By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers and organizers in Bessemer, Alabama, are making door-to-door house calls, sporting pro-union T-shirts and challenging anti-union messaging by Amazon-hired consultants as they try to convince their peers for the second time to unionize their warehouse. The union election starts Friday by secret ballot.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — “De un día para otro todo me sabía asqueroso, todo me olía asqueroso, pero literal hasta la pasta de dientes, el champú, el desodorante, no solo era comida”, dijo Ana Karen Weinberger a CNN. Tres meses después de contraer covid-19, Weinberger notó que los sabores y los olores habían cambiado,
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU and SAM McNEIL Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Many Chinese are filled with pride as the Beijing Olympics begin. It doesn’t matter that the city just held the Summer Games 14 years ago, or that the country had to artificially construct snow, or that the U.S. and several other Western countries were
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU and SAM McNEIL Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Many Chinese are filled with pride as the Beijing Olympics begin. It doesn’t matter that the city just held the Summer Games 14 years ago, or that the country had to artificially construct snow, or that the U.S. and several other Western countries were
Continue ReadingKING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Defending champion Dustin Johnson has shot a 1-over 71 to fall six strokes behind co-leaders Harold Varner III and Adri Arnaus at the Saudi International after a windy second round. Varner and Arnaus carded 66s to reach 10 under overall while Johnson finished his front nine with
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Ontario’s Conservative premier is calling for demonstrators to end the “occupation” of Ottawa, while the crowdfunding site GoFundMe says it will refund or redirect to charities the vast majority of millions raised by demonstrators protesting in the Canadian capital over COVID-19 measures. Police in Canada’s capital said
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN It sounds like things really are done when it comes to Carrie Bradshaw and Samantha Jones. The women who portray those “Sex and the City” characters, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall, have had a well-documented tense relationship. And despite fans’ desires, Cattrall has been clear about no longer wanting
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is imposing sanctions on five senior members of Mali’s transitional government, including Prime Minister Choguel Maiga. The bloc accuses them of working to obstruct and undermine the transition from military to civilian rule. Others hit Friday by the EU’s asset freezes and travel bans include members of the inner
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Entrepreneurs. Freelancers. Gig workers. Consultants. Salespeople. If you freelance, earn commissions, run a small business, or rely on paying clients for a living, your income is likely unpredictable from year to year. But how you manage and allocate the money you make shouldn’t be. Here are some smart ways to
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican inquiry into Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election spurred on by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud has spawned several court cases as it expands, grows in cost and shows signs it will drag well into 2022. The state Supreme Court has, for
Continue ReadingWhile unseasonably warm conditions invade Central Oregon, we will also see very fair conditions in the Cascades. It will almost feel like spring skiing conditions for the next several days. With plenty of sunshine, highs at Mt. Bachelor will be in the upper 30’s to low 40’s. Overnight lows will be in the low to
Continue ReadingBy BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer Members of Congress say an investigation into sexual harassment of women employed by Washington’s NFL franchise was not as independent as the team and the league claimed. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform released documents that showed the league and the team agreed to pursue a “joint legal
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom says German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has been nominated to join its board of directors. The move comes as the former leader has faced criticism for accusing Ukraine of “saber-rattling” during its standoff with Russia. Schroeder, who led Germany from 1998 to 2005, developed a close relationship with
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GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Even though we see partly to mostly cloudy skies across the High Desert today, we will be staying dry. Highs will be around 50 degrees and breezes will be very gentle out of the south and SW. Mostly clear skies tonight will help our lows drop into the 20’s. Light SW
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Ottawa police are preparing for a second straight weekend of protests by truckers downtown over new Canadian Covid-19 vaccine mandates. The truckers oppose a recent mandate requiring drivers entering Canada to be fully vaccinated or face testing and quarantine requirements. The group is also protesting other health restrictions, including mask mandates
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Queen Elizabeth II is adding yet another achievement to her record-breaking reign, becoming the first British monarch to mark a platinum jubilee on Sunday. But despite an unprecedented seven decades of service, we won’t see the usual fanfare just yet. Instead, we know the 95-year-old monarch will be
Continue ReadingBy LAETITIA BEZAIN Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar has put six of its regions on high alert as tropical Cyclone Batsirai is forecast to hit the Indian Ocean island’s east coast Saturday with intense winds of 195 kilometers (121 miles) per hour. Residents across the island are stocking up on groceries and securing
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish media reports say 20 inmates and a prison warden were hospitalized for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a prison in Istanbul. The cause of the fire in Umraniye prison on the Asian side of the city wasn’t immediately known. Video footage from the private DHA news agency showed
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Discovery CEO David Zaslav praised CNN on Friday and said “news is going to be really critical” to the future of the soon to be combined Warner Bros. Discovery, despite the sudden ouster of CNN boss Jeff Zucker earlier this week. “CNN has the greatest group of
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has received the backing of his Chinese counterpart amid fears in the West that Moscow is preparing for military action against Ukraine. Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping before the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Friday.
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