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Month: October 2023

The power dynamic in labor has shifted and pickets are seemingly everywhere. But for how long?

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — From auto production lines to Hollywood, the power of labor unions is back in the national spotlight. But despite historic strikes and record contract negotiations this year, there’s a lot stacked against labor organizers today. Union membership rates have been falling for decades due to

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2 former students suing Salem-Keizer school district, teacher for $10M

By Paulina Aguilar Click here for updates on this story     KEIZER, Oregon (KPTV) — Two former high school students in Salem-Keizer Public Schools are suing the district after claiming they were sexually abused by a former teacher. Salem-Keizer Public Schools said four different organizations, including law enforcement, conducted investigations into Joshua Rist regarding two separate

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2nd former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice advises Republican leader against impeachment

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A second conservative former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice asked to investigate taking the unprecedented step of impeaching a liberal justice has come out against it. Former Justice Jon Wilcox told The Associated Press on Wednesday that there is nothing to justify impeaching Justice Janet Protasiewicz, as

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Conservationists say Cyprus police are lax in stopping gangs that poach songbirds

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A conservation group in Cyprus says police have been lax in cracking down on criminal gangs that illegally trap songbirds to supply restaurants. A spokesperson for the conservation group BirdLife Cyprus says that even though the poarching has declined overall, gangs with ties to the island nation’s criminal underworld continue to

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New York City Marathon Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the New York City Marathon. November 5, 2023 – Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola sets a course record and wins the men’s race. Kenya’s Hellen Obiri wins the women’s race. November 6, 2022 – Kenyan runners sweep the New York City Marathon, with Evans Chebet winning the men’s

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Estados Unidos está en conversaciones con Israel y Egipto para crear un corredor humanitario que permita a los civiles salir de Gaza

CNNEE (CNN) — El Gobierno de Estados Unidos mantiene conversaciones con sus países socios, entre ellos Egipto e Israel, para garantizar el paso seguro de estadounidenses y otros civiles fuera de Gaza, según informaron funcionarios estadounidenses. Sin embargo, según un funcionario estadounidense, Egipto quiere utilizar un corredor humanitario para enviar alimentos y suministros médicos a

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Translations from Vietnamese, Arabic and Tamil are among finalists for National Translation Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — Fiction originally written in Vietnamese, Polish and French and poetry in German and Arabic are among this year’s finalists for National Translation Awards. On Wednesday, the American Literary Translators Association announced lists of six finalists in prose and poetry, with winning translators in each category receiving $4,000. The books include a

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