
Omicron variant's spread forces rethink of January return-to-office dates
CBSN
Over the summer, executives in wide-ranging industries scrapped their fall plans to bring workers back to offices, instead circling what at the time were distant dates in January by which employees would be expected to return to the workplace en masse.
Companies are suddenly ditching those plans too, as January approaches and COVID-19 infections surge.
This week, technology companies, banking institutions, ride-sharing corporations and plenty of enterprises in between announced they will yet again delay the elusive return to office. Corporations that already have butts in seats are sending workers home. A number of colleges and universities this week also announced they would revert to virtual learning models, effective immediately.

Washington — President Trump on Friday urged Iran to "make a deal, before there is nothing left" after Israel launched preemptive strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, senior military leaders and research scientists, the opening attacks in what Israeli officials said is part of a major operation against Iran.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was wrongly deported and then returned to the United States to face federal prosecution, will appear in a Nashville courtroom Friday for his arraignment after he was charged with participating in a yearslong conspiracy to traffic undocumented migrants into the country.

The Republicans' "big beautiful" budget package is aimed at ushering in "a new golden age in America" through a combination of tax and spending cuts, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson. But a new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office finds that the bill may prove less golden for some Americans.