McDonald’s has agreed to pay what could be tens of millions of dollars to New Zealand employees after becoming embroiled in a nationwide payroll debacle. The fast food giant will pay back all past and present employees in the past 10 years for miscalculated holiday wages, according to McDonald’s spokesperson Simon Kenny. This agreement follows
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They have taken place across the country. From Georgia to California. At elementary, middle and high schools. On college and university campuses. In 46 weeks this year, there have been 45 school shootings. That’s nearly an average of one school shooting a week. Of those, 32 of them were at facilities serving Kindergarten through 12th
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Netflix‘s regal drama “The Crown” has shed light on the tragic, yet heroic, life of one of the lesser-known royals: Prince Philip’s mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg. The third season delves a little deeper into the character, who first made an appearance in episode one of the hit show, posing alongside Prince Philip in his
Continue Reading A man is suing Burger King because the meatless Impossible Whopper is cooked on the same grill as meat products, the lawsuit alleges. The class action lawsuit, filed Monday in the Southern District of Florida, claims that although the burger chain advertises its vegan option as meat-free, it is contaminated by meat by-product because it’s
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It’s popular — particularly on Twitter! — to blast former Vice President Joe Biden and declare his presidential hopes dead. And given his poor fundraising through the end of September and his, uh, middling debate performances, there are some real facts behind that perception. But one of the under-told storylines of the 2020 campaign to
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The Chinese government has reacted furiously to the publication of more than 400 pages of sensitive Communist Party documents by the New York Times, which linked President Xi Jinping to the country’s mass detention centers in the far western region of Xinjiang. The documents, which were published by the New York Times on Saturday, represent
Continue Reading A Saudi Arabian tugboat was seized by Yemen‘s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency SPA. The vessel was towing a South Korean drilling rig in the south of the Red Sea when it “fell under hijacking and armed robbery by two boats,” Saudi military spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki told
Continue Reading Pennsylvania inmates on death row will no longer face solitary confinement. The ACLU reached a settlement in its class action lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections that allows death row inmates to be held in the same manner as general population inmates, the ACLU announced Monday. The lawsuit — filed in January 2018 —
Continue Reading A Pennsylvania man admitted to taking his girlfriend from Pennsylvania to Nevada under the guise of a vacation and then killing her, according to an Allegheny County criminal complaint filed Friday. Police say he then impersonated her through text and social media for roughly two months. John Chapman, 39, faces charges of kidnapping, obstructing administration
Continue Reading This was originally published as the November 19 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Sign up here to receive it every weekday morning. Does it deliver a hefty domestic political payoff, reverse an Obama administration position, upturn international law and irritate the European Union? If so,
Continue Reading A Colorado judge Monday sentenced Patrick Frazee to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing Kelsey Berreth, his fiancée who went last missing last Thanksgiving. District Court Judge Scott Sells gave Frazee an additional 156 years on several of the eight charges he was convicted of. “Your actions were vicious and senseless.
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A diplomat at the US embassy in Ukraine told lawmakers last week he’d “never seen anything” like the call Gordon Sondland placed to President Donald Trump at a restaurant in Kiev, according to a transcript of his deposition released Monday night. David Holmes, the political adviser at the embassy, said he was taken aback both
Continue Reading Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday that “clearly asking for personal favors and using United States assets as collateral is wrong,” a swipe at President Donald Trump as the investigation into his dealings with Ukraine intensifies. PBS Newshour’s Judy Woodruff asked Tillerson at an event in Texas what he would have done if
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Chick-fil-A is making major changes to its charitable foundation, ending donations to two organizations that have been criticized for being anti-LGBTQ. The fast food chain announced Monday that beginning next year it will only donate to a certain group of charities. That list no longer includes the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Continue Reading South Dakota launched a new campaign Monday to battle a methamphetamine crisis that Gov. Kristi Noem says is “growing at an alarming rate.” The tagline for the campaign: “Meth. We’re on it.” It’s made South Dakota the butt of many jokes, but Noem says the subject is no laughing matter. Many anti-drug campaigns make people
Continue Reading An investigation into the handling of funds at Charleston’s historically black Mother Emanuel AME Church found no evidence of wrongdoing, investigators said. The church was the site of a 2015 massacre by a white supremacist who killed nine African-Americans during Bible study. In the aftermath of the killings, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church received millions
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s physician released a memorandum Monday night stating the President’s recent visit to Walter Reed National Military Center was a “routine, planned interim checkup.” The news comes days after Trump’s trip to the hospital outside Washington drove speculation about the President’s health because it did not follow routine protocol for a presidential medical
Continue Reading A muddled view of US-China trade talks once again seems to be weighing on investors. The major Asian market indexes were mixed in early trading Tuesday after CNBC reported that the mood in Beijing was pessimistic. The news organization, citing an anonymous government source, reported that President Donald Trump’s reluctance to roll back tariffs was
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It started out as a project for National Science Week at his children’s British primary school — a way malaria researcher Jake Baum could teach the kids the difference between a herbal remedy and true medicine. “So if my mum or my grandma says they’re going to give me this tea and it’ll make me
Continue Reading The White House released a letter from President Donald Trump’s doctor on Monday, saying that his weekend checkup was routine and was handled the way it was due to “scheduling uncertainties.” The letter also says the President has “not had any chest pain” and was not treated for “urgent or acute issues.” It also lists
Continue Reading Several Republican senators said Monday they had not seen anything “new” that changed their stance on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and there wasn’t anything impeachable in the President’s behavior, despite dramatic testimony by senior State Department officials and other Trump administration aides over the past few days. GOP senators also repeatedly complained
Continue Reading These three things have now happened: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump should testify before the impeachment inquiry, perhaps in writing Trump said on Twitter that he doesn’t want to give the inquiry legitimacy, but he might be OK with testifying to move things along House Democrats told a federal court they’re investigating
Continue Reading Kurt Volker, the former US special envoy for Ukraine who was the first witness to testify in the House impeachment inquiry, remains a key figure in Democrats’ Ukraine probe as he prepares to testify publicly Tuesday. Volker’s public testimony will mark a notable moment in the inquiry even amid a crowded deposition slate, given his
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In case you were wondering, Idris Elba is “doing OK.” The torch for “People’s Sexist Man Alive” has been passed from Elba to John Legend, but the actor tells CNN his title stands. “I am doing OK,” Elba joked to CNN. “You have to understand, it says the “Sexiest Man Alive.” As long as I
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(CNN Español) – En Nicaragua, la Policía Nacional presentó este lunes ante medios de comunicación afines al gobierno a 16 activistas, 13 de ellos miembros de la opositora Unidad Nacional Azul y Blanco, a quienes señala de supuestos cargos de tráfico, fabricación, tenencia y uso de armas restringidas y sustancias y artefactos de explosivos, utilizadas,
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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A lunch dish served up by Portland Public Schools has been recognized as one of the best in the U.S. A Yakisoba plate served district-wide in May was named the top pasta dish served at schools by Food Management, a news organization dedicated to
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Chances for rain and a few storms will roll thru the area beginning late Tuesday and continue through Thursday. Some areas could get nearly .50″ in spots. The rain will bring in some cooler temps as well. Temps will be falling to the mid 60’s Wednesday and the upper 50’s for highs Friday. For that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A misunderstanding near North Carolina A&T University caused a lot of concern amongst students. A video of a suspicious white van at an off-campus housing complex was viewed thousands of times on twitter. Other posts warning students about the van at different complexes were
Continue Reading Joe Biden said Saturday he still opposes legalizing marijuana on the federal level, telling attendees at a town hall in Las Vegas that he wants to see more study on whether it is a “gateway drug.” The former vice president’s position puts him at odds with the other leading contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential
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EL PASO, Texas – Two pedestrians were struck by a car and injured Monday evening. Emergency dispatchers said one of the two victims had serious injuries. The incident happened on Resler Drive and Enid Court around 5:40 p.m. There was no word on whether the pedestrians were crossing at a marked crosswalk, and no other
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