Month: March 2024

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court ruling that declared some delivery drivers for Amazon were employees as the state argued. The court says they are not independent contractors as the online retail giant contended. The court unanimously decided the appeal was

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lawmakers with Poland’s ruling pro-European Union coalition have launched a rare process to bring the central bank chief before a special court on allegations of acting against the country’s financial interests. The result could ban him from political life. Critics of the effort say the ruling coalition is going too far

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer U.S. consumer confidence held steady this month even as Americans are still concerned about high prices and feeling less optimistic about the short-term future. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index ticked down to 104.7 in March from a revised 104.8 in

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Jimmer Fredette, Kareem Maddox, Canyon Barry and Dylan Travis piled up enough wins together last year to get USA Basketball qualified in men’s 3×3 for the Paris Olympics. They’re staying together to chase gold in France. USA Basketball announced its men’s 3×3 roster for the Paris Games on Tuesday,

BERLIN (AP) — Vienna police say Austrian police officers who provided security around the Russian Embassy on the day of that country’s presidential election were given small presents as they left. Police were told to reject such gifts in the future. The gifts from the Russians were in paper bags that contained low-value items such

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s government has begun handing over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult at the center of a legal case that has shocked the country. Exhumed bodies from a vast rural area in coastal Kenya have shown signs of starvation and strangulation.

By KEN SWEET and MAE ANDERSON The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Visa and Mastercard announced a major settlement with U.S. merchants on Tuesday, potentially ending nearly two decades of litigation over the fees charged every time a credit or debit card is used in a store or restaurant. The deal would lower and

By KAREN MATTHEWS and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of fatally shoving another person into the path of an oncoming New York City subway train has been described by his mother and officials as experiencing mental health issues. The death revived discussion Tuesday about how the city should respond