By MARK PRATT Associated Press Employees at a Trader Joe’s in Massachusetts are casting votes over the next two days in an attempt to form the supermarket chain’s first union. About 80 workers — or crew members in company parlance — at the Hadley store are scheduled to vote Wednesday and Thursday, said Maeg Yosef,
Continue ReadingBy Alex Hardie, Amy Cassidy and Hafsa Khalil, CNN The total number of wildfires in the European Union since the beginning of 2022 is almost four times the 15-year average for the same time period, according to Copernicus, the bloc’s Earth observation program. In a tweet posted on Tuesday, Copernicus said that 1,926 wildfires had
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN House Democrats will not vote on a series of gun and policing bills this week that would have included an assault weapons ban, according to a source familiar with the matter. This comes after the chamber had scheduled these bills in the wake of a wave of mass shootings across the
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macamilarincon (CNN) — Apenas a las 7 a.m. de este martes, los residentes de St. Louis ya enfrentaban el dÃa más lluvioso en la historia de la ciudad desde que se tienen registros, mientras las carreteras se llenaban de agua y las inundaciones generalizadas sobrepasaban automóviles, autopistas y casas. El dÃa acababa de comenzar. A
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business The Federal Reserve is stepping up its war on inflation. That means borrowing costs are going sharply higher for families and businesses. The US central bank last increased its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point, which is the biggest single hike since 1994. This follows the Fed’s
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN Israeli officials are trying to tamp down the diplomatic fracas that has erupted in recent weeks as Moscow has sought to dissolve the Jewish Agency’s Russian branch, an organization that helps Jews emigrate to Israel. The Jerusalem-based Jewish Agency for Israel encourages and assists Jews, both logistically and financially, who may
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The atmosphere has dried out considerably since Monday, with dew points today in the 40s and humidity levels dropping into the lower 20s and high teens. As of 8:15 a.m. We expect dew points to hover in those 40s and lower 50s throughout the day. Flood Watches still persist through most of Arizona as monsoonal
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Shania Twain is showing fans everything in her new documentary “Not Just A Girl,” released on Netflix July 26. The legendary singer says music saved her from a violent father in Timmins, Ont., but that her mother fully supported her dreams, taking her to local bars to sing when her father was
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration says a comprehensive review of the opioid painkillers that triggered the nation’s ongoing overdose epidemic is in the works. But FDA Commissioner Robert Califf faces skepticism about the long-promised review from lawmakers, experts and advocates after years of
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, Kristin Wilson and Lauren Koenig, CNN Gun manufactures selling assault-style rifles have employed questionable marketing tactics, including appealing to White supremacists, “preying” on the masculinity of young men, and running advertisements that mimic video games, according to an investigation by the Democrat-led House Committee on Oversight and Reform. In a hearing Wednesday,
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LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — An unraced 2-year-old colt trained by Bob Baffert was euthanized after an accident at Los Alamitos, becoming the 10th horse to die at the Southern California track this year. Officials at the track in Orange County said Rapacious had completed his morning workout Tuesday when he reared up twice as
Continue ReadingCNN By Jen Christensen, CNN In June, the World Health Organization recommended that scientists continue to research all possible origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, including a lab leak. Two newly published studies take totally different approaches but arrive at the same conclusion: The Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, was most likely the epicenter for
Continue Reading By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The head of the U.S. government aid agency has called on China to help Sri Lanka and other nations that had borrowed heavily from Beijing with debt restructuring, not just with lines of credit and emergency loans. Samantha Power, the administrator for the U.S. Agency for
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — An operator of a San Diego-based porn empire that coerced young women into filming adult videos has pleaded guilty in federal court to a single count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Tuesday that Matthew Isaac Wolfe, 40, admitted his role in the broad scheme that
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun manufacturers have made more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the past decade, and for two companies those revenues have tripled over the past three years, according to a House investigation unveiled Wednesday. Those profits have come as the weapons have been used in
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun manufacturers have made more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the past decade, and for two companies those revenues have tripled over the past three years, according to a House investigation unveiled Wednesday. Those profits have come as the weapons have been used in
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — James Lovelock, the British environmental scientist whose influential Gaia theory sees the Earth as a living organism gravely imperiled by human activity, has died on his 103rd birthday. Lovelock’s family said Wednesday that he died the previous evening at his home in southwest England “surrounded by his
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware, the Department of Justice said Wednesday, in what they are calling the second-largest redlining settlement in history. Trident Mortgage Co., a division
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Boeing has become so embattled, the company’s stock rose even after reporting a worse-than-expected loss and sales that came in $900 million short of forecasts. For a company that has endured a steady stream of bad news for the last three years these latest results nearly qualify as a “good”
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press Shipping companies are not rushing to export millions of tons of grain trapped in Ukraine, despite a breakthrough deal to provide safe corridors through the Black Sea. That is because explosive mines are drifting in the waters, ship owners are assessing the risks and many still have questions over how
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