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January 15, 2026

Today in 1919
Seventeen workers in the area die when a large molasses storage tank in Boston’s North End neighborhood bursts, sending a 40-foot wave of molasses surging through the streets at an estimated 35 miles per hour. In all, 21 people died and 150 were injured. The incident is variously known as the Boston Molasses Disaster, the Great Molasses Flood and the Great Boston Molasses Tragedy. Some residents claim that on hot summer days, the area still smells of molasses.

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Treasury Employees Union Sues Trump Administration Over Executive Order
Posted On: Feb 03, 2025
Feb. 3, 2025 | FEDERAL WORKERS | The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has filed suit against the Trump administration over an executive order re-instituting his controversial excepted service hiring authority, Schedule F, to include any career federal job connected to federal policy. The order would convert federal nonpartisan career jobs into political favors for loyalists. It is unlawful and undermines the nation’s merit-based civil service, the union asserts. “Reclassifying large numbers of employees … with the intent of making them at-will employees is contrary to Congress’s intent in establishing broad protections for most federal employees,” the lawsuit filed Jan. 20 states. The union represents about 50,000 federal workers across 37 agencies. The Labor Tribune
 
 
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