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Month: August 2023

Millions more workers would be entitled to overtime pay under a proposed Biden administration rule

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing a new rule that would make 3.6 million more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay, reviving an Obama-era policy effort that was ultimately scuttled in court. The new rule would require employers to pay overtime to so-called white collar workers

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A teen employee, a vivacious mother and a 4-year-old’s dad were killed in a racist rampage in Jacksonville. These are their stories

By Holly Yan and Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Despondent and bewildered, Jerrald Gallion’s family had no idea how to tell his 4-year-old daughter that her dad was never coming home again. Gallion, 29, and his girlfriend had just walked into a Dollar General store in Florida when a gunman set on killing Black people

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El huracán Idalia amenaza Florida como un huracán categoría 4 y podría ocasionar daños potencialmente catastróficos

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Idalia se fortaleció a un huracán de categoría 4, según la actualización de las 5 a.m. del Centro Nacional de Huracanes (CNH). El huracán Idalia ahora tiene vientos de 209 km/h con ráfagas más altas. La tormenta también se está acelerando, ahora se mueve a 28 km/h. El centro de

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Pope says a revised environmental encyclical will be released Oct. 4, feast of St. Francis of Assisi

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is planning to release an update to his landmark 2015 environmental encyclical on Oct. 4. That’s the feast of his nature-loving namesake, St. Francis of Assisi. Francis recently revealed he was writing a “second part” to the document “to address current problems” and announced

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