By Michelle Watson, CNN Two 10-year-old children were found working at a Louisville McDonald’s restaurant — sometimes until 2 a.m. — the US Department of Labor said Tuesday. The revelation was part of an investigation into the child labor law violations in the Southeast. The agency also found three franchisees that own more than 60
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GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Moisture moving in over some warm daytime highs today will take a mild day and turn it stormy. Highs will be in the mid to upper 70’s and westerly winds will pick up to 5-15 mph, gusting to 20 mph. Clouds will thicken and we will see about a 30% chance
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Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones/CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Anyone who has been on a long flight can confirm airplanes don’t make it easy to get some shut-eye — but according to a new study, you don’t have to be on a plane for them to be
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Lopez-Martinez/CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Ottawa is advising Canadians travelling to the U.K. ahead of the coronation of King Charles III to exercise a ‘high degree’ of caution due to the threat of terrorism. With large crowds expected to gather in London for King
Continue ReadingBy CARLA BRIDI and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police searched former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home and seized his phone Wednesday in what they said was an investigation into alleged falsification of COVID-19 vaccine cards. Several other locations also were searched and a half dozen people faced arrest, police said.
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN A Utah judge has blocked the state’s ban on abortion clinics, the day before it was supposed to start taking effect. The complaint was aimed at House Bill 467, which was signed by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox in March. The law bans abortion clinics from operating in the state beginning next
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN There’s good news on the inflation front: Annual price growth fell to its lowest pace in nearly two years, the Commerce Department reported Friday. But for consumers, the lengthy spell in the crossfire of persistently high prices and rising interest rates has taken its toll. Inflation-adjusted consumer spending was flat in
Continue ReadingBy KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press Many beaches won’t open for weeks, but already one dedicated group is quietly pacing the shore. They note the shifting tides, the current, the wind. They’ll gush about the color of the water, the angle of the sun, the shape of the clouds. They are the first to plunge in
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced their 2023 class of inductees. In the performer category the group includes Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine and The Spinners. DJ Kool Herc and Link Wray will be the recipients of the
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise its benchmark interest rate again on Wednesday, lifting it above 5% for the first time since 2006 as it works to bring down stubborn inflation. But doing so risks sending shockwaves through the economy and markets, fanning recession fears and concerns about financial
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Facebook’s parent company Meta announced Wednesday that it has taken down a network of more than 100 China-based accounts that posed as organizations in the US and Europe and pushed pro-Beijing talking points. The Facebook and Instagram accounts, which included a fictitious news organization and posed as a
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Nordstrom is closing both of its stores in downtown San Francisco, citing the changing “dynamics” of the area that hasn’t recovered since the pandemic and has been in the spotlight for crime. The two locations are a 312,000-square-foot, five-floor Nordstrom department store at the Westfield mall and a Rack, its discount
Continue ReadingCNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court analyst Justice Sandra Day O’Connor provided the early framework that steered the outcome in the dispute over the 2000 presidential election and ensured George W. Bush would win the White House over Al Gore, Supreme Court documents released on Tuesday show. Memos found in the newly opened
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN Amid Arizona’s worsening groundwater crisis, the state’s new attorney general is vowing to crack down on foreign-owned farms that lease land from the state with the benefit of unlimited water pumping. State officials recently revoked two new well-drilling permits for a Saudi Arabian agriculture company that uses Arizona groundwater to grow
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says the Taliban’s intimidation, threats and attacks on Afghan journalists are unacceptable. Many journalists lost their jobs after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, with media outlets closing over a lack of funds or because their staff left the country. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said Wednesday the Taliban
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court has given pop singer Gulsen a 10-month suspended sentence after convicting her of “inciting hatred and enmity” over a joke about Turkey’s religious schools. The singer-song writer was briefly jailed last year and later spent 15 days under house arrest for the joke she made during a concert.
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Berlin police say that they are getting ready for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit Germany’s capital this month. A police department spokesperson said Wednesday that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz invited Zelenskyy to come, and authorities were preparing for the visit to take place May 13-14. It would be Zelenskyy’s first visit
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has become the highest paid athlete in the world, with a move to Al-Nassr nearly doubling his salary, according to Forbes. Ronaldo joined the Saudi Arabian club in January after leaving Manchester United last year and, despite rumors suggesting he’s already looking to move on, the five-time
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Anheuser-Busch will report earnings Thursday, marking the first time it will face Wall Street analysts’ questions since its Bud Light brand erupted in controversy. Sales of Bud Light have tumbled over the past month after the company delivered a custom can to Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender woman with a large Instagram
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