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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Maksim Derzhko calls it one of the most terrifying experiences of his life. A longtime opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he flew from Vladivostok to the Mexican border city of Tijuana with his 14-year-daughter and was in a car with seven other Russians. All that separated them from claiming asylum [...]
CHICAGO (AP) — A longtime area staple with its wagon wheel décor and "Roy Rogers ribeye," The Ranch Steak House is fighting to re-open as one of the last sit-down restaurants in the once-flourishing black Chicago neighborhood of Roseland. About 13 miles away near Indiana, Christopher Cain and wife Deja Cousins-Cain sought a new market [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Makeshift shelters abut busy roadways, tent cities line sidewalks, tarps cover broken-down cars, and sleeping bags are tucked in storefront doorways. The reality of the homelessness crisis in Oregon's largest city can't be denied. "I would be an idiot to sit here and tell you that things are better today than [...]
With gas prices at record highs across the country, an increasing number of governors and state lawmakers are calling for the suspension of gas taxes to provide relief to motorists who are facing the prospect of even higher pump prices as the country cuts off Russian oil imports. Proposals for a "gas tax holiday" to [...]
Teachers have been working longer hours, they're more stressed out and many say they've considered quitting. Yet the vast majority of teachers have stayed in the profession throughout the pandemic, according to a Chalkbeat analysis of the latest data from a number of states and large school districts. Teacher resignation rates actually dipped after COVID [...]
BOSTON (AP) — Many major school districts around the country are allowing students into classrooms without masks for the first time in nearly two years, eliminating rules that stirred up intense fights among educators, school boards and parents throughout the pandemic. New York City became the latest school district to do away with its mask [...]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — If you build a shiny new office building, will your employees show up to work in it? Many companies are banking on it because they believe working in person is better for collaboration and training young employees. So even though many employees are still working from home offices and dining room [...]
As demand for COVID-19 vaccines collapses in many areas of the country, states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste. From some of the least vaccinated states, like Indiana and North Dakota, to some of the most vaccinated [...]
For Maribel Hernández, falling ill with COVID-19 at a Louisiana crawfish processor and losing her job was terrible enough. But the Mexican guest worker was in for another shock. A federal labor investigation in 2020, initially focusing on worksite safety, revealed that the company failed to pay Hernández and 99 other guest workers a total [...]
CHICAGO (AP) — Grace Thomas is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 but is still not ready to take off her mask, especially around the kids at the home day care she runs in Chicago. But whether the children continue to wear masks remains to be seen after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that [...]