A strike by charter school teachers in Chicago, described as the nation's first, concluded its first week after staff members asked for better wages, less crowded classrooms and decreased work hours.
GM chief executive Mary Barra traipsed around Capitol Hill this week, meeting lawmakers about the company's plans to shut four plants in Michigan, Ohio and Maryland. She got a lot of questions about why she couldn't save thousands of jobs.
The Treasury Department released a long-expected proposal for overhauling the US Postal Service on Tuesday that stopped short of full privatization, an idea the White House floated over the summer.
Europe's largest airline is expecting to emerge from the holiday travel season with fewer competitors.
Former Vice President Joe Biden took a swipe Saturday at President Donald Trump as the former vice president rallied Democrats in Las Vegas shortly before the President was set to hold a rally of his own a few hundred miles north of here in Elko.
