By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — There’s a common thread linking the two biggest labor protests in America right now: Workers want a living wage after years of stagnant or falling pay, while across the bargaining table sit executives whose compensation has been growing wildly year after year. Exorbitant CEO pay is a
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By Sarah Sirgany and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Derna, Libya (CNN) — It’s quiet at the Martoba cemetery outside the Libyan city of Derna, despite the presence of dozens of volunteers. Men in white hazmat suits pour lime over the brown soil to seal the graves. Cement bricks jutting out of the heaps of dirt are
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By Ben Church and Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Hermoso has not been named in Spain’s 23-woman squad to face Sweden and Switzerland in its upcoming matches, but 20 players who signed a letter refusing to play the two fixtures have been included. Last week, the majority of Spain’s World Cup-winning squad refused to
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By Ashlyn Mitchell Click here for updates on this story PRICHARD, Alabama (WALA) — A close-knit family in Prichard is still in disbelief after discovering their loved one, 53-year-old Kelvin Thornton, fighting for his life in the ICU. On Tuesday, a friend told the family that Thornton was in the hospital. When Rosie Thornton- the
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By Brianna Owczarzak Click here for updates on this story OGEMAW CO., Michigan (WNEM) — A 60-year-old Rose City man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a high-speed chase with law enforcement officers in northern Michigan, the Ogemaw County Sheriff’s Office said. The incident began shortly before 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14 when
Continue Reading By Brian Fung and Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Elon Musk to ‘roll back’ antisemitism on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, during an in-person conversation broadcast live on Monday afternoon. After an exchange about the regulation of artificial intelligence, Netanyahu praised Musk for his commitment to
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By Tony Garcia Click here for updates on this story ORLINDA, Tennessee (WSMV) — An investigation is underway into what led to a man’s death in Orlinda over the weekend. According to Smokey Barn News, a crashed car off Highway 49 was called in at 2:20 p.m. in Orlinda and emergency personnel arrived to find
Continue ReadingBy GHAITH AL-SAYED Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Activists say a Kurdish-led force attacked Turkish-backed opposition fighters in northern Syria on Monday, killing at least 13 of the militants. The opposition activists blamed the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces for carrying out the assault, though the U.S.-backed group did not claim responsibility. Turkey says Syria’s
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By Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Concerns continue to rise for those who live on Monte Vista Road in Buncombe County. Neighbors have expressed that the traffic is getting out of control and there have been many wrecks caused by speeding. The latest wreck happened on
Continue ReadingNORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The crash site for a stealth fighter jet that went missing during the weekend after its pilot ejected was located Monday in rural South Carolina after the military asked the public for help finding an aircraft built to elude detection. The debris field was discovered in Williamsburg County, about 60
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By Drew Marine Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — For 37 years, JaCiva’s Bakery on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard has created cakes and chocolates so delicious that customers like Laurel Singer have come back time and time again for decades. “I’ve been a resident of this neighborhood 35 years and I
Continue ReadingBy HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Planned Parenthood resumed offering abortion services in Wisconsin on Monday after halting them for more than a year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Providers across the state stopped offering abortions following the June 2022 decision, fearing enforcement of an 1849
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Hunter Biden demandó al Servicio de Impuestos Internos (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés) este lunes, alegando que sus agentes divulgaron ilegalmente su información fiscal y que la agencia no protegió sus registros privados. El hijo del presidente Joe Biden alega que el IRS reveló ilegalmente la información de su
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By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that he is not ready to abandon the short-term government funding deal negotiated by members of the House Freedom Caucus and Main Street Caucus, despite warnings from multiple conservative members that they will oppose the deal. “Have they read it? One thing I always
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By Rebekka Schramm and Jennifer Lifsey Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WANF) — A huge undertaking gets underway Monday morning in Atlanta following the popular three-day festival Music Midtown at Piedmont Park. Crews are already beginning to remove the lighting and sound equipment. But the areas of the park where the crowds
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — When Liz Truss was briefly Britain’s prime minister a year ago, the world’s sixth-largest economy came close to resembling Argentina, a country plagued by financial and economic instability. That’s according to former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, who has accused Truss and other “extreme conservatives” of “a
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By Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story BRISTOL, Connecticut (WFSB) — Police in Bristol said they’re looking for a man who snatched an antique fuel pump from a property in the city. They said the theft happened at 393 Redstone Hill Rd. in Bristol on Saturday around 1:10 p.m. The old fuel
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CNN By Jennifer Hansler, Mostafa Salem, Becky Anderson and Rob Picheta, CNN Doha and Washington (CNN) — Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran have been freed and are on a flight out of the country, a senior Biden administration official and a Qatari official briefed on the matter told CNN, as part of
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — Marilyn Manson was sentenced to 20 hours of community service and a fine on Monday after pleading no contest to blowing his nose on a videographer at a 2019 concert in New Hampshire. The shock rocker, 54, wanted to appear via video for
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD, LORNE COOK and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Italian Cabinet has approved new measures to crack down on migration. That comes after the southern island of Lampedusa was again overwhelmed last week by a wave of arrivals from Tunisia, and the migration issue returned to center stage in Europe
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