Puerto Rico to raise minimum wage for 1st time in 12 years
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a bill to increase the U.S. territory’s minimum wage for the first time in more…
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Google to spend $2.1 billion on Manhattan campus acquisition
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Google is planning to buy New York’s St. John’s Terminal for $2.1 billion, making it the anchor of its…
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The Associated Press NEW YORK CITY (AP) — Google is planning to buy New York’s St. John’s Terminal for $2.1 billion, making it the anchor of…
Continue Reading‘Dear Evan Hansen’ filmmakers refine a hit Broadway musical
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of people will get a chance to know the shy teenager Evan Hansen this month, but…
Continue ReadingPrince Andrew accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s 2009 settlement with Jeffrey Epstein released
CNN By Sonia Moghe, CNN A 2009 settlement agreement between sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Roberts Giuffre — the woman who accused…
Continue ReadingBiden bets on rapid COVID tests but they can be hard to find
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is betting on millions more rapid, at-home tests to help curb the latest…
Continue ReadingWhite House blacklists Russian ransomware payment ‘enabler’
By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is trying to choke the finances of criminal ransomware…
Continue ReadingWhite House blacklists Russian ransomware payment ‘enabler’
By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is trying to choke the finances of criminal ransomware…
Continue ReadingLawsuits claiming 2020 ballots were manipulated come to WA
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Lawsuits have been filed in several western Washington counties claiming auditors used uncertified voting equipment and…
Continue ReadingHouse OKs debt and funding plan, inviting clash with GOP
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved legislation to fund the government, suspend its…
Continue ReadingMyanmar judge rules that Suu Kyi’s trial will continue
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar has ruled that prosecutors presented enough evidence against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and two of her…
Continue ReadingChina’s Xi Jinping promises to halt new coal projects abroad amid climate crisis
By Caitlin Hu and Angela Dewan, CNN In a rare address to the UN General Assembly, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday made a major new climate…
Continue ReadingGerman officials fear anti-mask radicalization after killing
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Senior politicians in Germany have expressed shock over the weekend killing of a young gas station…
Continue ReadingDefense official defends French submarine-making capability
PARIS (AP) — France’s Defense Ministry has used Twitter to offer a robust defense of the country’s submarine-making capabilities and to…
Continue ReadingDefense official defends French submarine-making capability
PARIS (AP) — France’s Defense Ministry has used Twitter to offer a robust defense of the country’s submarine-making capabilities and to…
Continue ReadingSarah Dash who sang on ‘Lady Marmalade’ with Labelle, dies
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Sarah Dash, who co-founded the all-female singing group Labelle with Patti Labelle…
Continue ReadingMan kills 2, then himself outside Florida Wendy’s restaurant
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police say a man fatally shot two people and then killed himself in the drive-thru area of a Wendy’s restaurant in…
Continue ReadingEx-probation officer convicted in real estate agent killing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former probation officer has been found guilty for her role in the kidnapping and killing of a Minneapolis real estate agent.…
Continue ReadingMagnitude 6.4 quake sways buildings in coastal Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A strong earthquake shook buildings in the Chilean city of Concepcion on Tuesday, though there were no immediate reports of…
Continue ReadingPolice: Woman wanted after report of puppy thrown into ocean
By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Police are searching for a woman after beachgoers reported that an injured puppy was being…
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