Month: September 2019

shapecharge/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Trump administration’s new rules for overtime pay are set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2020, and some economists and labor activists have said they don’t go far enough in supporting [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The two good Samaritans who sprung into action to help save a 5-year-old girl after her father jumped in front of a subway while holding her were honored Wednesday for their [Read More…]

400tmax/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security has announced a “compelling and urgent” framework to combat violent white supremacy. DHS said the agency hopes to provide an annual state of the Homeland Threat Assessment, which [Read More…]

Tero Vesalainen/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday it’s suing Match, the owner of such popular online dating platforms as Match.com, OkCupid and Tinder because the government says it tricked people into buying paid [Read More…]

scanrail/iStock(MIAMI) — One of the world’s largest cruise lines announced Wednesday that it was eliminating all single-use plastic bottles from its fleet by the end of the year — a move it says will remove [Read More…]

daboost/iStock(MOSCOW) — In the first round of its presidential election on Sunday, Ukrainian voters will have a choice between its current president, a former prime minister and an unlikely third candidate — a comedian best [Read More…]

Josie_Desmarais/iStock(NEW YORK) — Juul’s CEO stepped down on Wednesday following backlash against the e-cigarette company’s marketing practices and a wave of illnesses linked to vaping in recent weeks. Kevin Burns will be replaced by K.C. [Read More…]

Josie_Desmarais/iStock(NEW YORK) — JUUL Labs CEO Kevin Burns announced Wednesday he is stepping down from his position. The changeup comes as the company is under fire over e-cigarette marketing. JUUL says K.C. Crosthwaite will take [Read More…]

Wolterk/iStock(NEW YORK) — For the first time, Mattel, the maker of Barbie, has unveiled a gender-fluid doll that keeps “labels out.” On Wednesday, the brand announced the launch of Creatable World — a customizable doll [Read More…]

Filipovic018/iStock(NEW YORK) — A report 15 years in the making has just revealed that gender parity in children’s television has been achieved. But that doesn’t mean Geena Davis, or her institute, is done working toward [Read More…]

aijohn784/iStock(GREEN BAY, Wis.) — A woman in Wisconsin has been charged with hiding the body of her dead mother in the basement of her home so she could continue collecting her mother’s social security checks [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Five tornadoes in Iowa, Kansas and Wisconsin were among nearly 80 damaging storms reported Tuesday from mostly Kansas to Wisconsin. Tornado damage was reported in Wisconsin’s Chippewa County, with some buildings [Read More…]

KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — A real estate agent was attacked and allegedly sexually assaulted by a man during an open house in Encino, California, over the weekend and the entire ordeal was caught on camera. Surveillance [Read More…]

DanHenson1/iStock(NEW YORK) — The threat of ISIS fighters breaking out of the massive prison camps where they’re being held in Syria and Iraq is growing, according to a new report and a senior U.S. official. [Read More…]