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Uber and Lyft are fighting minimum wage laws. But in this state, the drivers won
MPR News· 3 days agoIn a windowless room, Uber driver Farhan Badel took the podium in front of a committee of Minnesota state legislators in early May. As Badel leaned into the microphone and started speaking, ...
Obituaries in Oak Ridge, TN | The Oak Ridger
The Oak Ridger· 5 days agoJohn Iacovino, after several weeks of declining health, died peacefully in his own home, surrounded by his family. John leaves many nieces and nephews on...
New Mexico governor declares emergency as thousands flee wildfires that have damaged 500 structures
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 2 days agoThousands of residents fled their homes as a wildfire swept into the mountain village of Ruidoso in southern New Mexico on Tuesday, destroying or damaging more than 500 structures, including ...
Afternoon Edition: CPD's new list of banned groups for cops only includes gangs
Chicago Sun-Times· 6 days agoThe list includes 675 gang factions that department members are forbidden from joining — but no hate or extremist groups, my colleagues Tom Schuba and Dan Mihalopoulos report. Plus, we’ve got ...
Cooler temps and rain could help corral blazes that forced thousands to flee New Mexico village
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 1 day agoCooler weather — and the chance of rain — could bring some relief this week to firefighters battling blazes in southern New Mexico that killed one person, damaged hundreds of structures and ...
Quad-City Times Bix 7 by the decade:1980s
Quad-City Times· 6 days agoA year-by-year look at the Quad-City Times Bix 7:
Gleaming monolith pops up in Nevada desert, the latest in a series of quickly vanishing structures
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 2 days agoThis photo provided by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows a monolith near Gass Peak, Nevada on Sunday, June 16, 2024. Jutting out of the rocks on a remote mountain peak near Las ...
DeChambeau goes from petulant pro to man of the people
Quad-City Times· 3 days agoIt was late on Saturday night at the U.S. Open when Bryson DeChambeau, having hit a few last balls...
Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court keeps medication abortion safe — for now
Quad-City Times· 3 days agoThe Supreme Court did the right thing last week by unanimously ruling against a challenge to the safety of mifepristone, the first of two drugs used in medication abortions. Of course, this ...
IRS to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process
Quad-City Times· 3 days agoThe IRS plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury Department said Monday. The proposed ...