A Las Vegas investigative reporter was stabbed to death outside his home and police are looking for a suspect, authorities said. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers found journalist Jeff German, 69, dead with stab wounds around 10:30 a.m. Saturday after authorities received a 911 call, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. …
Read More »Amazon loses bid to scrap historic union win at Staten Island warehouse
Amazon’s efforts to undo the results of a historic union win at a Staten Island warehouse have fallen short, as a hearing officer for a federal labor board on Thursday rebuffed Amazon’s objections to the election. The decision is a victory for organizers in what could be a very long …
Read More »Hawaii’s last coal
The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii’s only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into the environment this week when the state’s dirtiest source of electricity burned its final pieces of fuel. The last coal shipment arrived in the islands at the end of July, and the AES …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne says he’s leaving the U.S. because of rampant gun violence: “I’m fed up with people getting killed every day”
Ozzy Osbourne says he’s done living in the United States — because of gun violence. The English-born iconic lead singer of Black Sabbath and TV personality announced his reasoning for calling it quits on the U.S. in a recent interview with The Guardian, saying that the violence is “f***ing crazy.” In …
Read More »This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” August 28, 2022: Harrison, Markarova, Hogan, Rubins, Morell, Costa, Salvanto
“Face the Nation” Guest Lineup: Jaime Harrison – Democratic National Committee chair Oksana Markarova – Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Gov. Larry Hogan – (R) Maryland Dr. Kate Rubins – NASA astronaut Michael Morell – Former acting and deputy director of the CIA, CBS News national security contributor …
Read More »This is how much money workers want to change jobs
As millions of U.S. workers quit their jobs in search of better pay, a trend known as the Great Resignation, new research offers a sense of how much people are looking to earn before they make the leap. The magic number? Individuals want annual pay of at least $73,000 to …
Read More »New York judge grants Harvey Weinstein appeal of his 2020 rape conviction
A New York judge Wednesday granted disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein an appeal of his 2020 conviction, where he was found guilty of rape in the third degree and committing a criminal sex act. Janet DiFiore, chief judge for the New York State Court of Appeals, granted Weinstein’s application for …
Read More »Illinois high school students to receive media literacy instruction this year
When Illinois high schoolers go back to school this month, they’ll have new coursework that lawmakers and Stanford researchers hope will prepare students to better detect misinformation and search for ulterior motives before trusting online news, social media and information sources. In 2019, Stanford researchers showed more than 3,000 American …
Read More »Officer takes loaded handgun from student while breaking up fight at California high school
Stockton, Calif. — A loaded gun was found and taken from a student during a fight at Lincoln High School here on Monday, CBS Sacramento reports. Stockton police say officers responded to the school around 12:30 p.m. Exactly what caused the fight is unclear, but Stockton police say a student …
Read More »Alaska Airlines sued for allegedly deplaning two Muslim
Alaska Airlines wrongfully removed two Black Muslim men from one of its flights in Washington state after a fellow passenger complained about one of the men sending a text message in Arabic, a recent federal lawsuit alleges. Abobakkr Dirar and Mohamed Elamin boarded a trip in Seattle headed to San …
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