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By REBECCA BOONE and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Public Schools says it has reached a tentative agreement with the union for teachers who went on strike last week over issues like pay and classroom support. In a statement the district said it would on Tuesday announce an update on when classes
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Lawmakers in an Australian state have pledged their allegiance to King Charles III with some using the occasion to call for an Australian republic.Australia’s center-left Labor Party government wants an Australian president to replace the British monarch as the nation’s head of state. The death of
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen and Gawon Bae, CNN Smash Netflix series “Squid Game” racked up multiple wins at Monday’s Emmy Awards, with South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae winning outstanding lead actor in a drama series and director Hwang Dong-hyuk taking the award for top director of the same. Set in Seoul, the dystopian series which became
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By Amir Vera, Chuck Johnston, Hannah Sarisohn and Nouran Salahieh, CNN The Seattle Education Association voted Tuesday afternoon to suspend its strike and return to classrooms starting Wednesday. The vote came after Seattle Public Schools earlier announced a tentative, three-year contract agreement with the educators’ union amid a strike that delayed the start of the
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By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s governor has appointed several people, including some prominent Native Hawaiian activists, to a new board charged with managing Mauna Kea summit lands underneath some of the world’s most advanced astronomical observatories. Two appointees were leaders of 2019 protests that brought a halt to the construction of
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN, BRIAN SLODYSKO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is sitting on top of more than $115 million across several political committees. He’s positioned himself as a uniquely indomitable force in the GOP and would almost certainly have the resources to swamp his rivals if he launched
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Quinta Brunson brought the audience to its feet when she won her first Emmy — but at her feet during the moment was Jimmy Kimmel, who pretended to be unconscious and stayed on the floor while she accepted her award as part of an intended joke that ended up miffing some
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday ahead of data traders hope will show surging U.S. inflation eased in August, reducing pressure for more interest rate hikes. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Oil prices edged lower. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained
Continue Reading By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Gates says the global hunger crisis is so immense that food aid cannot fully address the problem. What’s also needed, Gates argues, are the kinds of innovations in farming technology that he has long funded to try to reverse the crisis documented in a report
Continue Reading By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Gates says the global hunger crisis is so immense that food aid cannot fully address the problem. What’s also needed, Gates argues, are the kinds of innovations in farming technology that he has long funded to try to reverse the crisis documented in a report
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business The kids, the grandparents, the babysitter, maybe your favorite aunt or uncle. That’s it. You can blame inflation for families knocking friends, co-workers and extended families off your holiday gift lists this year. Persistent inflation — consumer prices increased by 8.5% in July over last year — has reshaped how
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A sign that the painful inflation of the past 18 months may be gradually easing could come Tuesday, when the government is expected to report that the acceleration in U.S. prices slowed in August compared with a year ago for a second straight month. Economists have
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Google searches for “college rankings” spike each year in the months that follow the release of US News & World Report’s annual lists of Best Colleges. The company says that about 40 million people read those lists last year; that’s more than 10 times the number of graduating high school seniors
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is using his first trip abroad since the start of the pandemic to promote his country’s strategic ambitions at a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and other leaders of a Central Asian security group. Xi is promoting a “Global Security
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Coachella Mayor Steven Hernandez announced in a recent Facebook post that California State Library has awarded the city of Coachella $4.5 million for the renovation of the old Coachella library on Seventh St. Earlier this year, the library began being utilized as a College of the Desert facility, offering places to study, career and personal
Continue ReadingBy Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN The Senate Judiciary Committee will investigate claims made by former US Attorney Geoffrey Berman in his forthcoming book that Trump-era officials in the Justice Department pressured his office to “aid them politically.” “Throughout my tenure as U.S. attorney,” Berman writes in the book according to The New York Times, which
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Geno Smith threw two first-half touchdown passes, Denver fumbled twice at the 1-yard line in the second half, and the Seahawks beat the Broncos 17-16 on Monday night in Russell Wilson’s return to Seattle. Brandon McManus missed a 64-yard field goal attempt with 20 seconds left
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Tensions are running high between the City of Palm Springs and College of the Desert over the development of a long-awaited West Valley campus. The city announced its lawsuit against COD on Monday, claiming it failed to release requested public documents about the plans for the campus. The city is also accusing the school for
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By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Succession” and “Ted Lasso” topped the Emmy Awards on Monday, in a ceremony that touted the influence of TV and extended honors to global sensation “Squid Game” and winners who delivered messages of empowerment. The evening’s uplifting tone, as voiced especially by Zendaya, Lizzo and
Continue Reading By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Succession” and “Ted Lasso” topped the Emmy Awards on Monday, in a ceremony that touted the influence of TV and extended honors to global sensation “Squid Game” and winners who delivered messages of empowerment. The evening’s uplifting tone, as voiced especially by Zendaya, Lizzo and
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