By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Airbnb won’t require most staffers to return to the office — ever. The company told employees Thursday that they can permanently work remotely and can relocate anywhere within the country they currently work. Doing so won’t negatively impact compensation, the company said, meaning it will not adjust salaries downward
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Among the scathing findings of an investigation launched after the police killing of George Floyd is that the Minneapolis Police Department used covert or fake social media accounts to monitor Black activists and organizations. And it did so despite having no clear public safety rationale
Continue ReadingBy MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars chose Georgia pass rusher Travon Walker with the top pick in the NFL draft. The Jaguars took the 6-foot-5, 272-pound “athletic freak” Thursday night over Michigan star Aidan Hutchinson, who set a school record with 14 sacks in 2021 and finished
Continue ReadingBy Meg Dunn, CNN Growing up in rural Indiana, DeAnna Ellenberger Pursai and her sister, Angel, were constant companions and playmates. Only a year apart in age, they called themselves twins. But there’s one big difference between them. Ten minutes after Angel was born in 1973, her mother was told she had Down syndrome and
Continue ReadingCNN By Meg Dunn, CNN Growing up in rural Indiana, DeAnna Ellenberger Pursai and her sister, Angel, were constant companions and playmates. Only a year apart in age, they called themselves twins. But there’s one big difference between them. Ten minutes after Angel was born in 1973, her mother was told she had Down syndrome
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(Salem, OR) – Oregon Water Resources Department will reopen public lobbies and offices to visitors and customers of the Department on Monday. Under the direction of Oregon Governor Kate Brown and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department’s physical offices have remained closed to visitors since March 2020. Customer service staff in the Salem
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN Over the next couple of months, one man will attempt to row close to 4,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Peter Harley, 61, hopes to set sail next week, weather permitting, from Virginia Beach and make his way to La Trinité-sur-Mer, France. He told CNN on Thursday he estimates the entire
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — At the beginning of April, Street Dog Hero entered into its first lease, occupying the spay and neuter facility formerly occupied by the Humane Society of Central Oregon and the Bend Spay and Neuter Project, and establishing its first brick-and-mortar facility. With a surgical suite, kennels, and office space, the new
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Sonia Moghe, CNN Elon Musk is not expected to testify in Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, a source close to Musk’s legal team confirmed to CNN. Musk was listed as a potential witness for Heard in the trial, to appear remotely. He dated Heard shortly after she
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press EDGARD, La. (AP) — Descendants of slaves who lived in southeastern Louisiana have won a key ruling allowing their legal opposition to a grain elevator to be built along the Mississippi River to go forward. But a lawyer for the company building the grain elevator said they would likely appeal.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army says suspected drug cartel gunmen abducted two off-duty female soldiers at gunpoint for several hours Thursday. The commander of the army headquarters in the Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta says the two women were vacationing there when they were kidnapped just after midnight. The army says they
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Ronald Acuña Jr. has never played the Rangers in Texas, and the Atlanta Braves haven’t visited for a series since September of 2014. Still, the Braves recently returned star outfielder and his teammates will be on familiar ground for a series in Arlington, Texas this weekend. They know Globe Life Field
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) propuso este jueves una norma para prohibir los cigarrillos mentolados y los cigarros saborizados. “A través de una cuidadosa consideración de la evidencia científica y de nuestras autoridades bajo la Ley de Control del Tabaco, hemos determinado
Continue ReadingBy Jomana Karadsheh and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud in Jeddah on Thursday, marking his first visit to the country since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Erdogan is seeking to mend ties with Saudi
Continue ReadingCNN By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN James Corden’s days of carpooling in late night are almost over. The host of “The Late Late Show” is set to vacate his seat in 2023, bringing to a close of what will at that point be an eight-season run. Corden got emotional while speaking about his decision in his
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN James Corden’s days of carpooling in late night are almost over. The host of “The Late Late Show” is set to vacate his seat in 2023, bringing to a close what will at that point be an eight-season run. Corden got emotional while speaking about his decision in his monologue on
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s clemency board has declined to recommend that the death sentence of a prisoner be delayed or reduced to life in prison in what would be the state’s first use of the death penalty in nearly eight years. The decision marks one of the last steps before
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says a new cannabis research center won’t slow his review of whether he has the authority to legalize medical marijuana. He said Thursday that a decision is likely to come this summer. Beshear says he sees value in the cannabis center’s formation.
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Alex Rogers, CNN Democratic Rep. Kai Kahele of Hawaii is retiring from Congress at the end of his term, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The congressman has been telling colleagues that he intends to run for governor, according to a person close to him. That source said Kahele
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Max Glauben, a Holocaust survivor who tirelessly shared his story and was among the founders of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, died Thursday. He was 94. A museum spokesman said the longtime Dallas resident died after being diagnosed with cancer. Glauben is among Holocaust survivors who had their recollections recorded
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