By ALEXIA FERNANDEZ CAMPBELL The Center for Public Integrity A Center for Public Integrity investigation finds that the U.S. Postal Service regularly cheats mail carriers out of their pay. Arbitrators and federal investigators have found managers at hundreds of post offices around the country have illegally underpaid hourly workers for years. Private arbitration records from
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By ALEXIA FERNANDEZ CAMPBELL The Center for Public Integrity A Center for Public Integrity investigation finds that the U.S. Postal Service regularly cheats mail carriers out of their pay. Arbitrators and federal investigators have found managers at hundreds of post offices around the country have illegally underpaid hourly workers for years. Private arbitration records from
Continue ReadingBy Jessica DuLong, CNN Given the pandemic’s extra stressors, it can be hard for parents to know what’s weighing on our kids or how to help. Whether adolescents are struggling with the impact of Covid-19 on their lives or more ordinary issues around friends, grades, extracurriculars or graduation and what comes after, psychologist Lisa Damour
Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi state TV says that a bomb-laden drone has targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, wounding eight people and damaging a civilian plane. The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen blamed the assault on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. It’s the latest assault on the
Continue Reading By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right government replaced top public security officials following the country’s multiple devastating wildfires this month. But it suffered an embarrassing political setback Tuesday when the retired admiral appointed to oversee firefighting withdrew hours before he was due to be sworn in. The government had named
Continue Reading By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladesh anti-terrorism tribunal has sentenced six Islamist militants to death in the brutal slayings of two men, including a prominent gay rights activist. Five years ago, assailants hacked to death Xulhaz Mannan, an editor of Bangladesh’s first gay rights magazine who had also worked for
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The number of unemployed people in Germany declined slightly in August, unusually for the summer month, while the country’s jobless rate remained steady at 5.6%, official statistics showed Tuesday. In its last jobs report before a national election on Sept. 26, the Federal Labor Agency said that 2.578 million were registered as
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BERLIN (AP) — The number of unemployed people in Germany declined slightly in August, unusually for the summer month, while the country’s jobless rate remained steady at 5.6%, official statistics showed Tuesday. In its last jobs report before a national election on Sept. 26, the Federal Labor Agency said that 2.578 million were registered as
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Sealy and Hollie Silverman, CNN With nearly 100,000 Americans hospitalized with Covid-19 and infections surging among the unvaccinated population, it’s possible another 100,000 people could die from the virus by December, according to a recent University of Washington model. “What is going on now is both entirely predictable, but entirely preventable,” Dr. Anthony
Continue Reading QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s counter-terrorism police say 11 militants of the Islamic State group were killed in a raid in restive southwestern Baluchistan province. The pre-dawn raid on Tuesday took place in the district of Mastung, where IS militants had recently killed two police officers. The police say suicide belts, hand grenades and assault
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By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Juventus has announced the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and secured his replacement. The Italian club says Moise Kean is returning on a two-year loan deal from Everton with an obligation to buy him subject to meeting certain targets. The Italy forward will cost $8.3 million over two
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s factory activity decelerated in August as export demand weakened, a survey showed Tuesday. The monthly purchasing managers’ index of the Chinese statistics bureau and an official industry group declined to 50.1 from July’s 50.4 on a 100-point scale on which numbers above 50 show activity increasing. A sub-measure of new exports
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s constitutional court on Tuesday reopened but then recessed its proceedings in a case over whether Polish or European Union law has primacy in the country. The Constitutional Tribunal said it would take up the question again on Sept. 22. The court’s ruling, when it eventually comes, is expected to define
Continue ReadingBy Kelly McCleary, CNN The governors of California and Nevada declared states of emergency Monday as the fast-moving Caldor Fire, now the 17th largest wildfire on record in California, prompted officials to tell everyone in the city of South Lake Tahoe to get out. In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — It was either the first or second day of Miami training camp. D’Eriq King was running a quarterback keeper. He planted his right foot in the turf, bent his surgically rebuilt knee, made a hard cut and took off. Nothing bad happened. And just
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Mets fans get their say after it was revealed stars Francisco Lindor and Javier Báez were among the New York players making derogatory hand gestures at Citi Field crowds. Frustrated at their team’s poor play in August, Mets fans have been booing the club. Báez said Sunday that he and teammates
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Colleges across the country are cautiously optimistic that pregame tailgating atmospheres around campus will remain close to normal, even as they monitor how things have changed since the emergence of the delta variant. About three dozen Power Five schools responded to a survey regarding their tailgating policies. Nearly all
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken with the United Arab Emirates’ de-facto leader, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, by telephone, Erdogan’s office said late Monday, in a sign of easing tensions between the countries. The two discussed their countries’ relations and regional issues, according to a statement from the
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olivertapia (CNN) — Este martes 31 de agosto se cumplen 24 años de la muerte de la princesa Diana. He aquí un vistazo a la vida de Diana, princesa de Gales. La princesa Diana y una foto que rompía el corazón 0:51 Fecha de nacimiento: 1 de julio de 1961 Fecha de fallecimiento: 31 de agosto
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VENICE (AP) — Visitors to Venice could be forgiven for not realizing that beyond the majesty of St. Mark’s Square and the romance of gondola rides lies a city that centuries ago helped provide a baseline of what the world knows today about containing pandemics. It was here that the
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