By STEPHEN SMITH and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Stefani De Palma, an award-winning chef and head of the a team vying to represent the Americas in a French culinary competition in January, knew she wanted her team’s work to feature flavors of her native California. The challenge at the Bocuse d’Or
Continue ReadingBy JIM FULLER Associated Press STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Dan Hurley considered the opportunity to try and lead UConn to a third consecutive national title or the chance to become coach of one of the NBA’s most storied franchises and asked himself one question. “Where do you belong?” Hurley said Thursday at UConn’s basketball headquarters.
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Cannabis regulators in Massachusetts have issued an administrative order that will allow pot to be transported to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket islands for the first time. The order Thursday comes as Martha’s Vineyard was about to run out of pot, with one dispensary temporarily closing in
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office released information on a person of interest wanted in connection with the investigation into the murder of a 17-year-old earlier this year in Mecca. The murder was reported just after midnight on March 25, 2024, on the 71000 block of Miramar Drive. Deputies arrived and found evidence of a shooting
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A controlled burn slated to eliminate 2,500 acres of overgrowth in the San Bernardino National Forest near Anza was halted due to a change in conditions that made further burning unsafe, officials said today. “The project was not continued after temperatures and air quality standards were not suitable for consecutive burn days,” according to a
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla shareholders on Thursday voted to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year. Vote totals were not immediately announced. The favorable vote doesn’t mean CEO Musk will get the all-stock compensation anytime soon.
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla shareholders on Thursday voted to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year. Vote totals were not immediately announced. The favorable vote doesn’t mean CEO Musk will get the all-stock compensation anytime soon.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has told an influential group of CEOs that he would further cut the 21% corporate tax rate to 20%. But President Joe Biden’s chief of staff Jeffrey Zients separately told them that the Democratic incumbent’s emphasis on global alliances would
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! It pays to keep workers happy — for the good of the country as well as the company. A new report found that bad vibes among employees cost the global economy a staggering amount of money. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day:
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An attorney for a Louisville, Kentucky, police major says the force’s police chief mishandled his client’s sexual harassment complaint. The attorney says that’s what led to Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel’s suspension this week. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg suspended Gwinn-Villaroel this week in a surprise move. The mayor
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tesla stockholders vote to restore Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was tossed out by a Delaware judge.
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks slipped Thursday, but hopes for coming cuts to interest rates and Wall Street’s continued frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology nudged indexes to more records. The S&P 500 added 0.2% to its all-time high set the day before, even though the majority of stocks
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a lawsuit on Thursday challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approach to regulating the abortion pill mifepristone, allowing the drug to stay on the market. The court ruled that the doctors and anti-abortion groups that had challenged access to the drug did not have standing to
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has expressed dissatisfaction at the operation of some U.S. plants on Thursday as the automaker struggles with lower shipments and falling revenues. He took responsibility for not reacting quickly enough to address that issue, the problem of inventory backup, and tackling a “suboptimal”
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host a White House event next week celebrating an Obama-era directive that offered deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants, as his own administration prepares potential new benefits for others without legal status but with long-standing ties in the United
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Wall Street has rallied as Argentina’s president traveled to Italy for the Group of Seven summit buoyed by his first legislative victory. The Senate passed sweeping proposals to slash state spending and boost his powers. The legislation aimed at overhauling Argentina’s long-troubled economy during its
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press A watchdog group says the Environmental Protection Agency should conduct additional soil studies around the site of a toxic train derailment in Ohio after independent testing found high levels of chemicals in locally grown garlic. The Government Accountability Project filed a formal petition on Thursday with the EPA. The EPA
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY MEYER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. bishops want to assure Native Catholics that they don’t need to feel torn between their Native identity and their Catholic one. “You do not have to be one or the other. You are both. Your cultural embodiment of the faith is a gift to the
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Authorities say a shootout at a New Jersey hotel ended with a murder suspect dead and two police officers wounded. The shooting occurred late Wednesday at a complex in Woodbridge that houses the Raritan Hotel and the Royal Albert’s Palace Banquet Hall. The suspect, whose name was not released, was
Continue ReadingBy Jade Gordon, Anissa Carby and Navya Shukla, CNN (CNN) — A former Mississippi police officer was sentenced to a year in federal prison followed by a year of supervised release along with fines and assessments for forcing a man who he arrested to lick urine off the holding cell floor. Michael Christian Green was sentenced
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