Not-So-Happy Meal: $20 Wages Has Burger Joints In This State All Heated California fast-food employees started earning a minimum of $20 an hour in April. Thanks to a new law, which went into effect earlier this month, California chain restaurants with at least 60 locations nationwide have to pay their employees more. For smaller restaurants, … Read more
Why Steph’s Warriors burden, at age 36, is heavier than ever originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors don’t want to be in this line with the NBA’s ordinary folk, standing behind the velvet rope watching the league’s bougie teams get waved through the VIP entrance. It’s humbling, particularly for … Read more
Apr. 15—The Republican primary race for Senate District 42 in far southeastern New Mexico is turning into one of the nastiest and most competitive this season, giving birth to a hard-hitting website, attack ads and a complaint against a nonprofit that touted one of the candidate’s conservative credentials. Rep. Larry Scott, R-Hobbs, who is running … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed his call for active support from the West in the country’s campaign to fend off the full-scale Russian invasion, pointing to Western assistance for Israel against Iran’s attacks. It is now clear that not all of Ukraine’s facilities can be protected from attacks, Zelensky wrote on Telegram on Monday after … Read more
Trump’s lawyer was repeatedly bench-slapped on the first day of his trial. Lead lawyer Todd Blanche, suffered a quintet of rebukes for his lawyering. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan called out the lawyer at least five times Monday. It took New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan four hours to dispense with pretrial … Read more
By Ben Blanchard and Faith Hung TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the dominant producer of advanced chips used in artificial intelligence applications, is expected to report a 5% rise in first-quarter profit on Thursday thanks to strong demand. The world’s largest contract chipmaker, whose customers include Apple and Nvidia, has benefited from a … Read more
Jordi Fernandez will replace Jacque Vaughn in Brooklyn. (John Fisher/Getty Images) The Brooklyn Nets have their next head coach. The Nets are set to hire Sacramento Kings assistant Jordi Fernandez, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Fernandez, who is the Kings’ top assistant coach, will replace Jacque Vaughn in Brooklyn next season. ESPN Sources: Jordi Fernandez … Read more
Apr. 15—BEMIDJI — The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office’s Emergency Management Office and the National Weather Service will host a Skywarn training at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 22, at the Emergency Operations Center in the Law Enforcement Center, 613 Minnesota Ave NW. Skywarn is a severe weather spotter training program that instructs the public on … Read more
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s economy in the first quarter beat expectations while receiving a boost from policies and an increase in demand, the government said Tuesday. The world’s second-largest economy expanded at a 5.3% annual pace in January-March, beating analysts’ forecasts of about 4.8%, official data show. Compared to the previous quarter, growth was … Read more
Former President Donald Trump’s money machine ramped up in the first quarter of 2024, with the Republican National Committee raking in millions from a new joint fundraising arrangement. Trump’s own joint fundraising committee separately reported raising $65 million, a total nearly double its 2023 pace that will nonetheless still leave him well behind President Joe … Read more