By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Seven employees of a Tennessee Starbucks who were fired after starting unionization efforts claimed victory Tuesday when their Memphis store voted to join a wave of U.S. locations of the coffee chain that have decided to organize. The so-called Memphis Seven jumped for joy, hugged one
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Michael Conte, CNN The Biden administration attempted to contact North Korea in the last month to discuss “possible cooperation on humanitarian issues, including Covid-19 cooperation” but they have not received a response, the US Special Representative for North Korea Policy said Tuesday as he warned the US believes the country is
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild and Annie Grayer, CNN The Secret Service says former President Donald Trump’s call to supporters to walk alongside him to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, led the agency to consider options to secure a motorcade, but ultimately found that transporting the former President to the Capitol unfeasible. A minute-by-minute accounting
Continue ReadingCNN By Zachary Cohen and Kylie Atwood, CNN House Democrats are investigating former President Donald Trump‘s “apparent failure to account for gifts from foreign government officials while in office” after learning there may be thousands of dollars-worth of items that are either missing or were not tracked properly, according to a new letter sent to
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand A female ISIS fighter from Kansas who led and trained a unique battalion of over 100 women and children in Syria pleaded guilty in an Alexandria, Virginia, courthouse Tuesday to conspiring to provide support to the terrorist global organization. Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren, who studied biology at the University of Kansas, traveled to
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By KCCI Staff Click here for updates on this story ANKENY, Iowa (KCCI) — Some students and staff members are defending the Gay-Straight Alliance Club after a drag show was held at Ankeny High School. The drag show made some parents upset. They said it was inappropriate. Some pushed back at that idea at Monday
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By KETV Staff Click here for updates on this story COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KETV) — One of the Fairfield, Iowa teenagers charged with murdering his high school Spanish teacher will now go to trial in Pottawattamie County. A state judge announced the change of venue Monday, which moves Willard Miller’s trial hundreds of miles from
Continue ReadingBy KMBC Staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A total of 32 people have been arrested as part of a massive child exploitation investigation across Missouri and Kansas. Authorities with the Department of Homeland Security said 15 of those individuals came from a sting set up in Independence,
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It’s been two weeks since the tragic mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, leaving a community and many around the country heartbroken. While a Bend business is working to help the victims, a Sisters nonprofit is advocating for ways to keep such tragedies from happening.
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By Ariana Jaso Click here for updates on this story MOSS LANDING, California (KSBW) — On Monday, a PG&E-operated energy storage facility in Moss Landing held a ribbon-cutting and celebrated its part in a cleaner energy future. The Elkhorn Battery System is one of the largest battery energy storage systems in the world. PG&E project
Continue ReadingBy JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota state senator who resigned following a report that he traded scores of text messages with a man jailed on child pornography charges says he was unable to return his state-owned laptop and iPad because they were seized by law enforcement. Ray Holmberg,
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Dakin Andone, CNN The woman suspected of fatally shooting elite cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in Texas last month was seen at Newark Liberty International Airport just one day after Austin police obtained a warrant for her arrest, according to the US Marshals Service. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, was at the
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau is feeling great about his left hand that was operated on seven weeks ago. It held up fine at the Memorial in his first tournament since the Masters. As for his game? Not so much. DeChambeau missed the cut. That didn’t bother him
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By Breana Albizu Click here for updates on this story WINDOW ROCK, Arizona (KOAT) — The Fourth of July is often a time of celebration, but for one Navajo family, the day brings grief and misery. Laverda Sorrell vanished on July 4, 2002, in Fort Defiance, Arizona. The area is located within the Navajo Nation.
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ prison system has temporarily stopped transporting inmates as it investigates how a convicted murderer escaped from a bus last month and later killed a man and his four grandsons. “The agency is conducting an internal Serious Incident Review and also intends to bring in an
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — The head of Toronto’s homicide squad says they have released sketches of a little girl whose body was found in a dumpster in an effort to identify her. Insp. Hank Idsinga says police contacted the lead detectives for 58 missing children cases across Canada but there is no evidence linking the girl
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By Josh Copitch Click here for updates on this story SALINAS, California (KSBW) — More than 1,500 Monterey County residents will receive jury duty requests in the coming weeks as a high-profile out-of-area trial is expected to begin. The trial of her accused killer, Paul Flores, and his father Ruben Flores, who is charged with
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business No matter where you live in the United States, gas prices are uncomfortably high. Filling up a car for $60, $70 or $80 is a painful experience wherever you are. But not all Americans are feeling pain at the pump equally. You might think drivers in California are struggling the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) emitieron un aviso de “Alerta – Nivel 2” para que los viajeros “extremen precauciones” debido a la propagación de la viruela del mono, una enfermedad poco frecuente relacionada con la viruela. En su
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN Women’s professional soccer team Orlando Pride have placed head coach Amanda Cromwell and first assistant coach Sam Greene on administrative leave during an investigation into allegations of retaliation. The actions came Tuesday at the recommendation of an investigative team from the National Woman’s Soccer League and the NWSL Players Association, the
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