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Month: December 2023

Wisconsin GOP leader says he’s finished negotiating with university over pay raises, diversity deal

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top Republican lawmaker says he is finished negotiating with the Universities of Wisconsin over a deal that would have given the university system’s employees a pay raise and paid for the construction of a new engineering building in exchange for reductions in staff positions focused

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St. Charles, other hospitals appeal U.S. judge’s ruling dismissing lawsuit over mental health patients’ civil rights

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Four leading community hospital systems, Legacy Health, Providence Health & Services, PeaceHealth and St. Charles Health System, have appealed U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman’s ruling to dismiss the health systems’ lawsuit against the state of Oregon. The lawsuit, first filed in September 2022, alleges the state has violated the civil

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Air Force disciplines 15 as IG finds that security failures led to massive classified documents leak

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has disciplined 15 personnel in connection with the massive classified documents leak by an airman earlier this year, concluding that multiple officials intentionally failed to take required action on his suspicious behavior, the Air Force inspector general reported Monday. Massachusetts Air National Guard member

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A group of California children sue EPA in federal court, alleging it allows climate pollution to continue despite harms

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — A group of 18 California children – ranging in ages from 8 to 17 – has filed a new constitutional climate case in federal court against the US Environmental Protection Agency, alleging it has harmed children’s health and welfare over decades. The case, Genesis B. v. United States Environmental

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Covid-19 vaccine mandate cases for executive branch employees and troops thrown out by Supreme Court

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday threw out several cases challenging the federal government’s now-defunct Covid-19 vaccine mandates for executive branch employees and military service members. The court’s action comes after the federal employee vaccine requirement was rescinded by President Joe Biden in May, and the Pentagon – as a

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Destacado profesor y escritor de Gaza muere en un ataque aéreo, semanas después de haber dicho a CNN que él y su familia no tenían “otro lugar adonde ir”

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — En octubre, Refaat Alareer deliberaba entre quedarse en su casa, en el corazón de la ciudad de Gaza, o huir más al sur con su mujer y sus seis hijos. Mientras los aviones de guerra israelíes bombardeaban el norte de Gaza, las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (IDF) ordenaron a

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House Speaker Mike Johnson pursues impeachment strategy he once said could cause ‘irreparable damage’ to the country

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is pursuing an impeachment strategy against President Joe Biden that he once said could cause “irreparable damage” to the country when Democrats sought to oust then-President Donald Trump, according to a CNN KFile review of his past public comments. Just four years

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Myanmar’s military government says China brokered peace talks to de-escalate fighting in northeast

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has confirmed it’s been holding talks, brokered by China, with representatives of an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups against which it is engaged in fierce combat in the country’s northeast. Fighting has been raging since the alliance launched a coordinated offensive in October,

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The Golden Globe nominees are out. Let the awards season of Barbenheimer begin – Analysis

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Early honors in Hollywood’s unfurling awards season have gone to films like Celine Song’s tender relationship drama “Past Lives,” Jonathan Glazer’s piercing Holocaust film “The Zone of Interest” and Martin Scorsese’s sprawling Osage murders epic “Killers of the Flower Moon.” But a showdown was always

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US Air Force disciplines 15 people following investigation into accused National Guard leaker Jack Teixeira

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US Air Force has disciplined 15 people connected to the intelligence leaks from Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, the service said Monday, after an investigation found that individuals “intentionally failed” to report documented concerns about Teixeira’s behavior preceding the leaks. According to an Air Force release on Monday,

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