[ad_1] New York CNN — Phillips 66 is cutting at least 1,100 jobs by the end of this year as the refining giant seeks to slash costs and steer a larger chunk of its soaring profits to shareholders. At its investor day meeting in New York Wednesday, Phillips 66 detailed …
Read More »Elizabeth Street Garden: New Yorkers score legal victory in a fight to protect their garden
[ad_1] NEW YORK CNN — Emmanuelle Chiche remembers the first time she stumbled upon Elizabeth Street Garden, a charming green space hidden between rows of concrete buildings in lower Manhattan. It wasn’t like any other garden in the city, she remembers thinking. It transported her back to France, her home …
Read More »The US economy added 261,000 jobs in October while unemployment jumped to 3.7%
[ad_1] New York CNN Business — The US economy added 261,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, according to the latest monthly employment snapshot from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday morning. The total job gains were lower than the revised September number of 315,000, …
Read More »Retirees hit hard by inflation say they have cut down on meals, entertainment
[ad_1] CNN — At the Senior Friendship Center in Sarasota, Florida, talking about inflation really strikes a chord. At a card table there, CNN met with a group of seniors, all on fixed incomes, who spoke about feeling the squeeze from steep price hikes over the past year. Katherine Janes, …
Read More »New York City set to bolster police presence in the subway system as part of efforts to crack down on transit crime
[ad_1] CNN — New York state and city officials are bolstering their efforts to combat crime and mental illness in New York City’s subway system with an increased police presence and new training for officers on engaging with homeless individuals. Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke at a news conference Saturday about …
Read More »China’s Xi emerges from Party Congress with cemented power, set for third term
[ad_1] CNN — China’s top leader Xi Jinping is set to begin a norm-breaking third term with an even greater concentration of power, after retiring key party leaders from the top ruling body to make room for his own allies. The week-long Communist Party Congress concluded Saturday with the ushering …
Read More »Uvalde school board accepts retirement from superintendent Hal Harrell
[ad_1] CNN — The Uvalde school board unanimously accepted the retirement of superintendent Hal Harrell on Wednesday, nearly five months after one of the deadliest mass school shootings in US history at an elementary school in the Texas district. Harrell had announced last week he’d step aside amid continued backlash …
Read More »China’s economy is ‘in deep trouble’ as Xi heads to Communist Party congress
[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN Business — When Xi Jinping came to power a decade ago, China had just overtaken Japan to become the world’s second largest economy. It has grown at a phenomenal pace since then. With an average annual growth rate of 6.7% since 2012, China has seen one …
Read More »Uvalde schools superintendent announces retirement after new details following the Robb Elementary massacre
[ad_1] Uvalde, Texas CNN — Hal Harrell, superintendent of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, announced his retirement Monday, according to a Facebook post by his wife, Donna Goates Harrell. “I am truly grateful for your support and well wishes. My decision to retire has not been made lightly and …
Read More »Undaunted by DeSantis, immigrant workers are heading to Florida to help with hurricane cleanup
[ad_1] CNN — Just weeks after Ron DeSantis made a very public display of his efforts to keep migrants from coming to Florida, Hurricane Ian’s destruction is drawing a growing number of immigrants to the Republican governor’s state. “They’re arriving from New York, from Louisiana, from Houston and Dallas,” says …
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