Jan 01 New York rings in 2024 with a pay bump for minimum-wage workers By Associated Press In the first of a series of annual increases slated for the Empire State, the minimum wage increased to $16 in New York City and some of its suburbs, up from $15. Continue reading
Jan 01 Mayor in New Jersey reports buses of migrants taking trains bound for New York City By Associated Press Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli said the executive order signed recently by Mayor Eric Adams of New York requires bus operators to provide at least 32 hours' advance notice of arrivals and to limit the hours of drop-off times. Continue reading
Jan 01 Driver fleeing police speeds onto sidewalk, injuring 7 people in New York City By Associated Press The crash happened less than two hours after thousands of New Year's Eve revelers packed into Times Square, about a dozen blocks north in Manhattan. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 2:33 News Wrap: Global trade concerns rise amid escalating Red Sea conflict In our news wrap Sunday, Maersk paused its operations in the Red Sea after Houthi gunmen attacked one of their ships, Israeli airstrikes intensified in central Gaza as Netanyahu said the war would last “many more months,” Congo re-elected its… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch 14:19 A look back at the biggest news events that shaped 2023 and made history By Lisa Desjardins, Lorna Baldwin, Azhar Merchant, Satvi Sunkara There is no question that we live in historic, unusual times, and 2023 added to the list of unprecedented events. We look back at the events that defined the year. Continue watching
Dec 31 California law banning most guns in public set to take effect Jan. 1 as legal fight continues By Associated Press A California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places will take effect on New Year's Day, even as a court case continues to challenge the law. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 5:58 What to know about Iowa’s ban on school books, LGBTQ+ topics halted by a judge By Lisa Desjardins, Kaisha Young, Andrew Corkery A federal judge in Iowa has temporarily blocked key parts of a state law that would ban books from school libraries if they depicted a “sex act.” The law also bars teachers from discussing gender identity and sexuality before seventh… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 6:07 How a former D.C. police officer found direction by rescuing mistreated horses By Murray Pinczuk For more than two decades, Mark Kirwan served the people of Washington, D.C. as a police officer. But a few years ago, feeling lost amid the COVID pandemic and after the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, he made an… Continue watching
Dec 30 McKinsey and Co. agrees to $78 million settlement over claims it helped fuel opioid crisis By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. has agreed to pay $78 million to settle claims from insurers and health care funds that its work with drug companies helped fuel an opioid addiction crisis. Under the agreement, McKinsey would establish a fund… Continue reading
Dec 30 Google settles $5 billion lawsuit alleging it tracked ‘incognito mode’ activity By Associated Press Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private” modes in other browsers — to track their internet use. Continue reading