Year: 2022
The federal minimum wage hasn’t risen in almost 13 years and US workers are paying the price
Opinion by Gina Cummings for CNN Business Perspectives With inflation hitting a 40-year high in the United States, working families are swimming ever…
Continue ReadingDolly Parton knows who she wants to play her in a biopic
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Dolly Parton has long wanted to do a Broadway musical about her life, but the pandemic has her reconsidering that.…
Continue ReadingOregon School for the Deaf student named state champion in statewide poetry competition
By Spencer Thomas Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — A senior at Oregon School for the Deaf,…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: Should you invest in a friend’s business?
By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Mixing business and friendship can tank a relationship. So if a classmate, colleague or childhood friend asks you to…
Continue ReadingDNR: More groundwater released by pipeline aquifer ruptures
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota environmental regulators say damage to the state’s public groundwater resources from missteps during…
Continue ReadingFamily ‘very happy’ to hear about arrests nearly two years after street racing crash killed Portland woman
By Audrey Weil Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Portland police arrested two people…
Continue ReadingMacKenzie Scott donates $436 million to Habitat for Humanity
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer MacKenzie Scott donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity International and 84 of its U.S. affiliates – the…
Continue ReadingMacKenzie Scott donates $436 million to Habitat for Humanity
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer MacKenzie Scott donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity International and 84 of its U.S. affiliates – the…
Continue ReadingWrongly convicted brothers released after 25 years in prison
By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS Associated Press / Report for America LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two Michigan brothers who were wrongfully convicted in the murder…
Continue Reading‘No comment’: USPS postmasters won’t respond to mail theft problems
By Rachel Polansky Click here for updates on this story DULUTH, Georgia (WGCL) — More than a dozen people have filed…
Continue ReadingReport: Rachel Zegler invited to present at Oscars
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler may get her Oscars moment after all. The 20-year-old actor has been invited…
Continue ReadingNadal out injured at least 1 month in lead-up to French Open
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal says he will be sidelined for four to six weeks because of a rib injury. The problem…
Continue ReadingCity of Atlanta files lawsuit to shut down crime-ridden hookah bar
By Patrick Quinn Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — The City of Atlanta is pushing to shut…
Continue ReadingWall Street is starting to believe in Alibaba again
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Alibaba has a message for investors nervous about its slowing growth and geopolitical uncertainty: We think our…
Continue ReadingUkraine calls on Chinese drone maker to stop use by Russia
BEIJING (AP) — Ukraine is appealing to a Chinese maker of civilian drones to block what the Ukrainian government says is their use by the Russian…
Continue ReadingUkraine calls on Chinese drone maker to stop use by Russia
BEIJING (AP) — Ukraine is appealing to a Chinese maker of civilian drones to block what the Ukrainian government says is their use by the Russian…
Continue ReadingNessel calls on EPA to strengthen protections against childhood lead poisoning
By STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story LANSING, Michigan (WNEM) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel…
Continue ReadingOne of Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portraits could fetch a record $200 million
Oscar Holland, CNN One of Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn Monroe portraits could become the most expensive 20th-century artwork ever to go under…
Continue ReadingDNR: More groundwater released by pipeline aquifer ruptures
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota environmental regulators say damage to the state’s public groundwater resources from missteps during…
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