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Month: September 2023

California fast food and health care workers poised to win major salary increases

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nearly 1 million California workers are poised to win major salary increases after labor unions flexed their collective muscle in the state’s Democratic-led Legislature on Monday following a summer of high-profile strikes in the entertainment and hospitality industries. Most of the state’s 500,000 fast food workers

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California fast food and health care workers poised to win major salary increases

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nearly 1 million California workers are poised to win major salary increases after labor unions flexed their collective muscle in the state’s Democratic-led Legislature on Monday following a summer of high-profile strikes in the entertainment and hospitality industries. Most of the state’s 500,000 fast food workers

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Over 100 VIPs attend UN screening of documentary on Russia’s siege of Ukrainian city of Mariupol

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than a hundred ambassadors, journalists and representatives of a broad spectrum of society watched a U.N. screening Monday evening of the award-winning documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” which follows a trio of Associated Press journalists during Russia’s relentless siege of the Ukrainian port city

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Effort to restrict public’s access to Arkansas records stumbles at start of legislative session

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ effort to restrict the public’s access to records about her administration, travel and security has stumbled at the start of a special legislative session. The House and Senate on Monday ended the day without any action on the legislation, which

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia before an expected meeting with Putin

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim boarded his personal train Sunday afternoon, accompanied by unspecified members of the country’s ruling party, government and military. After decades of complicated, hot-and-cold relations, Russia and North Korea have drawn closer since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

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Programa de descuentos para internet invita a residentes del valle de Coachella a aplicar

Vivimos en la era digital y cada vez nuestras actividades diarias dependen del acceso a internet.   Sin embargo, debido al alto costo del servicio y falta de infraestructura digital, muchas comunidades no tienen acceso a internet, poniéndolos en desventaja, ya sea en su educación, trabajo, atención médica y más; a esto se le llama la barrera digital. Sin embargo, existe una agencia de

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Banco de comida: FIND Food Bank organiza una distribución de emergencia móvil para los residentes afectados por Hilary en el área de Panorama Park

El Banco de Alimentos FIND tendrá un centro móvil de distribución de emergencia para los afectados por la tormenta tropical Hilary. La organización sin ánimo de lucro distribuirá productos secos y agua a los vecinos que se han quedado sin electricidad. Información de Distribución: Ubicación: Panorama Park Dirección: 28905 Avenida Maravilla, Cathedral City, CA 92234

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New highways carve into Cairo’s City of the Dead cemetery as Egypt’s government reshapes the city

By LEE KEATH and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Preservationists say highway construction by the Egyptian government threatens to destroy Cairo’s City of the Dead, a vast historic cemetery that has been in use for more than 1,000 years. Authorities have already razed hundreds of tombs and mausoleums as they carry out plans

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Tesla shares jump after Morgan Stanley predicts Dojo supercomputer could add $500 billion in market value

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla’s Dojo supercomputer could fuel a $500 billion jump in the electric vehicle maker’s market value, analysts at Morgan Stanley said in a note Monday. Shares of Tesla jumped more than 6% during early trading Monday morning, on the heels of the rosy prediction from Morgan Stanley’s

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California lawmakers approve the nation’s most sweeping emissions disclosure rules for big business

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Major corporations from oil and gas companies to retail giants would have to disclose their direct greenhouse gas emissions as well as those that come from activities like employee business travel under legislation passed Monday by California lawmakers, the most sweeping mandate of its

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California lawmakers approve the nation’s most sweeping emissions disclosure rules for big business

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Major corporations from oil and gas companies to retail giants would have to disclose their direct greenhouse gas emissions as well as those that come from activities like employee business travel under legislation passed Monday by California lawmakers, the most sweeping mandate of its

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