By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California workplace regulators have extended mandatory pay for workers affected by the coronavirus through the end of 2022. They acted more than two months after state lawmakers restored similar benefits through September. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board kept the regulations Thursday. Its chairman says
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By Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Amir Vera, CNN A few hundred migrants who have been waiting in Reynosa, Mexico, for the end of the US pandemic public health order, known as Title 42, were allowed to seek asylum this week, sources on the ground told CNN. The Biden administration is on track to end
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By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Khris Middleton will miss at least the Milwaukee Bucks’ next game with a sprained medial collateral ligament after getting hurt in the fourth quarter of their Game 2 loss to the Chicago Bulls. The Bucks announced Thursday that the three-time All-Star wouldn’t be available for Game
Continue ReadingCNN en Español (CNN Español) — La pandemia nos obligó a mirar hacia adentro y nos enfrentó, en muchos casos, a la realidad de que “estamos viviendo generalmente una vida que no es la que queremos”, dice el reconocido psicólogo argentino Gabriel Rolón. Y ahora, a la pandemia que aún no terminó se suma la
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Miguel Cabrera tries again for his 3,000th career hit when the Detroit Tigers take on Colorado at Comerica Park on Friday night. The 39-year-old star needs one more hit to become the 33rd major leaguer to reach the milestone and the first from Venezuela to do it. Cabrera is set to
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Court records show a Seattle CEO who gained national attention for raising employees’ salaries and slashing his own is facing misdemeanor assault charges stemming from allegations that he tried to forcibly kiss a woman. The Seattle Times reports credit-card processor Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price was charged in February with fourth-degree assault
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By Paradise Afshar and Steve Almasy, CNN Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday declared a state of emergency in Coconino County due to the 20,000-acre Tunnel wildfire. The blaze started Sunday just north of Flagstaff and is 0% contained, according to the InciWeb website, a national wildfire clearinghouse. At least two dozen buildings have been
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar and Steve Almasy, CNN Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday declared a state of emergency in Coconino County due to the 20,000-acre Tunnel wildfire. The blaze started Sunday just north of Flagstaff and is 0% contained, according to the InciWeb website, a national wildfire clearinghouse. At least two dozen buildings have been
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Sean Murphy hit a two-run homer and an RBI double, Cristian Pache also connected and the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4. Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde and designated hitter Trey Mancini were ejected after an odd play in the fourth. A’s starter Paul Blackburn
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For the last 13 years, cabs from Taxi Terry’s have been a common sight in Columbia.
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland say new methane explosions in a coal mine have injured 10 rescuers who were preparing to search for seven people missing since two blasts killed five a day earlier. The state Supreme Mining Authority says there were no fatalities from the new explosions Thursday night at the Pniowek
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By Devan Cole, CNN Montana must pause its enforcement of a law requiring transgender residents to provide proof that they underwent a “surgical procedure” to change their sex in order to modify the sex designations on their birth certificates, a state judge ruled Thursday. The preliminary injunction issued by Judge Michael G. Moses means that,
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona has defeated Real Sociedad 1-0 to make sure Real Madrid will have to wait at least another week to celebrate the Spanish league title. Barcelona’s away victory reduced its gap to Madrid to 15 points and it can further cut it to 12 points on
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Clarksville woman said she didn’t think twice when she rushed to pull people from an overturned van on Interstate 40. The Tennessee Highway Patrol said eight people were inside, including six inmates. Troopers said the bus was traveling west on
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Boston has urged people to start wearing masks, and the Biden administration is weighing its next legal step in a court fight over the abrupt end of the national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit. In early April, Boston followed New York, Los Angeles and other
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By Manu Raju, Alex Rogers and Ali Zaslav, CNN Lt. Gov. John Fetterman swung by the heart of Republican country in Southwestern Pennsylvania, in the reddest of red districts, where then-President Donald Trump trounced Joe Biden by more than 55 points and MAGA signs are still apparent on seemingly every other street corner. But rather
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer The road back to the NBA Finals has become bumpy for the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks. Devin Booker strained his right hamstring Tuesday in Phoenix and Khris Middleton sprained his left knee a night later in Milwaukee, leaving both teams without one of their All-Stars. That wasn’t all
Continue Reading BURNLEY, England (AP) — Burnley has improved its chances of staying in the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Southampton in the team’s first home game since the surprise firing of Sean Dyche as manager. Burnley earned just its fifth league win of the season after first-half goals from defenders Connor Roberts and Nathan
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The mounting economic damage to Ukraine from Russia’s ongoing bombardment has the U.S. and its allies speeding billions in aid to the beleaguered country — and looking for other sources of cash, including Russia itself. After the U.S. announced $1.3 billion in new economic
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By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Galina Nikolaevna is weeping in the wreckage of her home in the village of Kamyshevakha in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Two days ago, a couple of Russian shells landed on the house and the garage, making it uninhabitable. But Nikolaevna and her husband are
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