By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As the U.S. economy rebounds from the ongoing pandemic, many women are choosing to sit out the labor force. The pandemic has laid bare the disproportionate burdens many women shoulder in caring for children or aging parents, as well as highlighted the
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NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — A tiny house in a Boston suburb has sold after about a month on the market for far less than the original asking price of almost $450,000. Coldwell Banker Realty’s Hans Brings Results agency says the roughly 250-square-foot home in Newton sold on Monday for $315,000. The home is on a
Continue Reading NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — A tiny house in a Boston suburb has sold after about a month on the market for far less than the original asking price of almost $450,000. Coldwell Banker Realty’s Hans Brings Results agency says the roughly 250-square-foot home in Newton sold on Monday for $315,000. The home is on a
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN Alvin Bragg, a former New York state and federal prosecutor, has been elected Manhattan’s first Black district attorney in the history of the office. Bragg, a former federal prosecutor with the criminal division of the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, defeated Republican Thomas Kenniff, a former
Continue Reading By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two civil rights groups have filed a federal court challenge against a Tennessee law that bars transgender athletes from playing public high school or middle school sports aligned with their gender identity. The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and Lambda Legal filed the lawsuit Thursday
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The Senate has confirmed Robert Santos as the next U.S. Census Bureau director. As a third-generation Mexican American, he will be the first person of color to lead the nation’s largest statistical agency on a permanent basis. The bureau conducts the once-a-decade census, often described as the nation’s largest civilian
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By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A Texas real estate agent who previously claimed she was “definitely not going to jail” for storming the US Capitol on January 6 was sentenced to 60 days behind bars on Thursday — the harshest punishment so far for a rioter who has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor
Continue Reading BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — News agencies report that the body of a Louisiana man who wanted it donated for science was dissected before paying viewers at an event marketed as an “Oddities and Curiosities Expo” in Oregon. His wife is aghast. Elsie Saunders of Baker calls it horrible and unethical. She says the papers
Continue ReadingBy Trevor Sochocki, James Paxson Click here for updates on this story FREELAND, Michigan (WNEM) — A Michigan woman was almost scammed out of $1,000 during a frightening phone call in the middle of the night. When Paige Housner saw her mom calling at 4 a.m. Monday, her heart sunk. “And I think oh no,
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By The Associated Press The Wolverines are trying to recover from their late collapse to in-state rival Michigan State and remain in the Big Ten title hunt. Michigan gave away a 16-point, second-half lead to the Spartans while suffering its first loss this season. The Hoosiers started this season with Big Ten title hopes. They
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It was supposed to be the Cam Newton game. It was to be Newton’s homecoming, and a chance for the Carolina Panthers’ 2011 No. 1 draft pick to face his former team. Instead, rookie quarterback Mac Jones will lead the Pats against the Panthers on
Continue Reading Manchester City’s American goalkeeper Zack Steffen has signed a contract extension tying him to the club until the summer of 2025. The 26-year-old United States international joined City from Columbus Crew in 2019 and spent a year on loan in Germany at Fortuna Dusseldorf before being part of the squad that won the Premier League
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s voters have delivered a significant rebuke to the governing African National Congress, the party of late anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, which got less than 50% of ballots cast in local government elections. Widespread corruption, persistently high rates of unemployment, crippling power blackouts and ineffective delivery
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s powerful Orthodox Church is urging members of its congregations to attend services with vaccination or test certificates, as the country’s daily number of confirmed new infections hit a record high for the second time in a few days. The church’s governing Holy Synod made the recommendations Thursday in a directive
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sharp rent increases in many parts of the country are eating up a bigger share of Americans’ monthly income, squeezing tenants already grappling with rising prices for gasoline, food and other necessities. Households with a median U.S. rent of $1,179 in August tapped 30.3% of
Continue ReadingBy Shain Bergan Click here for updates on this story LANSING, Kansas (KCTV) — A Lansing Correctional Facility officer is stable in the hospital after being attacked by an inmate Wednesday. The Kansas Department of Corrections is investigating the incident, but did not release any details other than that the corrections officer was injured by
Continue Reading SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric has reached a $125 million settlement agreement with California regulators over the destructive Kincade fire, which was ignited in 2019 by the utility’s equipment in a remote area of Sonoma County. The Press Democrat reported Wednesday PG&E shareholders would pay a $40 million fine to the state
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un nuevo desarrollo inmobiliario en Austin, Texas, se convertirá en la mayor comunidad de casas impresas en 3D del mundo. El proyecto, cuya inauguración está prevista para el año que viene, contará con 100 casas de una sola planta “impresas” in situ mediante una construcción robótica avanzada y un material de
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business US labor market productivity fell dramatically in the third quarter of the year, dropping to its lowest level in 40 years. That sounds terrible. But there are plenty of reasons it might not be a bad sign for the nation’s economic outlook. To be sure, the recovery stumbled between July
Continue ReadingBy ABC7.com staff Click here for updates on this story INGLEWOOD, California (KABC) — The principal of Inglewood High School is apologizing after her school’s football team won a game 106-0, provoking criticism about sportsmanship. Principal Debbie Tate released a statement offering apologies on behalf of the school to Morningside High School, the team that
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