CNN By Charles Riley, CNN Business Bumble and the CEO of rival dating platform Match Group are creating relief funds for people affected by a Texas law that bans abortion from as early as six weeks into pregnancy. And in doing so they kicked off a corporate reaction to the legislation that other companies, including
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CHATSWORTH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — As wildfires rage in Northern California, some local residents are seeing their homeowners insurance policies cancelled by insurers. The state’s insurance commissioner has put insurers on notice that they are not allowed to cancel policies in areas where there has
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Cascades East Transit will return to normal weekday schedules for Bend fixed routes starting Tuesday, Sept. 7. MTM Transit, CET’s new Bend transit services contractor, successfully recruited, hired, and trained enough drivers to transition back to regular, more frequent service.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscar De La Hoya’s return to the ring will have to wait after the fighter said he tested positive for COVID-19. The 48-year-old De La Hoya was scheduled to fight on Sept. 11 against former MMA fighter Vitor Belfort in a pay-per-view event from Staples Center in Los Angeles. It would
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tyson Foods is offering paid sick leave for the first time to its front-line workers. It’s part of an agreement that secured union support for its mandate that all U.S. employees get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. The meatpacking giant said 75% of its 120,000
Continue ReadingBy Paul P. Murphy, CNN A man was in critical condition after a shark attacked him, partially severing his leg, when he fell overboard while untangling fishing nets from a boat propeller in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard said a medical helicopter transferred the 64-year-old man to a hospital early Friday morning after
Continue ReadingGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s ruling Hamas militant group announced the retrieval of three dead workers’ bodies from the cross-border smuggling tunnels the Palestinian territory shares with Egypt. Friday’s statement gave no cause of death, but a day earlier the group accused Egypt of pumping poisonous gas into the tunnel. These accusations could
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A man who yelled from the window of his San Francisco home at two catalytic converter thieves escaped injury when the thieves opened fire at him Thursday, police said. The shooting was reported just before 1 a.m. on the 300 block
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There are 24 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,272, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
Continue ReadingBy FABIOLA SANCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Government and Venezuelan opposition representatives are continuing a dialogue aimed at finding a common path out of their country’s political standoff. The groups met in Mexico City Friday, two weeks after the signing of a memorandum of understanding that marked the start of the negotiations. The
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat COVID-19. Ivermectin is approved in the U.S. to treat infections from tiny worms and other parasites in humans and some animals like cows and horses. But
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed mostly lower on Wall Street Friday following a weak jobs report, but gains for a handful of Big Tech companies allowed the Nasdaq composite to sneak in another record high. The benchmark S&P 500 ended down less than 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.2% and the Nasdaq rose
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The chief executive of Tinder-owner Match Group has sharply criticized a new law prohibiting most abortions in Texas. She is setting up a fund to help any Texas-based employees who need to seek an abortion outside the states. Match Group says CEO Shar Dubey is creating the fund on her own
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Rachel Janfaza, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice and other federal agencies to conduct a declassification review of documents related to the FBI’s investigation of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The review could result in the release of new documents, should
Continue ReadingStocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: MongoDB, PagerDuty, DocuSign rise; Yext falls
Continue ReadingBy Maria Medina Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Between a new CDC warning about the dangers of traveling amid the delta variant COVID-19 case surge and the widely felt impacts of the Northern California wildfires, some Bay Area residents aren’t feeling a lot of enthusiasm for the upcoming holiday
Continue ReadingLAFITTE, La. (AP) — Emily Boffone used to refer to herself as “Heinz 57” for the way her mixed ethnic heritage, including Indian and Filipino ancestry, reminded her of the brand’s advertised “57 varieties” of products. She was also an amazing cook. But Nora Indovina mostly remembers her mother for the big heart that led
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A 100-foot-tall rocket burst into flames mid-air after launching from California Thursday evening, dashing the hopes of a Texas-based startup to put a rocket into Earth’s orbit on its first-ever launch attempt. The rocket, which launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base north of Los Angeles on Thursday, appeared to have
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A 100-foot-tall rocket burst into flames mid-air after launching from California Thursday evening, dashing the hopes of a Texas-based startup to put a rocket into Earth’s orbit on its first-ever launch attempt. The rocket, which launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base north of Los Angeles on Thursday,
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The August jobs report was a massive disappointment, with Corporate America hiring far fewer people than expected. But investors largely shrugged off the weaker jobs gains. Stocks were mostly unchanged Friday and remained near all-time highs. The S&P 500 was flat while the Nasdaq rose slightly. Both held
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