Skip to Content

Month: April 2024

Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation, other abuses under new rule

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Temporary farmworkers will have more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment practices and other abuses under a Labor Department rule announced Friday. Each year about 300,000 immigrants, mostly from Mexico, take seasonal jobs on U.S. farms. The new rule, which

Continue Reading

Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation, other abuses under new rule

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Temporary farmworkers will have more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment practices and other abuses under a Labor Department rule announced Friday. Each year about 300,000 immigrants, mostly from Mexico, take seasonal jobs on U.S. farms. The new rule, which

Continue Reading

Pac-12 football programs go through one last spring before heading in different directions

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Football programs across the Pac-12 have spent the spring practicing and scrimmaging, laying the groundwork for the 2024 season. The difference between this and previous springs is the teams will go in different directions once fall camp rolls around. Southern California, UCLA, Oregon and Washington are headed to the

Continue Reading

Williams-Sonoma must pay almost $3.2 million for violating FTC’s ‘Made in USA’ order

NEW YORK (AP) — Home products retailer Williams-Sonoma will have to pay almost $3.2 million for violating a Federal Trade Commission “Made in USA” order. Williams-Sonoma was charged with advertising multiple products as being “Made in USA” when they were in fact manufactured in other countries, including China. That violated a 2020 commission order requiring

Continue Reading

Trump’s lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution’s first witness in hush money trial

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s defense team attacked the credibility of prosecutors’ first witness in his hush money case on Friday, seeking to discredit testimony detailing a scheme to bury negative stories to protect the Republican’s 2016 presidential campaign. On

Continue Reading

A California bill aiming to ban confidentiality agreements when negotiating legislation fails

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill that sought to ban the use of confidentiality agreements when negotiating potential laws in California has failed to pass a state legislative committee. The proposal by Republican Assemblymember Vince Fong failed to get enough votes to pass out of the Assembly Elections Committee on

Continue Reading

A California bill aiming to ban confidentiality agreements when negotiating legislation fails

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill that sought to ban the use of confidentiality agreements when negotiating potential laws in California has failed to pass a state legislative committee. The proposal by Republican Assemblymember Vince Fong failed to get enough votes to pass out of the Assembly Elections Committee on

Continue Reading

Columbia protesters say they’re at an impasse with administrators and will continue anti-war camp

By JAMES POLLARD, NOREEN NASIR and NICK PERRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University students who inspired pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the country said Friday that they reached an impasse with administrators and intend to continue their encampment until their demands are met. The announcement after two days of exhaustive negotiations came as Columbia’s

Continue Reading

Columbia protesters say they’re at an impasse with administrators and will continue anti-war camp

By JAMES POLLARD, NOREEN NASIR and NICK PERRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University students who inspired pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the country said Friday that they reached an impasse with administrators and intend to continue their encampment until their demands are met. The announcement after two days of exhaustive negotiations came as Columbia’s

Continue Reading
Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

López Obrador señala que el titular de Agencia de Investigación Criminal usó “palabras equivocadas” al informar sobre producción de fentanilo en México

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, consideró que no “fue en mala fe” el término que utilizó el titular de la Agencia de Investigación Criminal (AIC) al llamar a México el “campeón” de la producción de fentanilo durante una conferencia. El organismo emitió este jueves una disculpa en

Continue Reading