By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Amazon has agreed to pay $500,000 and be monitored by California officials to ensure it properly notifies its workers about new coronavirus cases. The settlement announced Monday requires the Seattle-based retailer to notify its tens of thousands of California warehouse workers within a day of new
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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Amazon has agreed to pay $500,000 and be monitored by California officials to ensure it properly notifies its workers about new coronavirus cases. The settlement announced Monday requires the Seattle-based retailer to notify its tens of thousands of California warehouse workers within a day of new
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By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Stetson Bennett’s legs are a big reason he has kept the starting quarterback job for top-ranked Georgia. Bennett’s advantage is his ability to gain yards as a runner. He has kept the starting job even after JT Daniels, who opened the season as the starter,
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney said his client was ambushed by the first man he shot and killed during a night of turbulent street protests and feared for his life. Attorney Mark Richards began his closing arguments Monday at Rittenhouse’s murder trial by
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Italy will have to go through the playoffs once again in its bid to reach the World Cup. Switzerland and England are heading straight to Qatar. Italy drew 0-0 at Northern Ireland and had to settle for finishing as the runner-up in its European qualifying group behind Switzerland, which
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Armas Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — A North Dakota nonprofit is suing Colorado for banning schools from using American Indian mascots. The Native American Guardian’s Association filed the lawsuit in early November. They said SB21-116, which was signed into law in June is discriminatory and unconstitutional. Starting June
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Unionized film production workers have narrowly agreed to new contracts, removing the threat of a strike that could have brought production to a halt nationwide. The deals cover technicians, artisans and craftspeople who perform a wide variety of non-acting and non-directing jobs for feature films, television shows and streaming programs.
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CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — New COVID-19 cases in St. Louis County rose more than 40% in a week, pushing Missouri’s largest county back above the federal government’s “high” threshold for transmission. A news release on Monday says St. Louis County re-entered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “high” threshold as of Wednesday. The county’s
Continue Reading GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — John Souttar has scored in his first international game for three years to give Scotland a 2-0 win over Denmark in World Cup qualifying and secure a home draw in the playoffs. Denmark had already won Group F but Scotland spoiled the European Championship semifinalist’s perfect record as they aimed to
Continue Reading By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — William Sterling Cary, a minister and civil rights activist who was the first Black person in prominent church leadership roles including National Council of Churches president, has died at age 94. Family members say he died Sunday at his suburban Chicago home in Flossmoor following heart failure.
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press European champion Italy will again have to go through the playoffs as it bids to qualify for next year’s World Cup. Italy was held to 0-0 at Northern Ireland in its final World Cup qualifier. Switzerland beat Bulgaria 4-0 to clinch top spot in Europe Group C and a place
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US acknowledged for the first time that previously undisclosed airstrikes in Syria carried out days before the fall of ISIS in 2019 killed multiple civilians, including women and children, according to US Central Command. The disclosure followed the publication of a New York Times investigation into the strikes on Saturday.
Continue Reading GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In a story published Nov. 14, 2021, about the global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, The Associated Press erroneously reported former NASA chief scientist Waleed Abdalati’s current role. He is a University of Colorado environmental researcher, not running environmental research at the university.
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Major indexes ended a wobbly day mostly lower on Wall Street as the market comes off its first weekly loss in six weeks. The S&P 500 ended little changed and the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged barely higher. The Nasdaq fell less than 0.1%. More stocks fell than
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Major indexes ended a wobbly day mostly lower on Wall Street as the market comes off its first weekly loss in six weeks. The S&P 500 ended little changed and the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged barely lower. The Nasdaq fell less than 0.1%. More stocks fell than
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed his $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law on the White House lawn, with a smattering of Republican lawmakers on hand for what could be one of the last shows of bipartisanship ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. The president hopes to use
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed his $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law on the White House lawn, with a smattering of Republican lawmakers on hand for what could be one of the last shows of bipartisanship ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. The president hopes to use
Continue Reading By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of organizations working to help people escape Taliban rule in Afghanistan appealed Monday for more assistance from the U.S. government and other nations as conditions deteriorate in the country. Members of the AfghanEvac Coalition met in a video call with Secretary of State Antony Blinken
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU. Joe Biden firmó este lunes por la tarde el paquete bipartidista de infraestructura por valor de US$ 1,2 billones, buscando un impulso para su presidencia mientras conmemora una victoria legislativa importante con toda la pompa en el Jardín Sur de la Casa Blanca. Biden festeja Biden celebró el
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — U.S. officials say a Russian weapons test created the space junk now threatening the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The State Department confirmed Monday that the debris was from an old Russian satellite destroyed by the missile strike. The head of NASA
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