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Nearly 10 months after their labor contract expired, about 700 union food workers with El Super Markets in Southern California ratified a five-year contract that includes wage increases and protection from immigration raids. The contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers Locals 324 (Buena Park), 770 (Los Angeles) 1167 (Inland Empire) and 1428 (east…
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GENEVA (AP) — World Economic Forum head Børge Brende said Thursday that he is stepping down after facing pressure over his contacts with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Brende, a former Norwegian foreign minister, said in a statement that he had decided “after careful consideration” to step down as president and chief executive of…
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By LAURA UNGAR, AP Medical Writer Lori Sepich smoked for years and sometimes skipped taking her blood pressure medicine. But she never thought she’d have a heart attack. The possibility “just wasn’t registering with me,” said the 64-year-old from Memphis, Tennessee, who suffered two of them 13 years apart. She’s far from alone. More than 60…
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LONDON, Ohio (AP) — A fire at an Ohio hog farm complex has killed about 6,000 of the animals, an official said. A large column of smoke could be seen in the distance on Wednesday from Fine Oak Farms in London, Chief Brian Bennington of the Central Townships Joint Fire District said in a statement.…
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Newport Beach officials are looking at how the city can continue its theme of unique villages, each with its own identity, restaurants, gathering spots and services, in a host of new housing developments planned near John Wayne Airport. The airport area has been identified by city leaders, along with West Newport Mesa, Dover-Westcliff, Newport Center…
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to end legal protections for migrants from Syria for now, in the latest emergency appeal to the nation’s highest court. Related Articles FBI fires agents who worked on Trump classified document investigation, AP sources say What Americans…
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A deadly shooting during a youth hockey game in Rhode Island last week has claimed a third victim, a grandfather whose daughter and grandson were also killed in the attack, authorities said. Gerald Dorgan, who had been in critical condition, has died from his injuries, Pawtucket police said Wednesday. Related Articles…
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By MATT OTT WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain at relatively healthy levels. The number of Americans filing for jobless aid for the week ending Feb. 21 rose by 4,000 to 212,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s in line with the…
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Not all beaches are considered equal. Some stretches of coastline, like in south Orange County, are thin and shrinking, a well-reported worsening each year. But, to the surprise of even the experts, other areas of California’s coast are actually growing, with widening beaches that have made the state about 500 acres bigger than it was…
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By LINLEY SANDERS and STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. and Iran head into their next round of nuclear talks in Geneva, a new AP-NORC poll finds that many U.S. adults continue to view Iran’s nuclear program as a threat — but they also don’t have high trust in President Donald Trump’s judgment…
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