Seattle City Council passes gig worker minimum wage
(photo courtesy of The Seattle Channel) The Seattle City Council has passed an ordinance to require app-based food delivery and other service companies to pay workers a minimum wage. The measure calls for paying workers for companies,
Texas DPS says teacher closed propped-open door before attack but it was not locked
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, FILE(UVALDE, Texas) — The Texas Department of Public Safety is correcting previous comments it made stating that a teacher had left a door propped open that the Uvalde gunman used to enter Robb Elementary …
Woman killed, 2 children injured in parasailing accident in Florida Keys
Alfredo Alonso Avila / EyeEm / Getty Images(PIGEON KEY, Fla.) — A woman was killed and two children injured in a parasailing accident in the Florida Keys on Monday, authorities said.
The individuals were parasailing shortly before 5:30 p.m. when the …
Supreme Court blocks Texas law banning social media companies from ‘censoring’ users
Grant Faint/GettyImages(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Texas law that would ban social media companies from removing users and the content they post because of a particular viewpoint expressed.
The court did not elaborate on th…
Cities across US rocked by Memorial Day weekend shootings
Tetra Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Even as the first funerals of the 21 victims of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting were commencing, gunfire continued to wreak havoc across the United States over the Memorial Day weekend as police in eight major …
Doug Emhoff rebukes antisemitism, reflects on how his historic role ‘pushes’ him
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff called attention to the “epidemic” of antisemitism and reflected on the history he has made while speaking Tuesday at a virtual event on U.S. Jewish m…
The Rock reaches out to student who took his cutout to prom; daughter taking up family business of pro wrestling
Disney General Entertainment/Jennifer PotheiserDwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a famously charismatic guy, which was proven again when a two-dimensional version of him went viral.
An Instagram user called @smilesweetsraccoon showed off a cardboard cutout…
Uvalde police, school district no longer cooperating with Texas probe of shooting
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, FILE(UVALDE, Texas) — The Uvalde Police Department and the Uvalde Independent School District police force are no longer cooperating with the Texas Department of Public Safety’s investigation into the massacre at Rob…
Florida man killed in suspected alligator attack, police say
kali9/Getty Images(LARGO, Fla.) — A Florida man was killed in a suspected alligator attack, authorities said.
The Largo Police Department said Tuesday it is investigating the death of a man at Taylor Lake in Largo, a city in the Tampa Bay area.
“At …
Funerals for victims of Uvalde school shooting begin
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(UVALDE) — The first funerals for victims killed in the second-worst school shooting in U.S. history are expected to occur in Uvalde, Texas, one week after the massacre.
Amerie Jo Garza and Maite Rodriguez, both 10 years old,…