By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Santa may be a little short on helpers this Christmas. America’s retailers are expected to add just 410,000 seasonal positions for this year’s holiday shopping season, according to an estimate from outplacement services firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That would mark the industry’s lowest seasonal hiring total
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For the second month in a row, seasonally adjusted unemployment rates across Central Oregon saw little to no change in August, with a slight increase in Crook County, the Oregon Employment Department reported Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government and one of the nation’s last remaining rebel groups announced Tuesday that they will start peace talks next month, and enter a 10-month cease-fire that is expected to decrease violence against civilians. The agreement between the Colombian government and the rebel group known as FARC-EMC comes
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Hunter Biden, hijo del presidente Joe Biden, señaló en un documento judicial presentado este martes que planea declararse inocente de los cargos federales que enfrenta por posesión de armas. También ha solicitado que su comparecencia inicial ante la corte se realice de forma remota. Acusan a Hunter Biden de tres cargos relacionados
Continue ReadingKaren Esquivel (CNN Español) — Los argentinos acudirán a las urnas el próximo domingo 22 de octubre para elegir a su próximo presidente y vicepresidente, así como 130 diputados de todo el país, 24 senadores y 43 parlamentarios del Mercosur. En Argentina, el voto es obligatorio para las personas mayores de 18 años y hasta
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, plans to plead not guilty to federal gun charges, he said in a court filing Tuesday. He is also asking for his initial court appearance to be held remotely. In a letter to Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke, attorney Abbe Lowell said Hunter Biden
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Colombia y el denominado Estado Mayor Central de las FARC, bloque disidente de la desmovilizada guerrilla de las FARC, anunciaron este martes en un comunicado conjunto que acordaron cesar de nuevo el fuego e instalar una mesa de diálogo a partir del 8 de octubre. Agregaron que,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Tensions between Canada and India have escalated over the assassination of a Sikh independence advocate in June. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country was investigating credible allegations that Indian government agents were connected to the assassination, but India has rejected the allegations as absurd. Canada was home to about
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has halted implementation of a California law intended to restrict companies’ use of information gathered from young internet users in order to protect the privacy of minors. Judge Beth Labson Freeman on Monday granted a preliminary injunction, saying the legislation interferes with firms’ use of the internet
Continue ReadingBy David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged a global front against Russian aggression in a dramatic speech delivered Tuesday during the UN General Assembly – his first in-person address to the global body since Russia’s 2022 invasion. “The goal of the present war against Ukraine is to turn our lands, our
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has announced it has obtained a drug needed to carry out lethal injections and is ready to perform the state’s first execution in over 12 years. South Carolina has had an unintended moratorium on the death penalty ever since its lethal injection drugs passed
Continue ReadingNAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials say an endangered Florida panther was struck and killed by a vehicle. They say the 2-year-old male panther’s remains were found Monday along Interstate 75 in Collier County, near the western end of Alligator Alley. All eight known panther deaths this year were caused by vehicle collisions, according to
Continue ReadingBy Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — A Volusia County, Florida, man was arrested early Monday morning after allegedly shooting and killing his neighbor’s 42-year-old son who had been trimming tree limbs along his fence line Sunday evening, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Edward Druzolowski, 78, confronted Brian Ford about being on
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Geneticists have for the first time isolated and decoded RNA molecules from a creature that died out long ago. The genetic material — which came from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, specimen in the collection of the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm — has allowed scientists
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Matthew McConaughey is an Oscar-winning actor, author, activist and, at one point, potential gubernatorial candidate in the state of Texas – but his most important job is being a dad. His job as a father is one of his “non-negotiables,” he said on Monday’s episode of the “Smartless” podcast,
Continue ReadingBy RON TODT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple University says acting president JoAnne A. Epps has died after falling ill on stage during a memorial service. The university says Epps was transported to Temple University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday. She was 72. Board chairman Mitchell Morgan says he
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff says a man wanted on a child rape charge in North Carolina faked his own death last month in a kayaking accident on the Mississippi River. St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne says 41-year-old Melvin Emde, of Talihina, Oklahoma, was reported missing by his son on Aug. 7.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, destacó la desigualdad y la crisis climática en el discurso que abrió este martes el Debate General anual de la ONU en Nueva York. Durante su intervención, el mandatario lamentó que la comunidad internacional se haya “adormecido” ante su responsabilidad de atender
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, a Democrat and the first woman to serve in the post, announced on Tuesday that she will not seek reelection after serving for three terms. Rosenblum, 72, said she would step aside to allow “new leadership, new energy, and new initiatives” to come to the Oregon
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — Lawyers for collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading are accusing Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents of exploiting their influence over their son and the company he founded to enrich themselves by millions of dollars. A lawsuit against Allan Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried was filed Monday as part
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