LinkedIn economist: 3 ways the pandemic has dramatically changed the labor market
Opinion by Karin Kimbrough for CNN Business Perspectives Entering year three of the pandemic, the labor market today looks markedly different from…
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Mets coaches: Sherlock reunites with Showalter for 3rd time
NEW YORK (AP) — Glenn Sherlock will be the New York Mets’ bench coach this season, reuniting for the third time with new manager Buck Showalter.…
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Louie Anderson, comic and ‘Baskets’ star, dead at 68
Comedian Louie Anderson has died at age 68. See one of his first appearances on Late Night that had the audience buzzing with…
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Correction: Starbucks-Union-Vote story
In a story published Dec. 9, 2021, and in prior stories on the same topic, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a Starbucks store in…
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After the Omicron wave, here’s what experts say could come next in 2022
By Jen Christensen, CNN Picture a not-too-distant future when you can book that summer trip to Italy or you don’t have to remember to take off…
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Progressives eye Texas race as test for toppling incumbents
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Activist groups want to push the Democratic Party in Congress to the left by notching midterm…
Continue Reading Sheriff: Teen killed sister, 2nd teen and himself in Texas
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old boy fatally shot his 17-year-old sister and another teenage girl at a home near Houston this week…
Continue Reading Giuliani associate gets year in prison in foreign donor case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man who helped Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information against Joe Biden in Ukraine…
Continue Reading Republican Senate candidates echo lie that 2020 election was stolen in advertising
By David Wright, CNN Three recent ads from Republican Senate candidates explicitly echo the false claim that the 2020 election was rigged or stolen,…
Continue Reading More than 333,000 pacifiers recalled due to choking hazard
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN More than 333,000 silicone pacifiers available for purchase on Amazon have been voluntarily recalled by the distributor due to…
Continue Reading Texas man charged with election threats to Georgia officials
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department says a Texas man has been arrested on charges of posting threatening…
Continue Reading Feds: Nursing home operator failed to pay $29.5M in taxes
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say the operator of a failed multi-state nursing home chain failed to pay $29.5 million in…
Continue Reading California jobless rate dips half-percentage point to 6.5%
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s unemployment rate dipped a half-percentage point in December as the most…
Continue Reading Thomas Rhett announces 2022 tour
By Chloe Melas, CNN Thomas Rhett is hitting the road. The country star is launching his “Bring the Bar to You Tour” on June 17 and headed…
Continue Reading Biden administration takes new steps to address job quality amid record-setting resignations
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is announcing a new federal roadmap to improve job quality and job access on Friday, as Americans…
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Biden accepts Japanese Prime Minister’s invitation to visit later this year
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday accepted an invitation to visit Japan in the late spring during his virtual meeting with Prime…
Continue Reading USS Constitution has its first female commanding officer in its 224-year history
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Cmdr. Billie Farrell on Friday became the first female to captain the USS Constitution in the historic warship’s…
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Close-up images of Gianna and Kobe Bryant’s remains were ‘shown off in bars and at an awards gala,’ widow’s lawyers say in court filing
By Stella Chan, CNN Weeks before her lawsuit is set to go to trial, lawyers for Vanessa Bryant allege photos of the crash that killed her husband,…
Continue Reading Texas hostages escaped synagogue as FBI SWAT team rushed in
By JAKE BLEIBERG and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — An FBI official says that in the final moments of a 10-hour standoff…
Continue Reading Former NFL CB Hasty works for racial equity in hirings
By The Associated Press Former NFL cornerback James Hasty is working to eliminate bias and racial disparity in sports hiring through his new search…
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Pita Taufatofua: Olympic flagbearer’s father home safe after ‘big adventure’
By Jack Bantock, CNN Tongan Pita Taufatofua says his father is safely home after the Olympic athlete was unable to make contact him following the…
Continue Reading ‘SNL’ comics Jost, Davidson buy Staten Island Ferry boat
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” comics Colin Jost and Pete Davidson have purchased a decommissioned…
Continue Reading Federal employees will start earning $15 hourly minimum wage by end of January
By Liz Stark, CNN The Biden administration will start paying federal civilian employees a $15 hourly minimum wage by the end of the month, the Office…
Continue Reading NYPD arrests woman after she allegedly spit on an 8-year-old Jewish boy
By Nicole Chavez, CNN The New York City Police Department has arrested a woman accused of harassing and spitting on an 8-year-old Jewish boy outside…
Continue Reading NYPD arrests woman after she allegedly spit on an 8-year-old Jewish boy
Police are looking for a woman in New York City, accused of harassing and spiting on three children. Brynn Gingras…
Continue Reading Hunger in America could get worse as supply chains tighten
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Just after Thanksgiving, Carmen Allen became alarmed by the jump in prices and shortages of food products at her…
Continue Reading Trump appointee blocks Biden federal worker vaccine mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. judge in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction barring the federal government from enforcing President Joe Biden’s…
Continue Reading Trump appointee blocks Biden federal worker vaccine mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. judge in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction barring the federal government from enforcing President Joe Biden’s…
Continue Reading Louie Anderson, comic and ‘Baskets’ star, dead at 68
Comedian Louie Anderson opens up about his tough family life growing and why he went into comedy during a 1989 interview on ‘Larry King…
Continue Reading Saudi-led coalition denies targeting Yemeni detention center after airstrikes kill dozens
At least 70 people were killed and more than 130 injured when airstrikes struck multiple buildings in Yemen on Friday, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)…
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