By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press The federal agency tasked with protecting workers’ civil rights has moved to terminate a New York administrative judge who has resisted compliance with directives from the White House, including President Donald Trump’s executive order decreeing male and female as two “immutable” sexes. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in response
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By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Two senior Justice Department officials appointed by President Donald Trump to run the Library of Congress were denied access on Monday, according to a person familiar with the interaction. Paul Perkins and Brian Nieves are expected to hold positions at the Library of Congress,
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By Maurico Maldonado Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A Miami-Dade man is facing serious charges after being accused of beating his 6-year-old stepchild last Thursday, putting a dog collar on him and then yanking the minor, according to police. Zachary Perez, 42, appeared before Judge Mindy Glazer over the
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Tory Lanez was hospitalized after an attack Monday at a California prison where he’s serving a 10-year sentence for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet, authorities said. Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, was attacked at a housing unit at
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By Ross Guidotti Click here for updates on this story BELLE VERNON, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — It’s a murder that Westmoreland County law enforcement officials are still trying to solve. On May 11, 2015, someone shot and killed Drew Molinari in Belle Vernon while at his job. Molinari’s mother has not given up on her quest
Continue Reading KDKA By Ross Guidotti Click here for updates on this story BELLE VERNON, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — It’s a murder that Westmoreland County law enforcement officials are still trying to solve. On May 11, 2015, someone shot and killed Drew Molinari in Belle Vernon while at his job. Molinari’s mother has not given up on her
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By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Designer Prabal Gurung has always been a storyteller. First, it was through the colorful, Nepal-inspired designs that helped him find early success in the cutthroat fashion world. Now, he’s sharing his life story in words with his bold new memoir, “Walk Like A Girl.” The book,
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By ALEXA ST. JOHN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are calling for billions of dollars in funding cuts for Biden-era climate and environmental programs, including clean energy tax credits, as lawmakers seek to reverse what one GOP leader called “the most reckless parts of the engorged climate spending” approved under
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By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans proposed sweeping tax breaks Monday in President Donald Trump’s big priority bill, tallying at least $4.9 trillion in costs so far, partly paid for with cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and green energy programs used by millions of Americans. The House Ways
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By JOSH BOAK and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s agreement with China to temporarily slash tariffs for 90 days offered the world a bit of welcome relief. But what persists is a sense of uncertainty and the possibility that some damage from the trade war could already be done. The
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s agreement with China to temporarily slash tariffs for 90 days offered the world a bit of welcome relief. But what persists is a sense of uncertainty and the possibility that some damage from the trade war could already be done. The
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN, ZEKE MILLER and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Donald Trump, accepting a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar is a no-brainer. “I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer,” the Republican told reporters on Monday. “I could be a stupid person and
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN, ZEKE MILLER and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Donald Trump, accepting a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar is a no-brainer. “I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer,” the Republican told reporters on Monday. “I could be a stupid person and
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By JOHN O’CONNOR The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a first-in-the-nation executive order to block the federal government from collecting personal health data related to autism, a direct rebuke to the Trump administration. Democrat Pritzker, who has been one of the more vocal critics of Trump’s second administration,
Continue ReadingPor Phil Mattingly, CNN El demoledor enfoque arancelario del presidente Donald Trump amenazaba con desestabilizar el sistema financiero global y llevar a la economía de Estados Unidos a una recesión. Preocupado ante la posibilidad de estantes vacíos en las tiendas y un repunte de la inflación, Trump envió a sus negociadores equilibrados y profesionales a
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Tonight will be your last chance to see May’s full moon, known as the flower moon to signify the many blossoms of spring. It will rise low in the southeast after sunset and ascend to the highest point in the sky after midnight. Here’s what
Continue ReadingBy Nic Robertson and Sophia Saifi, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — As tensions ratcheted up over the last week of fighting, Pakistan did not consider deploying nuclear warheads to strike India, the country’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar told CNN on Monday. In his first interview since India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire Saturday, Dar
Continue ReadingBy James Imam (CNN) — The curator Koyo Kouoh, a giant of the contemporary art world who tirelessly championed African artists and became the first woman from the continent to curate the Venice Biennale, died on Saturday, age 57. Her death, in a hospital in Basel, Switzerland, was announced in a statement by the Biennale.
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Ferris and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans on Monday unveiled one of the most critical pieces of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda: How it plans to spend trillions of dollars on tax breaks. The long-awaited tax plans include some of Trump’s big campaign promises, including scrapping federal taxes on tips, on
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge won’t block a controversial Trump administration initiative to share highly sensitive taxpayer information with federal immigration authorities in hopes of tracking down undocumented immigrants and quickly deporting them out of the country. District Judge Dabney Friedrich on Monday rejected arguments from several immigrant-rights groups, who claimed
Continue ReadingBy Michael Rios and Ivonne Valdés, CNN (CNN) — What began as a festive campaign march quickly turned into a scene of terror in the Mexican state of Veracruz on Sunday night when a mayoral candidate was gunned down alongside three other people. A Facebook live stream captured the horror of that day. It showed
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ST LOUIS (AP) — ST LOUIS (AP) — FutureFuel Corp. (FF) on Monday reported a loss of $17.6 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the St Louis-based company said it had a loss of 40 cents. The biofuel and specialty chemical maker posted revenue of $17.5 million in the period. _____ This
Continue ReadingCNN Radio Argentina (CNN Radio Argentina) — Gustavo Dufour, politólogo de la Universidad de San Andrés, analizó este lunes en Regreso CNN con Pepe Gil Vidal el impacto de las elecciones provinciales en Chaco, San Luis y Salta. Aseguró que es prematuro interpretar sus resultados como un anticipo del panorama nacional y advirtió que, salvo
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This afternoon, skies are mostly sunny with a few upper-level clouds passing by. Temperatures will remain in the low 80s through the evening before cooling off to the upper 50s tonight. Winds will be breezy for the rest of the day, from the east-southeast at 5 to 10 mph, shifting to a southeast wind tonight.
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The Trump administration brought a small number of white South Africans to the United States as refugees Monday. It says it’s the start of a larger relocation effort for members of the minority Afrikaner group who are being persecuted by their Black-led government because
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Continue Reading New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 27.01 — .83 Altria 56.95 —2.48 AmerenCp 95.42 —1.98 AmExpress 298.92+14.41 ArchDanM 49.90 +1.37 AutoZone 3664.25 +.52 BPPLC 30.19 +.42 Boeing 198.53 +3.68 BristMySq 48.18 +1.73 Brunswick 52.44 +4.46 Chevron 141.62 +3.13 Citigroup 74.91 +3.46 CocaCola 69.53 — .99 ConAgraBr 23.31 +.22 ConocoPhil 92.27 +3.68 Corning 46.97 +1.89 CurtissWright 387.37
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph School District Board of Education will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Troester Media Center to address issues like paid parental leave and the recent board vacancy. The deadline to file for the open position, vacated with the resignation of Rick Gehring, is May 13. The
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s is seeking to hire up to 375,000 people ahead of the busy summer season, marking its biggest employment initiative in five years. The hiring surge is focused on staffing up its 13,000 US restaurants as the company prepares to open 900 new locations over the next
Continue ReadingBy Guy Tannenbaum Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Las Vegas’ celebrity weather predicting desert tortoise Mojave Max finally left his Springs Preserve burrow on Thursday, marking a new record for his latest emergence from brumation ever. Families flock to the Springs Preserve for a lot of reasons on a
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