Month: September 2022

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A hearing officer for a federal labor board has rebuffed Amazon’s attempt to scrap a historic union win at a warehouse on Staten Island, New York. Shortly after the labor win in April, Amazon filed more than two dozen objections with the National Labor Relations

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. federal agents have simultaneously searched three properties linked to a billionaire Russian oligarch whose $120 million yacht was seized in April. Agents searched a high-rise in Manhattan, an estate in a posh Hamptons beach community, and an exclusive Miami island. The

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tougher clean energy goals and a ban on new oil and gas wells near homes and schools are among the climate wins for California Democrats in the final days of the legislative session. Most of the proposals are being celebrated by Democrats and environmentalists who say

NEW YORK (AP) — A California movie producer has pleaded guilty in a prostitution case, admitting that he conspired to run a business that prosecutors say delivered women to clients across the United States and in England. Dillon Jordan was permitted to enter the plea remotely Thursday and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to operate a

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have approved more than a dozen bills this year to make it easier for women to get an abortion. State lawmakers wrapped up the legislative session on Wednesday. They passed 15 bills and approved $200 million in new spending to bolster the state’s already

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. health advisers are endorsing new COVID-19 boosters that target today’s most common omicron strains. The tweaked shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna contain half the regular vaccine and half protection against the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron versions. It’s not clear just how much more protection the extra

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The utility that oversees California’s last operating nuclear power plant is taking steps to seek federal approval for an extended lifespan, just hours after the Legislature opened a pathway for a run that could last through 2030. The five-year extension for the Diablo Canyon Power