Employees at a Trader Joe’s supermarket in Massachusetts on Thursday became the latest workers at a major company to approve a labor union. The store in Hadley, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of Boston, is the first Trader Joe’s with an employees union, although workers at two other company locations have initiated unionization efforts.
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Shopping for back-to-school essentials is becoming a real struggle for families whose household budgets are stretched to the max by surging inflation. Mid-July is typically when shopping for necessities such as clothes, shoes, backpacks, classroom supplies and gadgets for the new school year gets underway in earnest. But as high
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By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia has requested National Guard assistance to help stem a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by thousands of migrants that have been sent to Washington by a pair of southern states. Mayor Muriel Bowser formally asked the White House last week for an open-ended deployment
Continue Reading HADLEY, Mass. (AP) — Employees at a Trader Joe’s store in Massachusetts have voted to unionize; 1st of the grocery chain’s locations to do so.
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Mike Aresco says athlete compensation, the transfer portal and conference realignment have created a perfect storm for an unsettled situation, and the American Athletic Conference commissioner believes all FBS conferences need to have a coordinated approach toward stability while finding a middle ground between an amateur model of college
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — Muchas personas no paran de hablar del Mega Millions en Estados Unidos. ¿Y cómo no hacerlo si los premios mayores ascienden a millones de dólares? Tanto dinero no solo llama la atención de los estadounidenses, sino también de personas de otros países. Pero, ¿pueden jugar? Para responder rápidamente: sí, puedes participar
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a $280 billion package to boost the semiconductor industry and scientific research in a bid to create more high-tech jobs in the United States and help it better compete with international rivals, namely China. The House approved the bill by a solid margin
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Listen, we all have fantasies of living like the one percent. Envision a future in which you forget how to cut a cucumber and grocery store trips become foreign, you staff a full-time chef, you never have to do another load of laundry yourself and you have a driver. I can go
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Meta Platforms says it will no longer pay U.S. news organizations to have their material appear in Facebook’s News Tab as it reallocates resources in the face of the economic downturn and changing user behavior. The company said Thursday that most people “do not come to Facebook for news,
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Meta Platforms says it will no longer pay U.S. news organizations to have their material appear in Facebook’s News Tab as it reallocates resources in the face of the economic downturn and changing user behavior. The company said Thursday that most people “do not come to Facebook for news,
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By Stella Chan and Zoe Sottile, CNN Authorities have been forced to intermittently close Los Angeles’ iconic 6th street bridge four times in five days for various illegal activity, including street takeovers, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The viaduct, built in 1932, was closed in 2016 for upgrades to the seismically deficient structure.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Rokus, CNN A group of former Republican and Democratic officials are forming a new political party called Forward, in an attempt to appeal to what they call the “moderate, common-sense majority.” “Political extremism is ripping our nation apart, and the two major parties have failed to remedy the crisis,” David Jolly, Christine Todd
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By MICHAEL BALSAMO, MARY CLARE JALONICK AND NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has interviewed former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and is in negotiations to talk to several other former members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet. The committee is scrutinizing the days after the Capitol insurrection and discussions about whether
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Followers of Iraq’s influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr came by the thousands to storm the country’s parliament at his command, and they rapidly dispersed with little violence. That showed his ability to mobilize his supporters amid the current political paralysis in Iraq over who
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks are extending their gains on Wall Street in afternoon trading Thursday after shaking off an early slide following a report that signaled the U.S. economy is either already in a recession or well on its way. The S&P 500 was up 1.1% as of 2:26 p.m. Eastern. The
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks are extending their gains on Wall Street in afternoon trading Thursday after shaking off an early slide following a report that signaled the U.S. economy is either already in a recession or well on its way. The S&P 500 was up 1.1% as of 2:26 p.m. Eastern. The
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama’s presidential portrait will be unveiled at the White House in a September ceremony hosted by his former No. 2, President Joe Biden. An Obama spokesperson, who spoke on background because the ceremony hadn’t been formally announced, said portraits of the former president and Michelle Obama
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has outlawed automatic life sentences for people who were 18 when they participated in first-degree murder. It opens a door to shorter prison terms and opportunities for parole. The court says mandatory life sentences at age 18 violate the Michigan Constitution’s ban on
Continue Reading ALBUQUERQUE, N,M. (AP) — It made Route 66 and Interstate 40 drivers in New Mexico do double takes. An upgraded state Department of Transportation sign erected last week pointing drivers toward Albuquerque misspelled the city’s name, losing its“R.” A transportation department spokesperson says people called and sent emails about the mistake and the misspelling was
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — With new abortion restrictions clamping down in Georgia, Democrats hope their advocacy of abortion rights will lure moderates and shore up enthusiasm. That gambit could determine a U.S. Senate seat and the governor’s race in the South’s premier swing state. Democrats will make their pitch in
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