wednesday, a coalition of 18 state attorneys general announced that they will be leading an investigation of six major banks that have joined a United Nations-led effort to achieve “net-zero” carbon emissions. As reported by the Daily Caller, the six banks that are being probed are Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley. The banks have all become members of the U.N. Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), which aim to reduce all carbon emissions in their respective lending and investment portfolios by the year 2050. The NZBA, which was formed in April of...

Speaking in Pittsburgh on Thursday, President Joe Biden told the wife of Pennsylvania's Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, "You're going to be a great -- a great lady in the Senate." But Giselle Fetterman isn't the candidate. Her husband John, still recovering from a stroke that has impeded his ability to comprehend, is running for the office. Gisele kept John's Senate campaign going while he was recuperating, and she is a strong voice in that campaign. According to The Independent newspaper, at least, she is "something more than a surrogate, and closer to a running mate." On Thursday in Pittsburgh, with...

The Ukrainian army general staff says there is a heightened chance that Russian forces could launch an attack from Belarus to cut off supply routes for Western weapons and military equipment. Related video: Fears of joint attack on Ukraine as more Russian troops arrive in Belarus

The world’s largest iPhone factory, run by Foxconn Technology Group in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, has imposed tough Covid-19 control policies, such as closing its dine-in canteen, to keep production running normally amid a fresh outbreak that has put part of the city under lockdown. Foxconn’s Zhengzhou campus, which has about 300,000 workers, has banned all eating in and asked workers to take their meals back to their dormitories starting from 3pm on Wednesday, according to a notice on the factory’s official WeChat account. The company will provide three meals to the workers for free, and some departments,...

LONDON — After a whirlwind two months packed with drama and crisis, Britain finds itself right back where it was before with some of the same faces competing to become the third prime minister in just eight weeks. Supporters for the three presumed front-runners — Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and, yes, Boris Johnson — were out of the blocks early on Friday, setting out their pitches for why their person should get the keys to 10 Downing Street, the prime ministerial residence. Could Boris Johnson stage an extraordinary political comeback? What about Rishi Sunak, the bookies’ favorite who fell to...

China could invade the self-governed island of Taiwan as soon as this year, a senior US naval commander said. Admiral Mike Gilday, chief of US naval operations, raised the prospect of imminent war yesterday at a discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council in Washington. He was asked about recent official US assessments that China is building the capability to seize Taiwan by 2027. “When we talk about the 2027 window, in my mind that has to be a 2022 window or potentially a 2023 window,” Gilday said. “I can’t rule that out. I don’t mean at all to be alarmist...

In 2021, the Washington State legislature passed a ban on future sales or manufacturing of magazines, or other feeding devices which hold over 10 rounds. It does not include .22 rimfire tubular magazines. From the law:(36)”Large capacity magazine” means an ammunition feeding device with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition, or any conversion kit, part, or combination of parts, from which such a device can be assembled if those parts are in possession of or under the control of the same person, but shall not be construed to include any of the following:The Washington State magazine...

21 October 2022Friday of week 29 in Ordinary Time Saints Peter and Paul, Peremyshlyany, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingEphesians 4:1-6 ©One Body, one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one GodI, the prisoner in the Lord, implore you to lead a life worthy of your vocation. Bear with one another charitably, in complete selflessness, gentleness and patience. Do all you can to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together. There is one Body, one Spirit, just as you were all called into one and the same hope when you...

Budget supermarket Aldi is considering selling edible insect recipe kits as the cost of living crisis hits families. Bugs such as crickets are known to be a cheap and sustainable form of protein. Now Aldi is weighing up whether to stock products by Yum Bug, which make the insect recipe kits. Yum Bug founders Aaron Thomas and Leo Taylor, both 28, are competing against other start-ups to get their product on the supermarket's shelves. The duo were picked from hundreds of applicant's to appear on Channel 4's 'Aldi's Next Big Thing' tomorrow.

Veteran actor Mark Hamill said in an interview that he has sent at least 500 drones to Ukraine through the country’s fundraising platform, as Ukraine’s ongoing conflict with Russia enters its ninth month. During an appearance on Bloomberg Radio’s “Sound On”, Hamill, widely known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the acclaimed “Star Wars” film franchise, told host Joe Mathieu that he only sent the equipment to Ukraine because they desperately need it. “Very simply: Ukraine needs drones. They define war outcomes, they protect their land, their people, they monitor the border, they’re eyes in the sky,” Hamill told...

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In his overnight address he said the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper river had been mined by Russian forces, according to Ukrainian information. The dam is under Russian occupation, but Ukrainian forces are closing in. Russia has already accused Ukraine of firing missiles at the Kakhovka dam. The dam also provides Russia with one of the few remaining routes across the Dnieper river in the partially occupied Kherson region. Russian-installed authorities in Kherson say four people were killed by Ukrainian Himars rockets that hit another key crossing, the Antonivskiy Bridge, on Friday.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez, a Latina Democrat, recently referred to a councilman’s Black son as a “monkey”-- and also said in reference to liberal Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, “he’s with the Blacks.” This prompted MSNBC host Tiffany Cross to ask Fordham University law professor Tanya Hernández if making racist comments made a Latino white or just a racist racial minority. Hernández, a self-proclaimed “race law expert” with an interest in Critical Race Theory, replied: “Well, I actually think that there is another layer to this. Some people within...

Democrats throughout the political and corporate media spheres are attempting to normalize delayed election results in highly contested states ahead of Election Day, forecasting that final vote totals might not be fully known until well after Nov. 8. During a Zoom call with reporters last week, Pennsylvania’s acting secretary of state, Leigh Chapman, said that Americans should not be surprised if the state doesn’t have final election results on election night this November.

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Nearly a quarter of Latino voters have not yet decided who they will vote for in the upcoming midterm elections — creating a significant unknown for a group that has drifted towards the Republicans in recent years. An Axios-Ipsos poll on the fast-growing demographic on Thursday found that while a third of Latino voters said they’ll vote for Democrats, and 18 percent said they’ll back Republicans on November 8, another 23 percent said they had yet to decide. Even a small loss of support among Hispanics — a key part of the Democratic coalition of voters that brought President Joe...