Supreme Court agrees to hear Starbucks appeal in Memphis union case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal from Starbucks in a dispute with the National Labor Relations Board over…
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Robot baristas and AI chefs caused a stir at CES 2024 as casino union workers fear for their jobs
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Robots of all kinds caused a stir on the show floor this week at the annual CES technology trade…
Continue ReadingProsecutors urge rejection of ex-cop’s bid to dismiss civil rights conviction in George Floyd murder
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors have urged a judge to reject former Minneapolis police Officer Derek…
Continue ReadingLawmakers may look at ditching Louisiana’s unusual ‘jungle primary’ system for a partisan one
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In what would be an overhaul to Louisiana’s unusual open “jungle primary” system,…
Continue ReadingIowa campaign events are falling as fast as the snow as the state readies for record-cold caucuses
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Campaign events have continued to fall as swiftly as the Iowa snow as wintry weather…
Continue ReadingThe ruling-party candidate strongly opposed by China wins Taiwan’s presidential election
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te has emerged victorious in…
Continue ReadingWho is Frederik X, the new King of Denmark?
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — He’s been known as the Crown Prince of Denmark since the age of three, but on Sunday, he left…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles man pleads not guilty to killing wife and her parents, putting body parts in trash
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man accused of killing his wife and her parents and then stuffing their dismembered body parts into trash bags has…
Continue ReadingFox News stops running MyPillow commercials in a payment dispute with election denier Mike Lindell
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MyPillow chief executive and prominent election denier Mike Lindell said Friday that Fox…
Continue ReadingBlinken meets Chinese and Japanese diplomats, seeks stability as Taiwan voters head to the polls
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stressed the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate; Governor J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill. ___…
Continue ReadingDefamation case against Nebraska Republican Party should be heard by a jury, state’s high court says
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has found that a jury should hear former Republican state…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles police chief announces retirement after tumultuous tenure marked by pandemic, protests
By STEFANIE DAZIO and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles police chief has announced he is retiring. Chief Michel…
Continue ReadingMayday call from burning cargo ship in New Jersey prompted doomed rescue effort for 2 firefighters
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press UNION, N.J. (AP) — An investigation into the deaths of two Newark, New Jersey firefighters finds that an initial…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina father and stepmother arrested in death of 5-year-old son in 1989 cold case, authorities say
By Emma Tucker and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Roughly 35 years after the body of a five-year-old boy was found near his family’s residence in…
Continue ReadingTruck driver sentenced to a year in prison for crash that killed New Hampshire trooper
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press A Connecticut truck driver will serve at least 12 months behind bars after pleading guilty to charges related to a…
Continue ReadingState trooper plunges into icy Vermont pond to save 8-year-old girl
CAMBRIDGE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont state trooper plunged into a frigid pond and pulled out an 8-year-old girl who had fallen through the ice while…
Continue ReadingA 4th person has died after fiery crash near western New York concert, but motive remains a mystery
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a fourth person has died nearly two weeks after a driver crashed an SUV packed with gas cans near a crowd of…
Continue ReadingA Proud Boys member who wielded an axe handle during the Capitol riot gets over 4 years in prison
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A jailed member of the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison for…
Continue ReadingA Proud Boys member who wielded an axe handle during the Capitol riot gets over 4 years in prison
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A jailed member of the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison for…
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