[ad_1] By ALEXANDRA OLSON (AP Business Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration proposed a new rule Wednesday that would make 3.6 million more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay, the most generous such increase in decades. The rule revives an Obama-era effort that faced pushback from business leaders and Republicans and was ultimately […]

[ad_1] By YVES LAURENT GOMA and SAM MEDNICK (Associated Press) LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader Wednesday after placing the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, alleging betrayal and massive embezzlement during his long-time rule over the oil-rich Central African nation. The […]

[ad_1] By The Associated Press Follow live updates about Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall in Florida as a dangerous Category 3 storm and is now crossing Georgia, still as a hurricane. — Hurricane Idalia rapidly strengthened as it fed on some of the hottest water on the planet during its approach — A rare blue […]

[ad_1] By DAVID BAUDER (AP Media Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — A former chief executive of the BBC and The New York Times who says he sees opportunity in times of disruption was chosen Wednesday to lead CNN, which has burned through two leaders and bled viewers over the past two years. Mark Thompson was […]

[ad_1] By YVES LAURENT GOMA and SAM MEDNICK (Associated Press) LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Mutinous soldiers claimed to have seized power in Gabon on Wednesday and put the president under house arrest, hours after he was declared the winner in an election extending his family’s 55-year rule in the oil-rich Central African nation. In a […]

[ad_1] An Aurora Police detective injured off-duty in a motorcycle accident is recovering, police officials have announced. Detective Jennifer Mills was injured on Aug. 20 while riding a newly purchased motorcycle in Nebraska. She was treated there. A medical evacuation flight then returned her to Centennial Airport in south metro Denver, according to Aurora police […]

[ad_1] Sometimes Chicago Cubs third baseman Nick Madrigal will watch replays of his defensive plays to try to take in all the different angles. Madrigal’s first season at third base has given the Cubs a reliable defender whose advanced metrics rate him as one of the best at the position in the majors. “I’ve been […]

[ad_1] The two biggest mysteries of the strangest week in Chicago White Sox history might have been answered. How did two women get shot in the left-field bleachers at Guaranteed Rate Field? And who will replace fired executives Ken Williams and Rick Hahn? The two mysteries are unrelated, though they share some of the usual […]

[ad_1] With Chicago police leaders saying it’s most likely gunfire that struck two women late Friday at a White Sox game originated inside the ballpark, a lawyer for one of those injured issued a statement disputing any notion his client brought a weapon through security and accidentally fired it. The woman, treated for leg wounds, […]