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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The jobs market is still healthy and paychecks are growing at a solid rate — although not fast enough to make up for surging prices on just about everything. That means that the Federal Reserve is increasingly certain to raise interest rates in May by a half-point to
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By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bundesliga players’ salaries reached an all-time high of nearly 1.57 billion euros last season despite a huge shortfall in German clubs’ revenue during coronavirus lockdowns. The German soccer league says the downturn in revenue since the start of the pandemic across the top two divisions has
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Biden administration’s decision to end sweeping asylum limits at the border this May satisfied demands by prominent Democrats. But it creates thorny political challenges for border-region Democrats who face the likely prospect of an increase in migrants who have for two years
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Biden administration’s decision to end sweeping asylum limits at the border this May satisfied demands by prominent Democrats. But it creates thorny political challenges for border-region Democrats who face the likely prospect of an increase in migrants who have for two years
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By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history. Warehouse workers cast 2,654 votes in favor of a union, giving the fledgling Amazon Labor Union enough support
Continue Reading By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer Minor leaguers with wives and children are finding out days before the start of their seasons that some teams are not taking their families into account as part of a new policy guaranteeing housing for players. MLB initiated a policy for this season mandating that teams provide housing for
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Wilson, CNN The House has voted with a slim bipartisan majority to federally decriminalize marijuana. The vote was 220 to 204. Republicans Tom McClintock of California, Brian Mast and Matt Gaetz, both of Florida, joined the majority of Democrats in supporting the bill, while Democrats Henry Cuellar of Texas and Chris Pappas of
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand Concluding one of the more unnerving cases surrounding January 6, a man who brought multiple firearms, Molotov cocktails and other weapons near the US Capitol that day was sentenced to 46 months behind bars on Friday. Lonnie Coffman, 72, parked his truck — filled with 11 Mason jars filled with gasoline and
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it’s ending a policy that limited asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The government says it’s already making plans to erect tents and take other steps to prepare for an expected
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it’s ending a policy that limited asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The government says it’s already making plans to erect tents and take other steps to prepare for an expected
Continue Reading By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press SZEKESFEHERVAR, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s nationalist prime minister has portrayed his country’s upcoming election on Sunday as an existential turning point and a choice between war and peace. Making a final appeal to voters at a campaign rally in a rural stronghold, Viktor Orban told hundreds of supporters that if
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration will end Trump-era pandemic restrictions that effectively blocked migrants from entering the United States on May 23, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. Former President Donald Trump invoked a public health authority, known as Title 42, at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, a
Continue Reading By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have extended manager Charlie Montoyo’s contract through the 2023 season. The 13th manager in Blue Jays history, and the first from Puerto Rico, Montoyo has a 190-194 record through three seasons with Toronto. He led Toronto to a wild-card playoff berth in the
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business The International Energy Agency announced Friday following an emergency meeting that its member countries will release additional oil from emergency reserves to cushion the blow caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, the IEA did not disclose key details on the size and timing of this additional emergency action, which
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN The price of New York Harbor jet fuel has more than doubled in the past two weeks, reaching an all-time high for any US-traded transportation fuel in at least the past 41 years, according to the Oil Price Information Service. The wholesale price for NY jet fuel spiked to
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026 under new rules unveiled by the government. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday its fuel economy requirements will undo a rollback enacted under President
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CNN, WPLG, WFTS By Alisha Ebrahimji, Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Todd and Jeff Delmay know how to fight for the things they cherish most: the right to marry one another and the ability to grow their family. Now the couple, who were one of the first same sex couples to be legally married
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Todd and Jeff Delmay know how to fight for the things they cherish most: the right to marry one another and the ability to grow their family. Now the couple, who were one of the first same sex couples to be legally married in 2015 in
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — A California man is facing charges he made threatening calls to a Boston-area college, prompting a campus manhunt last year. U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins’ office said Friday that Sammy Sultan was arrested at his home Thursday and will make an initial appearance in federal court in northern California on Friday.
Continue Reading By JUAN ZAMORANO and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press ARTEMISA, Cuba (AP) — Lots of Cubans are starting to have a car problem. Tens of thousands of vehicles poured into Cuba from its Cold War allies in the Soviet bloc and later Russia over the past half century. Many are aging and need spare parts. The
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