By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer DETROIT (AP) — McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and General Electric all announced Tuesday they were suspending their business in Russia in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. McDonald’s is temporarily closing all of its 850 restaurants in Russia, but will continue paying its 62,000 employees there. Starbucks is
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Most members of the Ukrainian women’s synchronized swim team have arrived in Rome after fleeing the war in their homeland. Ten athletes and two coaches traveled in a bus provided by the Italian swimming federation from the Ukraine-Hungarian border to Rome. Italian swimming officials greeted the athletes, who will continue their training
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Most members of the Ukrainian women’s synchronized swim team have arrived in Rome after fleeing the war in their homeland. Ten athletes and two coaches traveled in a bus provided by the Italian swimming federation from the Ukraine-Hungarian border to Rome. Italian swimming officials greeted the athletes, who will continue their training
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Kohl’s is under intense pressure from Wall Street raiders and up against stiff competition from Amazon, Target and others. Now it’s hoping that overhauling its brand image can beat back those threats. Kohl’s announced plans Monday to add Sephora mini-shops to roughly 75% of its 1,100 US stores, open 100
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The unions that represent roughly half of BNSF’s workers continue to fight against the railroad’s new attendance rules they say penalizes them for missing work for any reason even though a judge has barred them from striking. The unions launched a petition drive this week
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said that Moscow remains engaged in the effort to salvage the Iran nuclear deal, despite a recent demand by the Russian foreign minister for written guarantees that sanctions imposed for its invasion of Ukraine will not its impact future dealings with Tehran. “With regard
Continue ReadingCNN, KMAX, KOVR, KGO, SENATE TV, FACEBOOK, ANDREY KOTENKO, KMAX/KOVR, Facebook/Andrey Kotenko By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said that Moscow remains engaged in the effort to salvage the Iran nuclear deal, despite a recent demand by the Russian foreign minister for written guarantees that sanctions imposed for its invasion
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Riot police set up barricades and fired pepper gas to block demonstrators from joining an International Women’s Day march in central Istanbul. As in previous years, authorities declared the city’s main square, Taksim, and surrounding areas off-limits for demonstrations on Tuesday. Riot police then put up metal barricades around Taksim and on
Continue ReadingFOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England’s Matt Turner will likely be sidelined for a couple more weeks by an ankle injury, raising the possibility the United States will be without its top two goalkeepers when World Cup qualifying resumes on March 24 at Mexico. Revolution coach Bruce Arena said during a news conference that Turner
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Diamond, Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, MJ Lee and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his administration is banning Russian oil, natural gas and coal imports to the US in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a step he warned could lead to a spike in gas
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Children’s Wisconsin announced Tuesday, March 8, the official opening of the Craig Yabuki Mental Health Walk-In Clinic on the campus of Children’s Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Children’s Wisconsin says the clinic is a first-of-its-kind in the state, filling a critical gap in care
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Kuwaiti court has acquitted two former ministers and their co-defendants of the corruption charges they faced. The case tarnished the government and was widely seen as a test of accountability. The charges against Kuwait’s former prime minister and former interior minister concerned the
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The family of a Kenosha 6th grader is considering legal action after video spread on social media showing an off-duty police officer kneeling on her neck. The incident happened Friday, March 4 at Lincoln Middle School. The girl was involved in
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Kennedy Click here for updates on this story COWETA COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — A mystery is solved roughly three years after Coweta County officials received reports of something large and mysterious swimming in the B.T. Brown Reservoir, the reservoir’s own “Loch Ness Monster.” Anyone using the reservoir will now see a warning sign
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business McDonald’s and Starbucks are shutting their restaurants and cafes in Russia, and Coca-Cola is suspending its operations there in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. PepsiCo is also pulling some products from the country. The decisions followed pressure from critics and similar moves by other Western companies. On Twitter, people
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Lawmakers in Florida gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would ban certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom, sending the controversial bill to the desk of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has signaled his support for the measure. Florida’s GOP-controlled Senate passed HB 1557, titled
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Devan Cole, CNN Lawmakers in Florida gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would ban certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom, sending the controversial bill to the desk of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has signaled his support for the measure. Florida’s GOP-controlled Senate passed
Continue ReadingCNN By Devan Cole, CNN Lawmakers in Florida gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would ban certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom, sending the controversial bill to the desk of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has signaled his support for the measure. Florida’s GOP-controlled Senate passed HB 1557,
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Quinn Click here for updates on this story SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia (WGCL) — On Thursday, MARTA settled with the widow of an engineer killed on MARTA tracks in June 2018. Rob Smith, 38, was killed when a MARTA train struck a truck on the tracks near the Medical Center station. Smith was working
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers have passed a bill to forbid instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. The proposal, which opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, now moves to the desk of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign
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