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Month: December 2024

Company illegally hired minors to sanitize ‘kill floor’ equipment at Iowa meat processing plant, US Dept. of Labor finds

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Nearly a dozen children worked under strenuous and hazardous conditions at a pork processing plant in Iowa, the US Department of Labor announced following an investigation. The 11 children hired by a third-party Oklahoma-based sanitation contractor, Qvest, were allegedly employed to use corrosive products to “clean head splitters, jaw

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Trump asks Georgia court to dismiss election interference case against him, saying a sitting president can’t be prosecuted

By Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has asked a court to dismiss the criminal case against him related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. In a filing on Wednesday, Trump and his attorney argued that the Georgia state Court of Appeals lacks jurisdiction to “entertain

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Gov. Tim Walz, other Minnesota leaders respond after UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in NYC

By Cole Premo Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Leaders from Minnesota are reacting to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel Wednesday morning. According to authorities, Thompson, 50, was shot shortly before 6 a.m. CT outside the Hilton Midtown hotel on

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Gov. Tim Walz, other Minnesota leaders respond after UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in NYC

KARE By Cole Premo Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Leaders from Minnesota are reacting to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel Wednesday morning. According to authorities, Thompson, 50, was shot shortly before 6 a.m. CT outside the Hilton Midtown hotel

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