Don’t throw away those now-expired Bed Bath & Beyond single-item coupons just yet. The Container Store announced on Wednesday that for a limited time, it will be accepting Bed Bath & Beyond’s famous “20% off a single item coupon,” following the home goods chain’s announcement that it has filed for bankruptcy …
Read More »FEC fines Bill de Blasio’s presidential campaign for finance errors
The Federal Election Commission has imposed a $53,100 fine on three committees associated with former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s failed bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. The commission said the De Blasio 2020 campaign committee accepted improper contributions from two political action committees de Blasio and …
Read More »Tentative contract deal for L.A. teachers would raise salaries by 21%
A tentative new contract agreement would increase salaries for tens of thousands of Los Angeles public school teachers by 21% over the next three years, the district’s largest union announced this week. United Teachers Los Angeles — the main union representing educators within the Los Angeles public school system, which …
Read More »2 Texas cheerleaders shot after one apparently gets into wrong car
Four cheerleaders were shot at Monday night in the parking lot of a Texas grocery store, after one apparently got into the wrong car by mistake, according to authorities, local news reports and the cheerleading team. Two of the young athletes were hit by gunfire, with one taken to the …
Read More »Female breadwinners tripled since the 1970s. They still do more housework.
Almost half of women in opposite-sex marriages earn as much as or more than their husbands, a share that’s tripled since the early 1970s. Yet even women who out-earn their male spouses undertake more unpaid labor such as childcare and housework, according to a new study from the Pew Research …
Read More »Louisville bank shooting bodycam footage released
Louisville Metro Police released officer bodycam footage in Monday’s shooting at a bank in which five people were killed and eight others injured. The shooting occurred Monday morning inside a branch of Old National Bank. Police said that the 25-year-old shooter, identified as Connor Sturgeon, was a bank employee. The shooter …
Read More »Chicago Mayor
In his victory speech on Tuesday night, Chicago’s newly elected mayor Brandon Johnson, a progressive Democrat, emphasized his commitment to tackling crime by investing in schools, jobs and mental health. The former teacher won the election by a margin of less than 20,000 votes, marking the city’s closest mayoral race …
Read More »Layoffs rose sharply in the first three months of the year
Layoffs around the U.S. surged in the first three months of the year, a sign the labor market is softening amid efforts by the Federal Reserve to hit the economic brakes in a bid to quash inflation. In the first quarter of 2023, companies announced 270,000 job cuts, according to …
Read More »Weapons, ammunition, and 5 yearbooks from The Covenant School found in Nashville shooter’s home, search warrant says
Weapons, numerous boxes of ammunition, five yearbooks from The Covenant School, and a school photo were found by authorities searching the home of Nashville shooter Audrey Hale, according to court documents obtained by CBS News Tuesday. Officers found a “suicide note,” the contents of which have not been revealed, along …
Read More »Federal judge blocks Tennessee law restricting drag shows
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing strict limits on drag shows just hours before it was set to go into effect, siding with a group that filed a lawsuit claiming the statute violates the First Amendment. The decision comes after Memphis-based Friends of George’s, an …
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