[ad_1] CNN — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the case of a former US Postal Service worker who wants the justices to revisit a decades-old test for determining whether employers can deny religious accommodation requests. Conservatives have long sought to throw out the standard set in 1977, …
Read More »What’s open and closed on New Year’s Day 2023
[ad_1] New York CNN — Many of us will close out 2022 with celebrations that stretch well into the wee hours of New Year’s Day. But when Jan. 1, 2023 gets underway, we’ll just as likely return to familiar routines and habits – caffeine? – and even add in some …
Read More »Athena Strand murder: Delivery driver charged with a 7-year-old’s murder faces 3 unrelated sexual assault charges dating back to 2013
[ad_1] CNN — The new sexual assault charges filed against the delivery driver suspected of kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Athena Strand in Texas earlier this month date back to three separate incidents in 2013, charging documents show. An investigation by the Fort Worth Police Department determined Tanner Lynn Horner allegedly …
Read More »Athena Strand abduction: Texas man arrested for kidnapping, killing 7-year-old girl who went missing from her home’s driveway this week
[ad_1] CNN — A driver working for FedEx was arrested and charged Friday in the kidnapping and killing of a 7-year-old girl who had disappeared from her home’s driveway in Texas earlier this week, police said. Athena Strand’s body was recovered Friday evening, Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin said at …
Read More »States are counting votes with key races still in play. Here’s what to know
[ad_1] CNN — New batches of votes were reported late Thursday evening in Arizona and Nevada – states with key races that will determine control of the Senate – but it’s still not clear when enough of the outstanding hundreds of thousands of ballots will be counted to call the …
Read More »What to know as states keep counting with key races hanging in the balance
[ad_1] CNN — Key races to determine control of the Senate in Arizona and Nevada have yet to be called as both states race to count hundreds of thousands of ballots that have yet to be processed. It still may be hours – or days – before enough ballots are …
Read More »Germany’s leader and top CEOs are visiting Beijing. They need China more than ever
[ad_1] Hong Kong/London CNN Business — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in China on Friday with a team of top executives and a clear message: business with the world’s second largest economy must continue. Scholz met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People after landing …
Read More »The threat of a freight railroad strike is back — but not until next month
[ad_1] New York CNN Business — A union of railroad track maintenance workers has rejected a tentative agreement with the nation’s freight carriers, renewing the threat that there could be a strike that shuts down this vital link in the nation’s already struggling supply chain. The vote, announced Monday by …
Read More »US Postal Service proposes new prices ‘to offset’ inflation
[ad_1] CNN — The US Postal Service on Friday proposed increased prices “to offset the rise in inflation,” according to a statement from the agency. The price hikes, which have been approved by the Governors of the U.S. Postal Service, include a three-cent increase to purchase a stamp and a …
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