By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A massive health care strike over wages and staffing shortages entered its final day on Friday without a deal between industry giant Kaiser Permanente and the unions representing the 75,000 workers who picketed this week. The three-day strike carried out in multiple states is set to
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer The Broncos on Friday traded benched pass rusher Randy Gregory to the San Francisco 49ers in a deal that also includes the exchange of 2024 draft picks, with Denver sending over a seventh-round selection for a sixth-round choice. Broncos coach Sean Payton confirmed the trade following Friday’s practice.
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Nearly three months after severe flooding inundated Vermont’s capital city, Montpelier is celebrating how much progress has been made with a two-day reopening event. Organizers of the activities taking place on Friday and Saturday are hoping to bring visitors downtown and give shops a chance to
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus authorities have arrested a Russian journalist for “security reasons,” prompting the Russian Foreign Ministry to demand a formal apology from the Cypriot government over the “provocation.” Cyprus state broadcaster CyBC quoted diplomatic sources Friday as saying that the Russian journalist would be deported. Cypriot authorities dismissed Russian allegations that police
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press CAÑON CITY, Colo. (AP) — The awful smell seeped from a neglected building in a small Colorado town for days, followed by a report that made police take a closer look at the “green” funeral operator’s storage facility. Inside, they made a gruesome discovery: At least 115 decaying bodies. Investigators
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for a condemned Texas inmate say drugs he is to be injected with next week were exposed to heat from a fire and have asked a federal judge to stop his execution. They allege in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that extreme heat and smoke from
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Activists in Guatemala are blocking roads in surging demonstrations to support President-elect Bernardo Arévalo. That comes after Guatemala’s highest court upheld a move by prosecutors to suspend his political party over alleged voter registration fraud. Arévalo has denounced the suspension as a “coup” aimed neutralizing him before he takes office in
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN and JOSHUA A. BICKEL Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska fishermen will be able to harvest red king crab for the first time in two years. The news offers a slight reprieve to the beleaguered fishery beset by low numbers likely exacerbated by climate change. There was no such rebound for snow
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A second suspect has been arraigned on murder charges after a pregnant woman who was hit by gunfire on a bus in Holyoke, Massachusetts, delivered a baby that later died. Thirty-year-old Johnluis Sanchez of Holyoke appeared in court via Zoom on Friday for his alleged involvement in
Continue ReadingBy ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Gazan perfume vendor has developed a line of fragrances packaged in rocket-shaped bottles to mimic the projectiles launched by Palestinian militant groups from the Gaza Strip into Israel. He says he was inspired to design the bottles after the devastating 2021 war between
Continue ReadingBy Mia Alberti, Bertha Ramos, and Caitlin Hu, CNN (CNN) — A bus crash in the Mexican state of Oaxaca killed 16 people on Friday, according to local authorities, who say most of the passengers were migrants. Three children and two women are among the victims, all of whom are from Venezuela and Haiti, the
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi’s absence from Inter Miami’s lineup may be over. The team used social media on Friday to post “Nos vemos mañana” with a photo of the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner. Inter Miami plays host to Cincinnati on Saturday night. The translation of that
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press CAÑON CITY, Colo. (AP) — The owner of a Colorado funeral home where 115 decaying bodies were found after neighbors reported nauseating smells tried to conceal the improper storage of corpses and claimed he was doing animal taxidermy at the facility, according to a suspension letter sent to him by
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied in a whipsaw Friday and erased its morning losses after looking deeper into the nuances of a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. job market. The S&P 500 climbed 1.2% after charging back from an earlier drop of 0.9%. The Dow Jones
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Kostyantin Gak and Daniel Hodge, CNN Hroza (CNN) — Two women slowly approach a makeshift memorial in the village of Hroza. They pause for a moment, carefully laying a red rose each as tears stream down their face. “My neighbors, my neighbors,” cries Valentina Kozienko, her face puffed red in
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Simone Biles has won the individual all-around title at the world championships for the sixth time to become the most decorated gymnast in history. Ten years after she won her first in the same Belgian city as a 16-year-old, Biles scored 58.399 points across the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial will roll ahead next week after the former president lost a bid Friday to halt the proceedings while he fights a pretrial ruling that could strip him of Trump Tower and other marquee properties. An appeals court judge rebuffed Trump’s
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The ex-IRS contractor accused of leaking former President Donald Trump’s tax information to reporters is scheduled to enter into a plea agreement to federal charges, according to the court docket. While it is not yet clear what charges the man, Charles Littlejohn, will plead guilty to,
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Amazon has officially joined the race to build massive constellations of satellites that can blanket the globe in internet connectivity — a move that puts the tech company in direct competition with SpaceX and its Starlink system. The first two prototype satellites for Amazon’s network, called Project Kuiper, launched
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department is preparing to officially designate the military takeover in Niger as a coup d’etat as soon as next week, three US officials told CNN, a decision which could have dramatic implications on the ability of the US to work with
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