By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Kellogg reached a tentative agreement late Wednesday night with the union that has been striking at its cereal factories for two months, signaling the end of one of the nation’s highest profile labor disputes. “We are pleased to announce that Kellogg Company and the union have reached a tentative agreement
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Czech travel writer Miroslav Zikmund has died at age 102. The museum in the eastern city of Zlin said Zikmund “left for his final journey” on Wednesday. Zikmund teamed up with his university schoolmate and friend Jiri Hanzelka to make two big adventurous and often dangerous trips throughout Asia, Africa Latin America
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Portland police say one man is in custody after using a van to ram into police vehicles before running away from officers on Wednesday. At 11:29 a.m., officers were dispatched to a report of a fight in the 600 block of
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Alemania prohibirá a las personas no vacunadas el acceso a todos los comercios, salvo los más esenciales, como supermercados y farmacias, para frenar la propagación del coronavirus, según anunciaron este jueves la canciller saliente, Angela Merkel, y su sucesor, Olaf Scholz, tras las conversaciones de crisis con los líderes regionales.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Billie Jean King will receive the Muhammad Ali Legacy Award at the Sports Illustrated Awards. The winner of 39 Grand Slam titles will be honored Tuesday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Jessica Mendoza, a baseball announcer and two-time Olympic softball gold medalist, will present the award. It
Continue ReadingBy AARON MORRISON Associated Press A South Florida law school says it is creating a social justice center named after Ben Crump, the Black civil rights attorney who has gained national prominence representing victims of police brutality and vigilante violence. The Benjamin L. Crump Center for Social Justice, housed at the St. Thomas University College
Continue ReadingBELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a police detective and a suspect both died in a head-on collision of their vehicles near St. Louis following a police attempt to stop the suspect’s car. Police say the crash happened Wednesday afternoon after police tried to stop a car that had been reported stolen. The car
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Getting more bang for your buck used to be the mantra of dollar store shoppers everywhere, but times are changing – and prices are rising. As consumers continue to contend with escalating prices for food, clothing and other items thanks to inflation, dollar stores are rethinking their pricing strategies.
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a stopgap spending bill that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. 18 after leaders defused a partisan standoff over federal vaccine mandates. The measure now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities in Norway say at least 50 people in Oslo have been infected with the omicron coronavirus variant. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health said the cases are connected to a company’s Christmas party in a restaurant in the capital. The Oslo Municipality said Thursday
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s health ministry says preliminary tests have detected the new omicron variant of the coronavirus in two passengers who arrived on a plane from Johannesburg, the country’s first apparent cases. It says it is conducting further tests to confirm the results. The ministry says the two Singaporeans were isolated upon
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The US jobs recovery has picked up steam again in the final months of the year, bringing some good news in the face of persistently rising prices and a new Covid variant. Economists polled by Refinitiv expect another sizable jobs gain in Friday’s November employment report — 550,000 positions. If
Continue ReadingCNN By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business Home health provider Interim HealthCare of the Upstate currently has 51 open positions it’s looking to fill. Since September, 17 candidates have canceled their interviews and 20 didn’t even show up. Recruitment and retention tends to be difficult in the home health care industry, but it’s been even tougher
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week even though the U.S. job market has been rebounding from last year’s coronavirus recession. Jobless claims climbed by 28,000 to 222,000 from the previous week’s pandemic low 194,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week even though the U.S. job market has been rebounding from last year’s coronavirus recession. Jobless claims climbed by 28,000 to 222,000 from the previous week’s pandemic low 194,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan has learned a few lessons after interviewing everyone from John Legend to former National Security Adviser John Bolton. Hasan’s next book is called “How to Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking.” Henry Holt and Company announced Thursday that publication is scheduled for
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Germans to stand up to hatred, at a military ceremony bidding her farewell after 16 years in office. Merkel was honored with a traditional military musical performance and march in front of almost all the country’s political elite. The far-right Alternative for Germany wasn’t invited. In
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El papa Francisco aceptó la renuncia de Michel Aupetit al cargo de arzobispo de París, según anunció este jueves el Vaticano en un comunicado. Su dimisión se produce después de que los medios de comunicación franceses informaran de que mantuvo una “relación íntima” consentida con una mujer. “Por supuesto, me
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business SPACs started out the year with a bang that soon became a fizzle. But don’t count the Wall Street fad out just yet. What’s happening: Grab is set to start trading Thursday on the Nasdaq after raising $4.5 billion, giving the Singaporean startup a market value of nearly $40 billion.
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Turnbull, CTVNews.ca Producer Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — The first cases of COVID-19 in Canadian wildlife have been discovered in three white-tailed deer, a press release from Environment and Climate Change Canada reports. The National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease confirmed the detections on Nov. 29
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