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By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican-led Tennessee will officially take its voters’ temperature on an organized labor issue in November, as unions sprout in Starbucks storefronts and elsewhere nationally. Lawmakers there have offered a ballot amendment asking voters whether Tennessee’s existing ban on workplaces with union shops requiring covered employees to
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is seeking to project confidence in the U.S. financial outlook while pledging vigilance in responding to “risks on the horizon.” She’s offering that message as global finance leaders gather in Washington to discuss the increasingly dismal view of the global economy. Yellen
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Covid-19 patients with a history of cardiovascular disease are at an increased risk of developing severe illness and could benefit most from the Covid-19 treatment Paxlovid — but there’s a catch. Paxlovid can have dangerous interactions with some of the most common medications for cardiovascular disease, including certain statins and heart
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A Ukrainian nuclear power plant that has been surrounded by Russian forces lost power Wednesday morning when a Russian missile damaged a distant electrical substation, increasing the risk of radiation disaster, according to the plant’s operator. The power to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was restored about eight
Continue Reading By ALEXANDER TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French government has moved to requisition workers operating gas depots of ExxonMobil’s French branch Esso in an attempt to ensure that service stations around the country are supplied with badly needed fuel amid a strike. French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne on Wednesday asked prefects to launch
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By ALEXANDER TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French government has moved to requisition workers operating gas depots of ExxonMobil’s French branch Esso in an attempt to ensure that service stations around the country are supplied with badly needed fuel amid a strike. French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne on Wednesday asked prefects to launch
Continue Reading By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Louisville police officer has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of using excessive force during the Breonna Taylor protests. Katie R. Crews pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of excessive force. The charge carries a maximum of one year in
Continue ReadingBy KAITLYN BANCROFT AND ANDREW ADAMS Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON, Utah (KSL) — The former administrator of a popular Facebook group used for inviting singles to parties and other events will continue being held in jail without bail on rape charges, a judge ordered Tuesday. Kevin Linford, 45, of Fruit Heights,
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House laid out a national security strategy Wednesday aimed at checking an ascendant China and a more assertive Russia even as it stressed that domestic investments are key to helping the U.S. compete in the critical decade ahead. The administration’s first national security strategy, a
Continue ReadingCNN By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir said his country partnered with Russia to slash oil production in order to stabilize markets and denied that there were political motives behind the decision, which has enraged US leaders and sparked calls to rethink ties with Riyadh. “We’re trying to
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La NASA fijó una nueva fecha para otro intento de lanzamiento de su misión Artemis I, después de que el huracán Ian obligara a la agencia espacial a hacer retroceder su enorme cohete hasta su hangar en el Centro Espacial Kennedy de Florida a finales del mes pasado. El cohete del
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities have announced charges against a second suspect in last month’s ambush shooting outside a Philadelphia high school that killed a 14-year-old and wounded four other teenagers after a football scrimmage. District Attorney Larry Krasner said Wednesday that 21-year-old Yaaseen Bivins has been arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault and related
Continue ReadingBy Gregg Montgomery Click here for updates on this story BLOOMINGTON, Indiana (WISH) — Scooter providers in Bloomington must shut down their two-wheeled motor vehicles in the overnight hours after the death of a Indiana University student in September, the city government directed Tuesday. Nathaniel Stratton, 20, of Miromar Lakes, Florida, died in a hit-and-run
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An expert in the field of Indigenous art has been named as the executive director of New Mexico’s Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. Pollyanna “Polly” Nordstrand, who is Hopi, will take on her new role next month. She will oversee a team of curators, anthropologists and archaeologists who are
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will not call a special legislative session to have lawmakers consider repealing the state’s tax on groceries ahead of the November election, despite calls for a special session from a handful of Republican lawmakers as well as her Democratic challenger.
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett, CNN A trio of Democratic senators announced Wednesday that a bill to wall off private information about federal judges that are stored in public databases — such as tax records and vehicle information — has been added to a must-pass legislative package of defense funding that is expected to be approved before
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El descenso del nivel de agua del lago Mead ha dejado al descubierto varias cosas impactantes en los últimos meses: barcos hundidos, antiguos buques de guerra y restos humanos. Ahora, los científicos informan un nuevo descubrimiento en el lecho seco del lago Mead: rocas con cenizas volcánicas que llovieron en el
Continue Reading OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has rejected a request to recommend clemency for a death row inmate who killed his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son in 1993. The board on Wednesday turned down the request to recommend to the governor that Richard Stephen Fairchild be spared for the beating death of Adam
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged higher, though trading remain unsettled on Wall Street Wednesday after a report showed that inflation remains very hot. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% as of 1:17 p.m. Eastern. The index was roughly evenly split between gainers and losers. Different sectors have the
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged higher, though trading remain unsettled on Wall Street Wednesday after a report showed that inflation remains very hot. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% as of 1:17 p.m. Eastern. The index was roughly evenly split between gainers and losers. Different sectors have the
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