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Month: September 2024

University of California accused of labor violations over handling of campus protests

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Faculty have accused the University of California system of labor violations over what they say was a sweeping campaign to suppress pro-Palestinian speech and campus protests across the state earlier this year. The Council of University of California Faculty Associations made the allegations in a complaint filed last week with the

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Volunteers help seedlings take root as New Mexico attempts to recover from historic wildfire

Associated Press Volunteers spent a few hours scrambling across fire-ravaged mountainsides Saturday, planting hundreds of seedlings. The tiny trees are part of a monumental recovery effort in the wake of the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history. The 2022 blaze was spawned by a pair of botched prescribed burns that federal forest managers intended

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University of California accused of labor violations over handling of campus protests

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Faculty have accused the University of California system of labor violations over what they say was a sweeping campaign to suppress pro-Palestinian speech and campus protests across the state earlier this year. The Council of University of California Faculty Associations made the allegations in a complaint filed last week with the

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California sues ExxonMobil for alleged decades of deception around plastic recycling, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit

By Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil on Monday alleging the company carried out a “decades-long campaign of deception” in which the oil and gas giant misled the public on the merits of plastic recycling. The complaint accuses the company of using slick marketing and misleading

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Pennsylvania health system agrees to $65 million settlement after hackers leaked nude photos of cancer patients

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania health care system this month agreed to pay $65 million to victims of a February 2023 ransomware attack after hackers posted nude photos of cancer patients online, according to the victims’ lawyers. It’s the largest settlement of its kind in terms of per-patient compensation for victims of

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More partisan sparring at Georgia election board following controversial hand-counting rule and TV interviews

By Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — The Georgia State Election Board meeting became contentious on Monday as two members of the Republican-controlled board defended their reasons for approving a controversial new election rule requiring county election officials to hand-count the number of ballots cast on Election Day. Friday’s vote was 3-2, with three Donald Trump allies supporting the

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Veteran who helped stop mass shooting at Colorado gay nightclub awarded Carnegie Medal

A San Diego native who helped disarm the gunman who perpetrated a deadly mass shooting inside a Colorado nightclub will be awarded the Carnegie Medal, which recognizes civilians who perform acts of heroism, it was announced today. Richard M. Fierro, a Mira Mesa High School and San Diego State University graduate, helped subdue the shooter

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Cards Against Humanity demanda a SpaceX de Elon Musk por invadir su territorio fronterizo de Texas

Belén Liotti (CNN) –– En 2017, el juego de mesa para adultos Cards Against Humanity compró un terreno en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México para interferir en la construcción del muro fronterizo del expresidente Donald Trump. Ahora, demanda por ese terreno luego de que otro multimillonario supuestamente se mudó allí sin permiso. Cards

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A state senator has thwarted a GOP effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for Trump

Associated Press A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appears doomed because one state lawmaker won’t give backers his crucial support. Sen. Mike McDonnell of Omaha said in a statement Monday that he still opposes awarding Nebraska’s five electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, like 48

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