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Campbell’s CEO says shelves will be stocked for holidays, but prices will rise into 2022
VelhoJunior/iStock (NEW YORK) — The pandemic has slowed down the supply chain in many sectors, but Campbell’s CEO says he expects the company’s products to be fully available this holiday season. Mark Clouse, CEO of [Read More…]
Women turn to app-based delivery platforms for work flexibility amid pandemic
lechatnoir/iStock (NEW YORK) — When Kara Moore, a mom of three, returned to the workforce last year after nine years as a stay-at-home mom, she struggled to find a job. Moore, 42, who holds a [Read More…]
John Deere workers approve new deal after monthlong strike
iStock/Wolterk (NEW YORK) — The United Autoworkers Union announced Wednesday night it has voted to ratify an agreement that ends the strike of thousands of John Deere workers. The agreement was approved by a vote [Read More…]
Mom giving birth on front lawn caught on doorbell camera
Courtesy of Michael and Emily Johnson (VACAVILLE, Calif.) — Emily Johnson had planned on giving birth to her second child in a hospital, with an epidural. Instead, Johnson, 31, of Vacaville, California, gave birth to [Read More…]
State health department raises alarm as campus flu outbreak climbs to over 500 cases
Michael Hickey/Getty Images (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) — Public health officials are investigating an influenza outbreak at a Michigan university that has resulted in more than 500 cases, as several schools have also seen surges in [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 11/17/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Charlotte 97, Washington 87 Detroit 97, Indiana 89 Atlanta 110, Boston 99 Brooklyn 109, Cleveland 99 Orlando 104, New York [Read More…]
Rejecting environmentalists’ pleas, Biden administration plows ahead with oil lease auction
Oleg Albinsky/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration auctioned off large swaths of federally owned waters in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, raking in hundreds of millions of dollars from oil and gas companies eager [Read More…]
Republican governors embrace Youngkin playbook as winning model for midterms
Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Republican governors are anything but “tired of winning,” and in Phoenix at the annual Republican Governors Association conference, it became clear that may not be the [Read More…]
Biden confirms US ‘considering’ diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said that his administration is “considering” a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in February. When a reporter asked Biden during an Oval Office [Read More…]
House prepares to vote Thursday evening on sweeping social spending package
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — House Democrats on Thursday appeared to clear one of the final hurdles to passing their $1.75 trillion social policy package, as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its cost estimate of the [Read More…]
Biden to pardon turkeys Peanut Butter and Jelly ahead of Thanksgiving
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will issue the first pardons of his presidency Friday to some lucky turkeys named Peanut Butter and Jelly. In a ceremony at the White House, Biden will [Read More…]
How to watch the longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440
Onfokus/iStock (NEW YORK) — Skywatchers, the longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440 will take place Friday, and you’ll have the chance to view a historic cosmic wonder in the sky. The partial eclipse is the [Read More…]
Pastors rally at Ahmaud Arbery trial after attorney’s ‘outrageous’ comments
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — Hundreds of pastors gathered and prayed Thursday outside the Georgia courthouse where the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing is underway, a week after a defense attorney said there shouldn’t [Read More…]
Travis McMichael testifies Ahmaud Arbery never verbally threatened him or pulled weapon
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — Travis McMichael returned to the witness stand on Thursday and under cross-examination from the prosecutor repeated that Ahmaud Arbery never verbally threatened him or brandished a weapon during the [Read More…]
District attorney apologizes, calls out J. Edgar Hoover as men exonerated in murder of Malcolm X
Marilyn Nieves/iStock (NEW YORK) — One of the men convicted in connection with the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X appeared in court Thursday where a judge cleared his name. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance moved [Read More…]
Julius Jones death row sentence commuted, changed to life without parole
Fahroni/iStock (OKLAHOMA CITY) — After spending the past 20 years fighting for his life on death row, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted Julius Jones’ sentence to life without the possibility of parole the day Jones [Read More…]
Chris Tucker owes IRS over $9 million, Rockmond Dunbar exits ‘9-1-1’, & more
Amy Sussman/Getty Images for WarnerMedia The IRS is suing Chris Tucker for nearly $10 million in unpaid back taxes. The lawsuit states that the Rush Hour star owes federal taxes, tax penalties and interest from 2002, 2006, 2008 and [Read More…]
Superhero shape: Jeremy Renner discusses getting fit for ‘Hawkeye’ series in ‘Men’s Health’ cover story
Men’s Health/Ture Lillegraven (NOTE LANGUAGE) Jeremy Renner suits up again as archer Avenger Clint Barton/Hawkeye in his own Disney+ series, Hawkeye, which debuts next week — but it wasn’t easy, the actor admits. In a new Men’s Health cover story, [Read More…]
Another ‘Rust’ crew member sues, also claims Baldwin wasn’t supposed to pull the trigger
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images Another lawsuit has been filed against Alec Baldwin and the other producers of the Western Rust, following a shooting incident on October 21 that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and director Joel Souza injured. According [Read More…]
Eliza Dushku addresses the House as a “victim and survivor of sexual harassment” on ‘Bull’ set
Weatherly and Dushku in “Bull” — Barbara Nitke/CBS via Getty Images (NOTE CONTENT) Actress Eliza Dushku appeared via video before a House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to detail the “near-constant” sexual harassment she claims she suffered on the [Read More…]