construction workers

After 12 days, South Africa ends rescue efforts at collapsed building with 33 dead, 19 still missing

World
David Turner

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed ...

German building industry workers go on first strike in years

World
David Turner

The first strike in Germany’s construction industry in about two decades began on Monday as workers demanded higher wages. More than 1,000 ...

‘Midtown Jane Doe,’ whose remains were found in cement of NYC bar basement 20 years ago, finally ID’d

U.S.
Amanda Smith

A 9/11 victim’s DNA helped police identify remains — found more than 20 years ago under a famed New York City address ...

laborers call for safer building sites

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Wooden planks with nails covered the site where Antonio, a construction day laborer in Houston, Texas, was helping clear large fencing last ...

One week later, clearer picture of Key Bridge victims emerges

U.S.
Amanda Smith

BALTIMORE — When Baltimore and the world woke up last week to the news that the Francis Scott Key Bridge had disappeared, ...

six missing people now presumed dead, police say

Politics
Amanda Smith

Maryland state police say the six people who were missing after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland, have ...

Facing dire labor shortage, Israel recruits migrant workers from India

World
David Turner

In villages and towns across India, Israel is recruiting — not for its war in Gaza, but for its own economy. Tens ...