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By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Burnout is such a problem for workers that some bosses are considering shrinking the length of the workweek. Nearly one-third (30%) of large US companies are exploring new work schedule shifts such as four-day or four-and-a-half-day workweeks, according to a KPMG survey of CEOs released this week.
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Flash flooding caused by relentless heavy rains that soaked western Pennsylvania has spurred numerous rescues and evacuations in the region. The National Weather Service said nearly 3 inches of rain fell in a short time late Thursday in parts of Allegheny County. Rescue crews in the Pittsburgh suburb of Oakdale used water
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are sinking Friday after a mixed start to earnings reporting season. Worries about tensions in the Middle East are also sending prices for oil and gold higher, while Treasury yields fall as investors look for safer places for their money The S&P 500
Continue ReadingBy JERRY HARMER and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister says he has urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents. He says that so far they seem to be exercising restraint. Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara spoke during
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has been charged with murder and robbery after a human head and body parts were found in a Brooklyn apartment refrigerator. Police say Nicolas McGee was arrested Thursday afternoon. He was also charged with concealment of a human corpse and tampering with evidence. Authorities say the
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM LEE BREWER and AARON MORRISON Associated Press For many people old enough to remember O.J. Simpson’s murder trial, his 1995 exoneration was a defining moment in their understanding of race, policing and justice. Nearly three decades later, it still reflects the different realities of white and Black Americans. Some people recall watching their
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Friday advanced a bill that would reauthorize a crucial national security surveillance program, a second attempt just days after a conservative revolt prevented similar legislation from reaching the floor. Speaker Mike Johnson brought forward a Plan B that, if passed, would
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By Mariya Knight, Michael Rios, Sharon Braithwaite and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Russia has delivered military equipment to Niger that will provide the African country with the “latest generation of anti-aircraft defense systems,” Nigerien state broadcaster RTN said Thursday. The equipment arrived in Niamey on Wednesday along with 100 Russian military instructors who will
Continue ReadingBy Jeffrey Lindblom Click here for updates on this story MEDFORD, Oregon (KPTV) — A woman is warning people to be on the lookout for wildlife on the road after her father was hit and nearly killed by a turkey in Medford. Dave Duell was on his normal long-haul trucking route along Interstate 5 South
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — México rompió sus relaciones diplomáticas con Ecuador el viernes 5 de abril, luego de que la Policía ecuatoriana irrumpió en la embajada mexicana en Quito para capturar al exvicepresidente Jorge Glas, quien había recibido asilo de México y se encontraba a la espera de un salvoconducto para dejar el país. Ante
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANY MATAT and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Lawyers for two co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the Florida classified documents case are asking a judge to dismiss charges against them. Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira are charged with conspiring with Trump to
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story WESTPORT, Connecticut (WFSB) — A man ping-ponged his way across highway lanes in Westport and ended up passing out with his foot still on the accelerator, according to Connecticut State police. Alexander Gomez, 33, had two young children in the car at the time, troopers
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer sentiment about the U.S. economy has ticked down but remains near a recent high, with Americans’ outlook largely unchanged this year. The University of Michigan’s index, released in a preliminary version, showed that sentiment is about halfway between its all-time low, reached in June 2022
Continue ReadingBy GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has hired BYU’s Mark Pope as men’s basketball coach, bringing home a captain of the Wildcats’ 1996 national championship team to succeed John Calipari. The school announced the 51-year-old Pope’s hiring in a release on Friday morning but did not mention any contract
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump appears in a New York courtroom Monday to face an unprecedented legal battle in his hush money case, law enforcement will deploy a sophisticated and multi-layered security plan greater than that of his previous high-profile cases in Manhattan, law enforcement officials told CNN. Trump, who is
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for poisoning his baby with antifreeze, according to the City of South Fulton Police Department. On Oct. 10, 2020, Curtis Jack picked up breastmilk from his child’s mother, who was hospitalized
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Al borde del Mar de China Oriental, CNN estuvo a bordo de un bombardero B-52 que giraba hacia el noreste, en dirección a Alaska, Estados Unidos, y la base aérea de Barksdale (Luisiana), cuando el indicador de presión de aceite de uno de sus motores empezó a parpadear de forma
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, kicked off earnings season Friday with a beat, but also a warning about geopolitical threats that could hurt the global economy. The bank’s first-quarter revenue increased by 9% from the year before, to $41.9 billion. That’s more than
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La ministra de Trabajo de Ecuador, Ivonne Núñez, presentó este jueves una denuncia por traición a la patria contra el expresidente Rafael Correa. CNN obtuvo el documento a través de un funcionario del Gobierno. La Fiscalía confirmó a CNN que la denuncia se presentó este jueves ante el fiscal provincial de
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla in the world. Fatou was born in 1957 and came to the zoo in what was then West Berlin in 1959. Ahead of her official birthday on Saturday, keepers on
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