Polish farmers’ Solidarity trade union announced a nationwide strike on Feb. 1 that will start with the blockading of all Polish border crossings with Ukraine. Polish farmers began widespread protests across the country on Jan. 24 on the heels of a several-month-long series of demonstrations and border blockades by Polish truckers, who said that the […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the nation’s largest real estate brokerages has agreed to pay $70 million as part of a proposed settlement to resolve more than a dozen lawsuits across the country over agent commissions. The agreement, filed Thursday with federal courts overseeing lawsuits in Illinois and Missouri, also calls on Keller Williams […]
Jan. 25—A teacher at Westwood Independent School District needs your help to win new classroom furniture. Business Pathways Teacher and Business Professionals of America Advisor Tyler Heberts is one of 12 finalists in KI’s national furniture giveaway. Hebert said she doesn’t want to just be a finalist she wants to win. “It would mean a […]
Each year, National School Choice Week is observed during the final week of January, but it’s significance is far greater to students like me across the state of Iowa. In fact, school choice widely well received, being one of the few nonpartisan issues that is popular throughout the country; and not just with Republican primary […]
Spain’s government proposed a nationwide mandate for people to wear masks in hospitals and health clinics on Monday, and Italy said respiratory illness infection rates had hit a record, as flu and Covid spread across Europe. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recommended that people on the continent stay home if they feel […]
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s government proposed a nationwide mandate for people to wear masks in hospitals and health clinics on Monday, and Italy said respiratory illness infection rates had hit a record, as flu and COVID spread across Europe. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recommended that people on the continent stay home […]
A Florida company’s mistake created a possibly fatal food allergy problem and caused three lots of store-brand frozen fish to be recalled from Whole Foods Market’s nationwide. Friday’s recall from Tampa Bay Fisheries, based in the Tampa suburb of Dover, concerns 365 Whole Foods Market Beer Battered Cod and Beer Battered Pollock fillets. Both contain […]
WASHINGTON— President Joe Biden announced Friday he’s issuing a federal pardon to every American who has used marijuana in the past, including those who were never arrested or prosecuted. The sweeping pardon applies to all U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents in possession of marijuana for their personal use and those convinced of similar federal […]
Two national retailers will open in a $1 billion mixed-use development being built on the site of a former strip mall turned county office building near downtown Greenville. Pottery Barn and Williams Sonoma will join Whole Foods Market as anchors, in the development’s entertainment district, developer RocaPoint Partners recently announced. The 37-acre site, also a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is redoubling her focus on abortion rights as the election year begins, planning a nationwide series of events as Democrats try to rally voters to give President Joe Biden a second term and regain full control of Congress. Her first event is scheduled for Wisconsin on Jan. 22, […]
Casey DeSantis, the wife of Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis, has upset party officials in Iowa by urging her husband’s supporters from around the US to “descend” on the state and illegally take part in next month’s caucuses. The former television news reporter, who has become the Florida governor’s chief supporter on the campaign trail, […]