NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut their hours, city officials announced Monday. The company will also pay $3.4 million in civil penalties under the agreement with ...
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The federal antitrust trial against NASCAR opened Monday with the star power of Michael Jordan on hand as a jury of nine was seated to hear allegations that the stock car series is a monopolistic bully that leaves its teams no ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione watched stoically in court Monday as prosecutors played surveillance videos showing the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City sidewalk last year and Mangione's arrest five days later at a ...
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors Monday argued a Massachusetts man was responsible for the grisly murder of his wife who disappeared more than two years ago while his lawyers insisted the man panicked after she suddenly died in bed. Ana Walshe, a real ...
By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press Indiana House members are expected to press forward Monday with redrawing the state's congressional districts in Republicans' favor, increasing pressure on their defiant counterparts in the GOP-led Senate to meet President Donald Trump's ...
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cat Murphy, a college student, has wanted to be a journalist since she was 11. Many of her friends don't understand why. When they engage with the news — if they do — they hear a cacophony of voices. They don't know who to believe. ...
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo" was set Monday to change his not guilty plea in a U.S. drug trafficking case, months after his brother entered a plea deal. Joaquin Guzman Lopez had been scheduled to be in court ...
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The last supermoon of the year will shine soon in December skies. The moon's orbit around the Earth isn't a perfect circle so it gets nearer and farther as it swings around. When a full moon is closer to Earth in its orbit, a ...
Since it started as a hashtag in 2012, GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, has become one of the biggest fundraising days of the year for nonprofits in the U.S. This year, nonprofits face uncertainty about how donors may respond to a range of changing factors. High prices may affect ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he'll release the results of his MRI test that he received in October. "If you want to have it released, I'll release it," the Republican president said Sunday during an exchange with reporters as he traveled back to Washington from Florida. He ...
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — From corporate executives to Wall Street analysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the "K-shaped economy" are rapidly proliferating. So what does it mean? Simply put, the upper part of the K refers to higher-income ...
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — As Missouri launches sports betting Monday, people will be able to wager on how many points a particular athlete will score in a game — so long as it doesn't involve a Missouri college or university. The restriction on " ...
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For many children, the experience of getting their first pair of glasses is an inevitable milestone, the first in a lifetime of visits to the eye doctor. But what if those lenses could actually help preserve the child's vision and ...
By SOPHIE AUSTIN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in California appealed to the public for tips, cellphone video, witness accounts and even rumors as they searched Sunday for a suspect in the killing of three children and an adult during a mass ...
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press President Donald Trump on Sunday said he's invited the family of a National Guard member fatally shot last week to the White House, saying he spoke to her parents and they were "devastated." U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died after the Wednesday shooting ...
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, citing a published report that Defense ...
By JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — U.S. and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks Sunday aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine, just days before a U.S. envoy is due in Moscow for talks with Russian ...
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of former investment manager David Gentile, who was convicted of defrauding investors — the latest in a series of clemency actions Trump has taken in white-collar ...
By JACK BROOK, REBECCA SANTANA and SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Around 250 federal border agents are expected to launch a monthslong immigration crackdown on Monday in southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi dubbed "Swamp Sweep." The deployment, ...
By SEJAL GOVINDARAO Associated Press Republican U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas announced Saturday that he will retire from Congress after his term ends in 2026 to focus on family. Nehls, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump who has sported his mug shot on a T-shirt, said he called ...