DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Deere & Co. and union officials have reached a third preliminary contract agreement that workers who began striking four weeks ago will vote on soon. The United Auto Workers said in a statement Friday night that the proposed contract with the agricultural machinery giant “includes modest modifications” to the latest
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Deere & Co. and union officials have reached a third preliminary contract agreement that workers who began striking four weeks ago will vote on soon. The United Auto Workers said in a statement Friday night that the proposed contract with the agricultural machinery giant “includes modest modifications” to the latest
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills running back Zack Moss has been cleared from the NFL’s concussion protocol a day before their game at the New York Jets. Moss practiced on a limited basis on Thursday and Friday after getting hurt in a 9-6 loss at Jacksonville last weekend. The second-year player shares the
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Nearly two years after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Carnival Cruise Lines is restarting operations in Mobile. Al.com reports Carnival said Thursday that all 22 of its U.S.-based ships will be back in operation by March 2022, with the Carnival Sensation sailing out of Mobile on March 5, the first
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Nearly two years after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Carnival Cruise Lines is restarting operations in Mobile. Al.com reports Carnival said Thursday that all 22 of its U.S.-based ships will be back in operation by March 2022, with the Carnival Sensation sailing out of Mobile on March 5, the first
Continue Reading By KARL RITTER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In the run-up to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, host Britain announced one of its goals of the conference was to consign coal to history. That has turned out to be easier said that done. Government negotiators in Glasgow wrote and rewrote a paragraph that
Continue Reading By KARL RITTER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In the run-up to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, host Britain announced one of its goals of the conference was to consign coal to history. That has turned out to be easier said that done. Government negotiators in Glasgow wrote and rewrote a paragraph that
Continue Reading By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese security forces have fired live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protesters denouncing the military’s tightening grip on the country, killing at least five and wounding several. Saturday’s violence came as pro-democracy protesters yet again took to the streets across Sudan to
Continue Reading ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mizuki Hashimoto is the winner of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific. She’s the second straight Japanese player to win the tournament. Hashimoto had to rally from a three-shot deficit. She holed out from the fairway for eagle early in her round and closed with a 68 to win by
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say a woman charged two years ago with trespassing near the lion exhibit and taunting the animals at the Bronx Zoo is wanted again for doing the same thing. Police asked for the public’s help Friday night in locating Mayh Autry. She is accused of trespassing in
Continue Reading TREVISO, Italy (AP) — Argentina has beaten Italy 37-16 to end its winless run in Treviso as the Azzurri’s losing streak continues. Marcos Kremer, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Matías Moroni, Santiago Cordero and Facundo Bosch scored tries to help Argentina end a run of seven consecutive defeats. Paolo Garbisi managed to keep Italy in the game
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Red Bull driver and Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen is being investigated at the Brazilian Grand Prix for an alleged breach of the sporting code. A video recorded by a fan at the Interlagos stands on Friday evening went viral on social media as
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer It began as a prize-winning magazine issue and became a cultural flashpoint, and now “The 1619 Project” is coming out as a book. It arrives at a time when dozens of bills around the country have been proposed or enacted that call for various restrictions on books seen as
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Waylon Smithers Jr., el leal asistente del multimillonario gruñón Montgomery Burns, encontrará por fin el amor en un histórico episodio de “Los Simpson”. El personaje, que reveló su orientación sexual en un episodio de 2016 de la serie animada de Fox, será el centro de una historia de romance gay en
Continue Reading JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A fire at a gasoline storage at the largest oil refinery on Indonesia’s Java island near Jakarta has prompted the evacuation of at least 80 residents living nearby. The national oil company Pertamina says the fire at the Cilacap refinery started at one of the 228 gasoline tanks used to accommodate
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Top chef Daniel Humm will leave his post at London’s prestigious Claridge’s after the Mayfair hotel turned down his decision to serve an entirely plant-based menu. Humm opened the hotel’s Davies and Brook restaurant in 2019, and has since earned a Michelin star for the eclectic global-inspired menu. “We wish
Continue Reading By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese security forces have fired live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protesters denouncing the military’s tightening grip on the country, killing at least three and wounding several. Saturday’s violence came as pro-democracy protesters yet again took to the streets across Sudan to
Continue Reading JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A fire at a gasoline storage at the largest oil refinery on Indonesia’s Java island near Jakarta has prompted the evacuation of at least 80 residents living nearby. The national oil company Pertamina says the fire at the Cilacap refinery started at one of the 228 gasoline tanks used to accommodate
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By Ariane de Vogue and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A federal appeals court on Friday reaffirmed its earlier decision to freeze the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate, calling the requirement for large employers to make sure its employees are vaccinated against Covid-19 “staggeringly overbroad.” In a blistering 22-page opinion, the Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals said
Continue Reading By ALEX SANZ Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida on Saturday. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:19 a.m. EST and deployed the satellites about 16 minutes after launch. The rocket’s reusable first stage, which has been used
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