By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J,. (AP) — Hundreds of Atlantic City casino workers have picketed outside the Tropicana casino. They’re demanding a new contract with the city’s nine gambling halls that guarantees employees a share in the post-COVID recovery. The old contract expired early Wednesday. Union leaders and workers say they’ll demonstrate
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J,. (AP) — Hundreds of Atlantic City casino workers have picketed outside the Tropicana casino. They’re demanding a new contract with the city’s nine gambling halls that guarantees employees a share in the post-COVID recovery. The old contract expired early Wednesday. Union leaders and workers say they’ll demonstrate
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Dozens of high school and middle school students in Olympia, Washington, walked out of schools to protest gun violence Wednesday after 19 children and two teachers were shot and killed last week at a school in Uvalde, Texas. The walkout was organized by members of the Olympia High School Feminism Club,
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A $5,000 reward has been given to a person who provided help in capturing an inmate who sparked a nationwide manhunt after escaping with a jail official. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced the reward Wednesday. Officials did not describe what information the person provided, and said the person chose to remain
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Doors – both the one the gunman entered and the one police did not open for over an hour – have been at the center of the investigation into the killing of 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, and the police response to the massacre.
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox closer Matt Barnes was placed on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation, and left-hander Matt Strahm was activated from the COVID-19 IL prior to a game against Cincinnati. An All-Star in 2021, Barnes struggled down the stretch last season and has failed to regain his best form
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé has published a letter urging Vladimir Putin to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The 81-year-old Brazilian soccer great says he chose to publish his message to the Russian president on the same day Ukraine’s national team beat Scotland 3-1 in a playoff that
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – After a two-year hiatus, Central Electric Cooperative proudly resumes the Washington, D.C. Youth Tour for high school juniors. This year’s winners, Erica Capson and Morgan Shaw, are from Ridgeview High School in Redmond. “These students are leaders, both inside and outside the classroom,” says Brent ten Pas, CEC director of member and
Continue ReadingBy DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The police agency that patrols New York City’s main bus terminal has agreed to stop sending plainclothes officers into its public bathrooms to try and catch people propositioning strangers for sex. Activists have criticized those sting operations as a discriminatory relic of an era of crackdowns
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY and TERRY WALLACE Associated Press Police officials say four people have been killed in a shooting at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus. Tulsa Police Department Deputy Chief Eric Dalgleish confirmed the number of dead Wednesday in the latest wave of mass gun violence occurring across the country. He also
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The game between the Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees has been rained out. The teams will make up the game with a day-night doubleheader Thursday at Yankee Stadium. Angels star Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to pitch the first game starting at 1:05 p.m. The second game is supposed to
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Al menos cuatro personas murieron el miércoles en un tiroteo en el campus de un hospital en Tulsa, Oklahoma, dijo la policía en una conferencia de prensa el miércoles por la noche. El atacante también murió, dijo la policía. Las autoridades creen que la herida de bala del atacante fue autoinfligida,
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have placed left-hander Drew Smyly on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained right oblique. The Cubs also activated outfielder Jason Heyward from the injured list and right-hander Michael Rucker from the 15-day IL. Outfielder Nelson Velázquez was optioned to Triple-A Iowa, and right-hander Manuel Rodriguez was recalled
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El candidato a la presidencia de Colombia por la Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción, Rodolfo Hernández, anunció este miércoles en un comunicado que no participará en los debates presidenciales para la segunda vuelta electoral. Hernández tomó la decisión tras una reunión con su grupo de trabajo, indica el comunicado. Resultados de las elecciones presidenciales 2022 en Colombia en Bogotá, Medellín y Cali: así quedó el voto en
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Kounang and Katherine Dillinger, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech announced Wednesday that they have completed their submission requesting emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration for their Covid-19 vaccine in children ages 6 months to 5 years. Data from a phase 2/3 trial of the vaccine included 1,678 children who had
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets can’t deny the dismal numbers their defense put up last season. They were downright ugly. A year after being ranked last in nearly every key category, the Jets look to bounce back in a big way after drafting
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Jamie Dimon no es meteorólogo, pero el CEO de JPMorgan Chase predice un “huracán” económico generado por la guerra en Ucrania, las presiones por el incremento de la inflación y los aumentos de las tasas de interés de la Reserva Federal. “En este momento las cosas están algo
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN The Department of Education announced Wednesday that it will cancel $5.8 billion in student loan debt for 560,000 borrowers who attended the now-defunct network of for-profit schools known as Corinthian Colleges. The cancellation amounts to the largest one-time discharge ever made by the Department of Education. Some of Corinthian’s former students
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Erika McCalpine, an experienced diversity, equity and inclusion professional who most recently led diversity efforts at Oregon State University – Cascades, will serve as the new Assistant Director for the Office of Social Equity at the Oregon Department of Transportation. Carolyn Sullivan, who has spent the last decade managing operations at
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Star forward Drew Timme and wing Julian Strawther said Wednesday they will drop out of the NBA draft and return to the Gonzaga basketball team next season, a decision announced a day after guard Rasir Bolton also said he would return to the Bulldogs. Timme is the reigning West Coast Conference
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