By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has issued its first fine to a county it says violated a new state law banning coronavirus vaccine mandates and for firing fired 14 workers who failed to get the shots. The Florida Department of Health issued the $3.5 million fine Tuesday
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The county government that’s home to Florida’s capital has been fined $3.5 million by state health officials for requiring its employees to get COVID-19 vaccines and for firing 14 workers who failed to get the shots. The Florida Department of Health issued the
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business The brightly-colored robotic boats made by Saildrone seem to have a death wish. Saildrone makes autonomous ocean vessels to study the environment. This summer, the Silicon Valley startup sent five of its vessels directly into the path of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. While airplanes can fly through hurricanes, the
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By Annie Grayer and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth announced on Tuesday that he will not be seeking reelection after serving thirteen years in Congress and becoming one of the most powerful liberals in Washington DC. Yarmuth’s announcement is a blow for Democrats who hold a slim majority in the chamber and must
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have promised to drop their case against a former Wake Forest University coach charged in the college admissions bribery scandal if he pays a $50,000 fine and follows certain conditions. A deferred prosecution agreement unsealed Tuesday in the case against William Ferguson says that
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have promised to drop their case against a former Wake Forest University coach charged in the college admissions bribery scandal if he pays a $50,000 fine and follows certain conditions. A deferred prosecution agreement unsealed Tuesday in the case against William Ferguson says that
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have promised to drop their case against a former Wake Forest University coach charged in the college admissions bribery scandal if he pays a $50,000 fine and follows certain conditions. A deferred prosecution agreement unsealed Tuesday in the case against William Ferguson says that
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By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Moderna is urging the US Food and Drug Administration to authorize a half-size booster of its Covid-19 vaccine, according to a briefing document posted Tuesday, ahead of a key meeting of the agency’s vaccine advisers. The company is asking for authorization for a 50-microgram booster dose — half the size of
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Jury duty notices have been mailed to 1,000 people in Georgia for the approaching trial of three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery. Glynn County Superior Court Clerk Ronald Adams said Tuesday that pretrial publicity surrounding the February 2020 slaying made it necessary to summon
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say one of the three people who were injured earlier this month in a late-night shooting at a Kansas City bowling alley has died. Police said in a news release Tuesday that 21-year-old Avery Williams, who had been on life support following the shooting, has been declared dead. Williams,
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un hombre negro parapléjico de Ohio ha presentado una denuncia ante la Asociación Nacional para el Progreso de las Personas de Color (NAACP, por sus siglas en inglés) después de que un video mostrara a los agentes de policía sacándole de un auto por el pelo y los brazos durante
Continue Reading JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A coroner in Wyoming says slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito died as a result of strangulation. The 22-year-old woman’s body was found last month near an undeveloped camping area in remote northern Wyoming along the border of Grand Teton National Park. Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue said in a news
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN On Sunday, Nicole Sperry said her final goodbyes to her 10-year-old daughter, who died from Covid-19. Less than 24 hours later, she was behind a podium combating misinformation from parents at a Virginia school board meeting. At a Chesapeake Public School District meeting in September, parents and community members denied the
Continue Reading FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — An abandoned city bus that people sometimes went on deadly pilgrimages to Alaska’s backcountry to visit can now safely be viewed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks while it undergoes preservation work. The bus became famous in the book “Into the Wild” after Christopher McCandless died there in 1992. The bus
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Gabby Petito’s cause of death was ruled to be strangulation and the manner of death was homicide, Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue said on Tuesday.
Continue Reading By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press DAJLA REFUGEE CAMP, Algeria (AP) — The leader of the Western Sahara independence movement says that fighting with Morocco will continue across a long wall cutting through Africa’s vast desert until the international community delivers on an unfulfilled promise of self-determination for the Saharawi people. U.N. envoys have failed to
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has suspended the law license of Columbia attorney Dan Viets, a prominent advocate for legalizing marijuana. The ruling was announced Tuesday. Viets represented a brother and sister accused in a marijuana case in 2012. He was accused of a conflict of interest because the siblings eventually
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business If you don’t have a four-year college degree, you’re hardly alone. The majority of US working age adults do not. You may assume you have little chance of developing a well-paying career with benefits and growth potential at a Fortune 500 company. After all, so many jobs require a Bachelor’s
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Amy Woodyatt and Andrew Carey, CNN Author Sally Rooney said she has chosen not to sell the translation rights for her latest novel to an Israeli-based publishing house, citing concerns about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Publishing house Modan has previously published Hebrew versions of Rooney’s two other novels, “Normal People” and “Conversations with Friends.” In a
Continue Reading By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Federal immigration agents will stop making mass worksite arrest of immigrants employees suspected of living in the U.S. without legal permission. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued guidance Tuesday saying the agency would cease such targeted enforcement which has “not focused on the most pernicious aspect of
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