Skip to Content

Month: July 2023

Target workers can now wear shorts

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Target has changed its dress code to allow more of its approximately 440,000 US-based workers to wear shorts as extreme heat makes retail and other jobs harder. It’s one small way companies are adjusting to the brutal new reality of climate change. In the United States, millions

Continue Reading

BrightSide Animal Center in Redmond names Taylor Campbell new executive director

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — BrightSide Animal Center is proud to introduce Taylor Campbell as its new Executive Director. After an extensive nationwide search, the perfect candidate to take on the leadership of Central Oregon’s beloved animal shelter was found right here in Redmond!   Formerly the Development Manager for BrightSide, Campbell brings over nine years of

Continue Reading

Trump and his legal woes overshadow DeSantis as he rolls out military policy plan in South Carolina

By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a brief news conference Tuesday as part of a shift in strategy for his presidential campaign, but the governor took only four questions, almost all of which centered on the party’s front-runner, Donald Trump. DeSantis’ day

Continue Reading

Gas leaked from bad fitting at Pennsylvania chocolate factory where 7 died in blast, report says

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Natural gas leaked from a defective fitting at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory where a powerful explosion leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety investigators said Tuesday as they continued to investigate the cause of the blast. One of two leaks at the R.M. Palmer Co.

Continue Reading

An Egyptian court hands down 3-year prison sentence to rights activist in case that echoed in Italy

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has sentenced a rights activist to three years in prison over an opinion article he wrote in 2019. Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said the court on Tuesday convicted Patrick George Zaki of “disseminating false news” related to his article about alleged discrimination against

Continue Reading

Fact check: After getting target letter in 2020 election probe, Trump tells another election lie

CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — On Tuesday morning, former President Donald Trump announced he had received a target letter, an indication he could soon be indicted, in special counsel Jack Smith’s criminal investigation into Trump’s lie-filled effort to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. On Tuesday night, Trump went out of

Continue Reading

Canadian Cancer Society releases new national strategy for improving cancer data collection

By Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) has released a new strategy for collecting data on cancer in Canada, one that they hope will address serious gaps. It’s the first national health strategy to focus on cancer-specific challenges, according

Continue Reading