By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business What staffing shortage? One Miami Chick-fil-A owner/operator has been deluged with applications after switching his staff to a three-day, 14-hour workweek. Justin Lindsey was looking for a novel way to reward workers who were “literally working 70 hours a week, week in and week out,” he recently told QSR magazine.
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Monday, a downbeat finish for major indexes in an otherwise banner October for the market, including the best month for the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1976. The S&P 500, the benchmark for many index funds, notched an
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four workers were injured, including one critically, by a release of carbon dioxide early Monday in a Los Angeles International Airport utility room, authorities said. One man was initially in grave condition but was upgraded to critical on arrival at a hospital, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Brian Humphrey said in
Continue Reading By DIANE JEANTET and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — In Brazil’s capital on Monday, the silence was deafening. Nearly a full day after President Jair Bolsonaro lost his bid for reelection, the usually brash right-wing leader had neither conceded defeat nor challenged the results of the country’s closest political contest in more
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CNN By Drew Iden, HLN For nearly six years, Delphi, Indiana, a small town an hour north of Indianapolis, has been holding its breath. And Monday morning, when Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter stepped to the lectern to announce the arrest and charging of local resident Richard Allen with two counts of murder, it
Continue Reading By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The city government in Everett, Washington, violated bikini baristas’ 14th amendment rights through its ordinances attempting to regulate the clothing baristas are permitted to wear while working, according to an order from a US District Judge in western Washington, which was obtained by CNN. Baristas employed by Hillbilly Hotties, as well
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, STEFANIE DAZIO and TERRY CHEA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer told police he wanted to hold the Democratic leader hostage and “break her kneecaps” to show other members of Congress there were “consequences to actions,” authorities said Monday.
Continue Reading THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — A 16-year-old girl was in serious condition after being mauled by six of her family’s large dogs at their home in Southern California over the weekend, authorities said. A neighbor called 911 to report the attack around 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Thousand Oaks, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.
Continue Reading ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Anaheim Ducks defenseman Jamie Drysdale has a torn labrum in his left shoulder, possibly sidelining him for the rest of the season. Drysdale injured the shoulder during the Ducks’ loss at Vegas last Friday, and he will have surgery soon, the team announced Monday. He is expected to be out for
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A 22-year-old man suspected in the murder of a man and woman in Coachella pleaded not guilty to felony charges Monday morning. Daniel Torres Cerda of Coachella, who was arrested in Redwood City, pleaded not guilty to all charges against him, including four felony counts, two of murder and one each of possession of an
Continue Reading PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — The former operator of a Seattle donated-cadaver business who callously dumped numerous body parts around central Arizona was sentenced to more than six years in prison Monday. A Yavapai County Superior Court jury in September convicted Walter Harold Mitchell III on 29 felony counts of concealing or abandoning a dead body.
Continue Reading By DIANE JEANTET and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — In Brazil’s capital on Monday, the silence was deafening. Many hours after President Jair Bolsonaro lost his bid for reelection, the usually brash right-wing leader had neither conceded defeat nor challenged the results of the country’s closest political contest in more than three
Continue ReadingBy Shay O’Connor Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — New Orleans police are warning parents to carefully inspect Halloween candy. Officers want to make sure children are not ingesting drugs — especially fentanyl — disguised as their favorite treat. “We have seen some fentanyl being made as though it was
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MADISON, Wis., (AP) — A judge has scheduled a two-day sentencing hearing for a man who killed six people when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee last year. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Dorow on Monday set Darrell Brooks’ sentencing for Nov. 15 and Nov. 16. Prosecutors said they anticipate
Continue ReadingBy WESH Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. CLOUD, Florida (WESH) — One person was killed Monday morning in a crash in Osceola County. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 7 a.m. on the Florida Turnpike in Saint Cloud. Officials say a 2021 Toyota Corolla and a tractor-trailer collided.
Continue ReadingBy Matt Barcaro Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WGAL) — Six people were shot early Sunday morning outside a nightclub in Philadelphia. Police said a man opened fire shortly before 3:30 a.m. at a crowd outside Trilogy nightclub in the Northern Liberties neighborhood north of the center of the city. Police said
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats have created a super PAC in New York to boost incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul, a sign of the party’s growing fears that a late-stage surge by her Republican opponent Lee Zeldin could result in an upset in the blue state. The committee created Friday
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, told police he wanted to hold the speaker hostage and “break her kneecaps,” authorities said Monday. David DePape, 42, confronted a sleeping Paul Pelosi in the couple’s San Francisco bedroom
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, told police he wanted to hold the speaker hostage and “break her kneecaps,” authorities said Monday. David DePape, 42, confronted a sleeping Paul Pelosi in the couple’s San Francisco bedroom
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior U.S. defense official says a small number of U.S. military forces inside Ukraine have recently begun doing onsite inspections to ensure that Ukrainian troops are properly accounting for the Western-provided weapons they receive. The defense official would not say where the inspections are taking
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