By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Amazon defeated a high-profile union drive at a warehouse in Alabama earlier this year. But now the e-commerce giant could face a much larger campaign to unionize its US warehouse workers, launched by one of the biggest unions in the nation. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters voted Thursday in
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Windows is getting a glow up. Microsoft on Thursday officially announced its latest PC operating system update, called Windows 11. It includes visual improvements, Microsoft Teams integration for people working from home and a new Microsoft store, among other changes — although a glitchy livestream of the event made it
Continue ReadingBy Byron Day Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Mobile Police need your help finding the guy-they say-held a woman against her will for four days, beating and strangling her. Earlier this month, investigators say 27 year old Javaris Johnson, kidnapped the victim, then over the next four days, beat
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Wendy’s is testing a new plant-based burger — but it doesn’t use a meat alternative. Beginning June 28, the fast food chain is selling a new “Spicy Black Bean Burger” in three US cities, including Jacksonville, Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio. The sandwich costs $5.79 and will be on menus for
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Jackson Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Dozens of dogs are currently under the care of a rescue group after they were taken from a Jackson Tennessee property in connection to an animal cruelty case. Many of the dogs showing signs of chronic neglect, starvation, and dehydration. Authorities
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Government statistics aren’t always inclusive and little data is currently collected on the LGBTQ+ community. But that might change as soon as next month. The Census Bureau wants to begin including questions about sexual orientation and gender identity in one of its surveys, according to a Federal Register notice filed
Continue ReadingBy WGCL Staff Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A two-week multi-jurisdictional operation named “Operation Not Forgotten 2021” lead to the recover of 20 children in metro Atlanta area. 16 of those children were suspected victims of sex trafficking. Numerous federal, state and local agencies, including the Georgia Attorney General’s Office,
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One person was injured in a crash on Highway 63 in Boone County late Thursday morning.
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WALA) — Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday will host a ceremonial bill signing for legislation passed during the 2021 Regular Session. The following bills will be ceremonially signed by the governor: • House Bill 322 – This bill, sponsored by Rep. Danny Crawford,
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Donald Trump’s lawyer and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani had his law license suspended in the state of New York. CNN’s Elie Honig explains why.
Continue ReadingWith a growing number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered in the US, many Americans have reemerged into public spaces after over a year of isolation. CNN Opinion contributors share their experiences venturing out in this new “normal.” I sang again, and all is as it should be By David M. Perry It’s a warm Minnesota night
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Victoria’s Secret’s brand image was in tatters, and its owner finally had an escape route. In February 2020, L Brands, the publicly-traded parent of Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works, struck a $525 million deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners to give up its majority stake in Victoria’s
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story Spanish Fort, Alabama (WALA) — The Spanish Fort Police department released video of the “Tighty Whitey Bandit ”. According to the Spanish Fort Police the video shows a man with underwear on his head pulling vehicle door handles attempting to enter the vehicles. The video
Continue ReadingOpinion by Frida Ghitis From the moment Joe Biden announced he would run for the White House, he made it clear the driving motivation behind his presidency would be strengthening America’s commitment to democratic norms, under assault from forces foreign and domestic. As President, Biden has repeatedly asserted that fortifying democracy is a top priority
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN New polls released Thursday show just how far Republicans were willing to go to support then-President Donald Trump’s unprecedented efforts to subvert the 2020 election. The research was conducted by the Democracy Fund, a nonpartisan foundation that studies voter attitudes toward democratic institutions and works to strengthen democracy in the US.
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By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business The grand opening for rapper and activist Michael “Killer Mike” Render’s Greenwood banking platform has been postponed a second time, the company confirmed on Wednesday. In March, Greenwood co-founder Ryan Glover told CNN Business that the Black and Latinx-owned digital banking company’s planned early 2021 launch date was pushed back
Continue ReadingOpinion by Kara Alaimo On Wednesday, Britney Spears told a judge she’s “traumatized” and “angry” because she can’t make key decisions about her life and asked for a court-established conservatorship to be abolished. Under the conservatorship, her father, Jamie Spears, has exerted control over her personal life since 2013 (other than during a 2019 break
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By Paula Newton and Nicole Chavez, CNN At least 751 unmarked graves have been found on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Canada, the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan says. The discovery was made in the days after Indigenous leaders began radar searching the school grounds on June 1, Cowessess Chief
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By Kate Sullivan and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday he has agreed to a deal on infrastructure with a bipartisan group of senators after White House officials and the senators had a massive breakthrough the night before in their infrastructure negotiations. Both Republican and Democratic senators said Wednesday evening there was an
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By Megan Marples, CNN Dinosaurs may have given birth and lived year-round in the Artic, a new study revealed. Researchers found fossil evidence of at least seven species of dinosaurs reproducing at the Prince Creek Formation in northern Alaska. While the scientists didn’t find nests or eggshells, they did find dinosaur embryos and just-hatched babies,
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