Prisoners plead for air conditioning in lawsuit against Florida corrections department
Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A lawsuit filed this week by the prison reform advocacy group Florida Justice…
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29 Nigerian children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Twenty-nine minors in Nigeria could be facing the death penalty. The children were among 76 protesters…
Continue Reading Lyft pays $2.1 million to settle case alleging the ride-hailing service deceived drivers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lyft is paying $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the ride-hailing service of exaggerating how much money drivers could…
Continue ReadingLyft pays $2.1 million to settle case alleging the ride-hailing service deceived drivers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lyft is paying $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the ride-hailing service of exaggerating how much money drivers could…
Continue Reading New Jersey man pleads guilty in smuggling scheme intended to aid Russia’s war effort
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey man who was among seven people charged with smuggling electronic components to aid Russia’s war…
Continue Reading 9 arrested in federal investigation into drug trafficking at New Mexico prison
MILAN, N.M. (AP) — Authorities have arrested eight people in connection with a suspected drug trafficking operation at a federal prison in the…
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California could soon have highest minimum wage
Proposition 32 would boost it to $17 an hour for the rest of this year and $18 dollars starting in…
Continue Reading A Palestinian-Israeli collective made one of 2024’s most lauded docs. Will it be released in the US?
AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Basel Adra, a Palestinian, and Yuval Abraham, an Israeli, spent five years making a movie that depicts daily life in…
Continue Reading Rescuers find body of worker swept away from Tennessee factory by Hurricane Helene flood
ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — Rescue workers in Tennessee have recovered the body of the final person still missing after massive flooding from Hurricane…
Continue ReadingZack Minasian promoted to Giants’ general manager, joining brother, Angels’ Perry Minasian, as GMs
AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Zack Minasian and older brother Perry get chatting, they typically focus the talk on their children…
Continue ReadingBrowns CB Denzel Ward back at practice following 6th concussion, not yet cleared to play Sunday
AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns cornerback Denzel Ward returned to practice Friday and could be cleared to play Sunday against…
Continue Reading A makeshift goldfish pond beneath a leaky Brooklyn fire hydrant is reborn in a tree bed
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An urban pond where goldfish used to swim beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant has been replaced by a new…
Continue ReadingGrand Canyon accepts invitation to join the Mountain West Conference by 2026
PHOENIX (AP) — Grand Canyon has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West Conference no later than 2026, according to an announcement sent…
Continue ReadingGrand Canyon accepts invitation to join the Mountain West Conference by 2026
PHOENIX (AP) — Grand Canyon has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West Conference no later than 2026, according to an announcement sent…
Continue ReadingMeet Decoy Ohtani, perhaps the most valuable pet of the World Series
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Los Angeles Dodgers fans thronged to the World Series victory parade in Los Angeles on Friday, many had their…
Continue Reading Meet Decoy Ohtani, perhaps the most valuable pet of the World Series
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Los Angeles Dodgers fans thronged to the World Series victory parade in Los Angeles on Friday, many had their…
Continue Reading Early in-person voting in North Carolina exceeds 2020 total
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Early in-person voting in North Carolina ends Saturday, but the number of people who have cast ballots by…
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Inicia la afluencia en panteones de Mexicali
Dentro de la celebración del dÃa de muertos se conmemora el dÃa de los angelitos, que se honra a los niños fallecidos, por lo que desde este…
Continue Reading Army looking into shoving allegations involving the general who heads US Central Command
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army’s Criminal Investigation Division is looking into allegations that the four-star general who…
Continue Reading Court confirms federal takeover of a Mississippi jail but limits power over budget
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An appeals court says a federal receiver can proceed with a takeover of a Mississippi jail where a judge…
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