LOS ANGELES (AP) — The union representing concession workers at Dodger Stadium says it won’t strike during Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game and its related events. Unite Here Local 11 and concessionaire Compass Group and its subsidiary Levy Restaurants have made what the union says is “substantial progress” in contract negotiations this week. As a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson says he won’t call a special legislative session to address confusion over the state’s new abortion ban. Parson on Thursday told KTVI that the issue is too complicated to be solved during a special session, which typically last days or at most weeks. Missouri’s abortion
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN In the early morning hours, under beaming lights, groups of migrants turn the corner of the border wall, anxiously trying to reach US Border Patrol agents. One by one, the migrants turn themselves in, hoping to seek asylum. It’s an example of the mass migration around the world that’s arriving at
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business US stocks surged Friday as an end-of-week rally gained momentum and sent the Dow up over 600 points. A new batch of bank earnings and economic data Friday morning increased investors’ optimism about the state of the economy and lessened worries that the Federal Reserve could raise rates by a
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, CNN The Congressional Progressive Caucus released Friday a new slate of recommended executive actions tailored to protect abortion access and to pressure President Joe Biden to do more as Democrats continue to grapple with how to respond to Roe v. Wade being overturned. The 10 executive actions, developed with progressive allies and
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Auston Trusty was loaned to second-tier Birmingham City from Arsenal for the 2022-23 season before the 23-year-old defender played his first game for the Gunners. Trusty transferred from Colorado to Arsenal in January, and then was loaned back to the Rapids and played 16 league matches for Colorado this season. Both
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer Max Scherzer misses hitting. He misses pitching to pitchers. Yet the New York Mets right-hander is just fine with the full-time addition of the designated hitter to the National League as of this season, nearly 50 years after the American League adopted it. The three-time Cy Young Award winner
Continue ReadingBy Amy Powell and ABC7.com staff Click here for updates on this story SOUTH LOS ANGELES, California (KABC) — An innocent motorist was killed at the end of a high-speed chase as the suspects — two teenage boys — slammed into multiple vehicles near the 105 Freeway ramp in South Los Angeles. The crash happened
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MONROVIA, California (KABC) — A mama bear and her cub entered a Monrovia home earlier this month and helped themselves to some treats in the kitchen, video of the startling incident shows. The homeowner, Alice Taylor, said the mama bear removed the screen of an
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — What would you do if you were leaving work, only to be met with an emu on the road? A hilarious video from the Greenspoint area shows a woman’s reaction to that very scenario. “Y’all see this ostrich? Somebody done lost
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN “The Office” is getting new life, this time in Lego form. Legos teased a collaboration with the popular show Thursday on social media, with a quote from the show and a photo of a Lego trapped in yellow jello — a reference to a joke from “The Office.” In the background,
Continue ReadingBy 6abc Digital Staff and Trish Hartman Click here for updates on this story BRIGANTINE, New Jersey (WPVI) — A woman is in critical condition after she tried to rescue her two children in the ocean in Brigantine, New Jersey. Police and firefighters responded to a 911 call at about 9:20 a.m. Wednesday for a
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles and Uliana Pavlova, CNN Business American and Russian astronauts will once share space aboard the same spacecraft after NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, reached a ride-sharing agreement Friday following months of back-and-forth discussions. Two seats on two separate launches of Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft have been reserved for NASA astronauts, with the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Panthers suffered their second straight five-win season under coach Matt Rhule in 2021, leaving him on the hot seat as he enters his third season. Carolina again struggled with poor offensive line play and the inability to find stability at the quarterback position. Carolina started the offseason attempting to acquire
Continue Reading By The Associated Press In 2021 the Baltimore Ravens went through a rarity under coach John Harbaugh — a losing season. Beset by injuries from the preseason on, Baltimore finally collapsed at the end, dropping its final six games. When training camp begins, the Ravens will hope for progress from running backs J.K. Dobbins and
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Miller will umpire at home plate in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. This will be the second All-Star Game for the 55-year-old, who worked right field at the 2007 game in San Francisco. Miller became an MLB umpire in 1999 and a crew chief in
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles, Jamie Gangel and Whitney Wild, CNN The Department of Homeland Security inspector general on Friday briefed all nine members of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack about the Secret Service erasing text messages from the day of the riot and the day
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with lows in the low 70s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with increasing clouds. Highs in the mid-90s with storms developing by early evening. EXTENDED: Most of tonight stays dry and clear with the next complex of storms just clipping us to the east overnight. We’re off to a hot start to the weekend with sunshine
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Shortly after last year’s Olympics, the urine samples of some six dozen athletes came back with traces of a banned stimulant. Career-altering penalties loomed. But they were avoided thanks to some nimble sleuthing by antidoping scientists in the U.S. and Germany. The scientists discovered the
Continue Reading By Matt McFarland, CNN Business The problem with trees is that they are too slow. Part of the issue with catastrophic climate change is that, by some measures, an incredible amount of damage is already done. Even if all the coal-fired power plants were magically turned into wind and solar overnight, and all our cars
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