By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposed ban on noncompete agreements has come under a fierce attack by business groups in New York. An affiliate of the Business Council of New York launched a $1 million ad campaign last month in an attempt to pressure Gov. Kathy Hochul into
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MACLAUCHLAN Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WFOR) — A Pompano Beach man is accused of installing hidden cameras in the bathrooms of several YouFit Gym locations. On September 12, a manager at a YouFit Gym in Deerfield Beach contacted the Broward Sheriff’s Office after a hidden camera was
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MACLAUCHLAN Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A tip to Crime Stoppers led to the arrest of a South Dade Senior High School teacher who is accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. According to police, last November 47-year-old Scott Davis, who teaches at the school
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says the substance in a suspicious letter sent to the state’s top elections agency does not appear to have been hazardous. The KBI also said Wednesday that the mail delivered to the Kansas secretary of state’s office appeared unrelated to threatening
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Maryland’s job market has reached a historic milestone. The mid-Atlantic state registered a record unemployment rate of 1.6% in September — less than half the national unemployment rate of 3.8% that month — Labor Department data shows. That’s the lowest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of any state
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday, trapping women, children and newborns inside until police rescued them, according to the director of the medical center, who pleaded for help via social media. The Fontaine Hospital Center in the capital of Port-au-Prince is
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is at risk of losing key tools for preventing terrorists from using drones, chemicals or weapons of mass destruction if Congress doesn’t take action soon. That’s according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. He spoke in Congress Wednesday. The department has been rallying support
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US government’s humanitarian agency will resume food assistance to Ethiopia next month after suspending it earlier this year, the agency’s spokesperson announced Tuesday. In June, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) suspended the aid nationwide after determining “that a widespread and coordinated campaign is diverting food assistance from the
Continue ReadingBy ADAM THOMPSON Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A 26-year-old man who was taking care of twin 4-year-old boys last May is facing charges after one of them died, according to charging documents obtained by WJZ. Zurail Smith was arrested and charged with several counts of child abuse. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team’s first road game of the season will be a good test. The Tigers will head north to face off against Minnesota at Williams Arena, on Thursday. The Tigers have started the season with three-straight home games, sitting at 2-1 on the year. However, head coach Dennis Gates
Continue ReadingBy ADAM THOMPSON Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A rare and expensive baseball card is making a stop in Baltimore at the Babe Ruth Museum. Babe Ruth’s 1914 rookie card is expected to sell for at least $10 million and could sell for a record $12.5 million. The card
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The Port of Portland is investigating after a woman allegedly fired a gun outside a security checkpoint inside the Portland International Airport Tuesday night. No one was hurt in the shooting but a witness reported at least seven rounds were fired.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Woodside, California (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, y el líder chino Xi Jinping acordaron este miércoles tomar medidas para frenar la producción de fentanilo y restablecer la comunicación militar durante su cumbre del miércoles, dijo a CNN un alto funcionario estadounidense. Los resultados, que se esperaban antes de las conversaciones,
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ending the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays, Congress gave final approval to a temporary government funding package that pushes a confrontation over the federal budget into the new year. The Senate met into Wednesday night to pass the bill with an 87-11 tally
Continue ReadingBy TIFFANY STANLEY and PETER SMITH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Soon after U.S. bishops inside a Baltimore hotel approved materials on how Catholics should vote in 2024 elections, their recently ousted colleague and dozens of his supporters rallied outside the annual fall business meeting. Bishop Joseph Strickland, a conservative cleric recently removed by Pope
Continue ReadingBy MADELINE BARTOS Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Investigators are trying to identify the driver of a vehicle that police said hit a woman in a wheelchair then drove away. Pittsburgh police asked for help identifying the driver who was involved in a hit-and-run on Monday at 7:30 a.m.
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta will allow political ads on its platforms to question the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election, part of a rollback in election-related content moderation among major social media platforms over the past year ahead of the 2024 US presidential contest. The policy
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Did Apple and Jon Stewart part ways over China? Members of Congress would like to know. The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party on Wednesday sent a letter to Apple chief executive Tim Cook asking that he explain why the company will no longer produce “The Problem With Jon Stewart”
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Jill Schlude has been selected as the next Columbia police chief.
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — On the eastern edge of Gaza, dawn is still a few minutes away on the morning of October 7. A group of Hamas militants wait, some packed into a white pickup truck, others on motorbikes. They run through a few final checks, making sure they are
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