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☆ California is considering new limits on self-checkout lanes
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

California's Senate is considering a bill that would change how retailers run self-checkout. The rule would prohibit retailers from offering self-checkout unless several conditions are met. AdvertisementThe California legislature is considering a proposal that would bring significant changes to the self-checkout lanes in the state. Self-checkout lanes would be limited to 10 items or fewer. A single worker may only be assigned to monitor two self-checkout stations, and they must have no other responsibilities during that time.

Persons: —, Bill, Lola Smallwood, Cuevas, Cristine Soto DeBerry Organizations: Service, Bay Area NBC, Prosecutors Alliance of California, Bay Area ABC, ABC7, Walmart, Target, Costco Locations: California's, California

☆ The men of 'Love Is Blind' keep getting 'exposed' on social media. The only problem is it's not always true.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

They slid into my DMs in Instagram," Rikkii told Business Insider over Zoom. Rumor: Trevor had a girlfriend during 'Love Is Blind' filmingThe accusations against Trevor Sova are the most jarring and extreme. But his ex-fiancée told me he moved out on November 20 — which was 10 days before casting reached out," Rikkii told BI. This isn't the first time TikTok exposed 'Love Is Blind' contestantsPerhaps most famously, the drama between Jackie Bonds, Josh Demas, and Marshall Glaze played out largely online while "Love Is Blind" season four aired last year. AdvertisementThe next two episodes of "Love Is Blind" season six will air on February 28.

Persons: Trevor, Jimmy, Jeramey, —, Rikkii, Raven Ross, Netflix didn't, Trevor Sova, they're, hasn't, Rikkii's, Trevor's, Natalia Marrero, Reality Ashley, Ashley, Natalia, Chelsea, Chelsea Blackwell, Jimmy Presnell, lied to Organizations: Service, SK, Business, Netflix, Chelsea, E!, DU Locations: Instagram, North Carolina, @storytimewithrikkii

DETROIT (AP) — A jury awarded $10 million to a Detroit-area man who spent nearly six years in prison for the killing of a 15-year-old girl before his conviction was thrown out at the request of prosecutors. The jury said Alexandre Ansari's constitutional rights were violated by a Detroit police detective who concealed evidence in the fatal shooting. Photos You Should See View All 33 ImagesA failure to disclose the information would be “egregious," U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy III said earlier in the litigation. But the prosecutor's office found that he feared for his family in Texas and Mexico if the drug dealer knew he was investigating him for murder, according to evidence in the case. In 2019, prosecutor Kym Worthy agreed to a "full and complete exoneration" of Ansari, freeing him from a life prison sentence, Mueller said.

Persons: —, Alexandre Ansari's, “, Wolf Mueller, Mueller, Ileana Cuevas, Stephen Murphy III, Kym Worthy, Ansari Organizations: DETROIT, Detroit, District Locations: Detroit, Wayne County, U.S, Texas, Mexico

A large depreciation didn’t fully materialize; rather, the dollar’s value in the parallel retail market – popularly known as the “blue dollar” – increased some 13%. Milei, an outsider and right-wing populist, has also accused the Central Bank of recklessly printing money in order to fund public spending. The government has made access to foreign currency increasingly more stringent, which has caused the parallel market to flourish. “It isn’t exactly full, but there’s a lot in there,” she said, declining to provide her last name because trading foreign currency under the table is illegal. “Listening to the radio and looking on the internet, there isn’t any craziness about dollar, dollar, dollar,” he said.

Persons: Leandro Francisco Diana, Javier Milei, “, ”, Diana, Villa Crespo, Milei, Javier, Giselle, Argentina isn't, Maria Castiglioni, ” Castiglioni, Alexi Hoyos, Hoyos, ” Diana, videojournalist Mauricio Cuevas Organizations: U.S ., U.S, Central Bank, Radio Mitre Locations: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Buenos Aires, New York, Miami, Florida

☆ In 'macho' Mexico, stage set for first female president
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

[1/2] Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum reacts after she was nominated as a presidential candidate, in Mexico City, Mexico September 6, 2023. "It's extraordinary in a patriarchal country," said Josefina Vazquez Mota, who made history in 2012 as the first female presidential candidate for one of Mexico's main parties. "Just imagine having a female president in a country as macho as Mexico!" Mexican women did not win full voting rights until 1953, 33 years after the neighboring United States. Today, Vazquez Mota said, her PAN ally Galvez no longer had to respond to whether Mexico was ready for a female president.

Persons: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Henry Romero, Claudia Sheinbaum, Xochitl Galvez, Galvez, Josefina Vazquez Mota, Vazquez Mota, Maria del Carmen Garcia, Mexico City Mayor Sheinbaum, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Marcelo Ebrard, Angelica Rodriguez, femicides, Guadalupe, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Lorenzo Meyer, anticlerical, Gabriela Cuevas, Dave Graham, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Alberto Fajardo, Stephen Eisenhammer, Claudia Parsons Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, REUTERS, Action Party, PAN, Mexican, Court, men's, Roman, Virgin, Church, Colegio de Mexico, Reuters Graphics, Inter, Parliamentary Union, Federal, Vamos, OECD, Mexican Institute for Competitiveness, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, America, Brazil, Honduras, Peru, United States, Canada, Yucatan, Reuters Graphics Mexico, Britain, Mexican, U.S, Turkey, Argentina

☆ Gang Member Pleads Guilty in Killing of 2 Long Island Teenagers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Colin Moynihan | Nate Schweber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

One night in September 2016, two teenage girls were walking down a street in the Long Island hamlet of Brentwood when they were spotted by four members of MS-13, a violent transnational gang with Salvadoran roots. Federal prosecutors said the MS-13 members had set out that evening in a car looking for rival gang members to kill. When they saw Kayla Cuevas, 16, prosecutors added, they recognized her as someone their gang had designated for death after a series of disputes with MS-13 members on social media and at school. They gave the order to kill Kayla and her 15-year-old friend, Nisa Mickens, prosecutors said. One of the gang members in the car, Enrique Portillo, 19, and two younger members then attacked and killed the girls with baseball bats and a machete, prosecutors said.

Persons: Kayla Cuevas, Alexi Saenz, Kayla, Nisa Mickens, Enrique Portillo, Timothy Sini, Portillo Organizations: Suffolk County Police Locations: Long, Brentwood, Suffolk

☆ Wildfire in Spain's Gran Canaria island menaces villages
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Borja Suarez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TEJEDA, Spain, July 25 (Reuters) - A rapidly-spreading wildfire that broke out at the centre of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on Tuesday forced the authorities to remove several hundred villagers from their homes, shut three roads and deploy helicopters to contain the blaze. However, Spanish airports operator AENA told Reuters, however, the Gran Canaria airport on the eastern coast was operating normally. Antonio Morales, head of the Island Council of Gran Canaria, told reporters about 100 firefighters and nine aircraft were working to put out the blaze that has so far burned through 200 hectares of forest but no buildings have been harmed. "They told me they were already there trying to put the fire out but two hours later it broke out of control," he said. Reporting by Borja Suarez in Gran Canaria island, with additional reporting of Corina Pons in Tenerife island.

Persons: Federico Grillo, Antonio Morales, Cuevas Blancas, Jose Ramon Henriquez, Borja Suarez, Corina Pons, Andrei Khalip, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Gran Canaria, Reuters, AENA, Radio Canarias, Island, Thomson Locations: Spain, Spanish, Gran, Gran Canaria, Tenerife

☆ Mining Deploys Innovative Tech to Find Copper, Other EV Metals
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Yusuf Khan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +8 min

By adding bio-surfactants along with the other chemicals during the soaking process, more copper floats to the surface and less is wasted. Locus says its bio-surfactants increase copper yields by 7%, and save energy because less rock needs to be crushed. It is also testing its process on iron ore and tailings waste. Photo: douglas magno/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesGroups concerned about the environment frequently talk about mining waste or so-called tailings, mining companies less so. “Long term we need to get more suppliers of these metals, rare earths in particular.”Phoenix finds mine sites where the tailings waste is free from radioactive elements such as thorium and uranium.

Persons: Nico Cuevas, Tesla, Cuevas, ”, Fatih Birol, Urbix, “, ” Cuevas, Luke Sharrett, Gabi Knesel, Knesel, douglas magno, Vale, Nicholas Myers, Myers, Yusuf Khan Organizations: SK, South, Sustainable Business, International Energy Agency, Miners, EV, Bloomberg, “ Mining, BHP, Agence France, Getty Locations: Mexican, Arizona, U.S, Mexico, Mesa, South Korean, China, America, Madagascar, Tanzania, Northern Europe, Solon , Ohio, Brazil, Woburn, Mass, New York, yusuf.khan

☆ A Solemn Walk Through Highland Park One Year After Parade Massacre
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hernan Cuevas was just a few days into his tenure as pastor of a Roman Catholic parish in Highland Park when the parade took place. Mr. Cuevas had rounded up congregants for the church float and bought granola bars to hand out to people along the route. He said it was not until he saw “a wave of people walking toward us, running, crying” that “we thought, ‘These are not fireworks. Mr. Cuevas said his congregants had processed the trauma from that day differently, and had different ideas about how to observe this Fourth of July. Others left town for the holiday, seeking distance from the pain.

Persons: Hernan Cuevas, Cuevas, ’ ” Organizations: Roman Catholic Locations: Highland Park

☆ Worried you're applying to a 'ghost job'? Here are some ways to tell.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Ghost jobs" are roles that employers list as open but that they're not actively trying to fill. So-called "ghost jobs" refer to roles that employers say they're actively hiring for, when they're really not. There are some signs candidates can look for that suggest a position is likely just a ghost job. "When employers are actively hiring, they move quickly, especially if you are qualified for the role," Horton said. "They want to get you in front of the hiring manager quickly so that they do not lose you mid-process.

☆ I just traveled to Argentina — and doubled my money with a 'black market' exchange rate
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +15 min

A legal exchange rate influenced by the black marketA worker lays out 500 Argentine peso note sheets on Aug. 14, 2020 in Buenos Aires. Greg IacurciPut another way: Your money goes almost twice as far with the "blue dollar" exchange rate. The exchange rate for the transaction was 366 Argentine pesos per U.S. dollar, almost double the official exchange rate (190 pesos per dollar) at the time. Anyone who wants to save more cash in U.S. dollars must turn to the black market, which sets the "blue dollar" exchange rate. The exchange rate offered by Western Union has been similar to that of the "blue dollar" rate on the black market.

☆ Jucătorii de tenis blocaţi în camerele de hotel din Melbourne, au găsit metode ingenioase de a exersa
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Jucătorii de tenis blocaţi în camerele de hotel din Melbourne dau dovadă de ingeniozitate.Cei 47 de sportivi, participanți la Australian Open, plasaţi în izolare, s-au plâns că le-a fost interzis să se antreneze în următoarele două săptămâni, dar până la urmă s-au obișnuit cu ideea și s-au adaptat situației.Arina Sabalenka a găsit o modalitate de a se antrena. Ea s-a filmat în camera de hotel cum bate mingea de geam. Același lucru, doar că puțin mai diferit, l-a făcut elvețianca Belinda Bencic.La o altă soluție a apelat tenismena din Rusia, Iulia Putințev. Ea a lovit minge de mobilierul din cameră.Tenismena din Tunisia, Ons Jabeur, și-a dat seama că patul nu este util doar pentru somn, dar și pentru un scurt antrenament.Tenismanul Pablo Cuevas și-a lipit salteaua de fitness pe unul dintre pereții camerei și a început la fel să exerseze.Participanții de la Australian Open au fost izolați după ce la bordul a două din cele cinci avioane închiriate special pentru jucătorii care vin să joace la Melbourne au fost depistați pozitiv mai mulți pasageri.Primul turneu de Mare Șlem din acest an se va desfășura în perioada 8-21 februarie.

Persons: Ea, Iulia Putințev . Ea, Pablo Cuevas Organizations: Australian Open Locations: Melbourne, Rusia, cameră.Tenismena, Tunisia, Ons

☆ Două avioane închiriate pentru jucătorii care vin să joace la Melbourne, au fost contaminate cu COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Două din cele cinci avioane închiriate special pentru jucătorii care vin să joace la Melbourne au fost contaminate cu COVID 19! La aterizare, doi dintre pasageri, un membru al echipajului și un antrenor au fost testați pozitiv. În al doilea avion care a venit de la Abu Dhabi a fost și Sorana Cîrstea. Un membru al echipajului a fost depistat pozitiv cu Covid-19. Primul turneu de Mare Șlem din acest an se va desfășura în perioada 8-21 februarie.

Persons: Azarenka, Sloane Stephens, Pablo Cuevas, Cîrstea, Bianca Andreescu, Angelique, Svetlana Kuznețova . Organizations: Australian Open . Locations: Melbourne, Los Angeles, Abu Dhabi

☆ Testare în masă într-un oraș din Spania: Aproape toți locuitorii sunt infectați cu coronavirus
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Autoritățile spaniole dintr-un oraș din sudul țării iberice au luat decizia de a testa în masă localnicii, după ce un test de screening a arătat că majoritatea locuitorilor au fost infectați cu noul coronavirus. Potrivit datelor, nu mai puțin de 70% din populaţie ar fi fost bolnavă de COVID-19, scrie b1.ro. Potrivit presei spaniole, decizia va fi aplicată locuitorilor orășelului Cuevas del Becerro locuit de peste 1.600 de oameni. "Mi-au trimis un mesaj pentru ziua de vineri, când a fost testarea în masă, dar nu a fost pentru mine, ci pentru soţul meu. Rezultatul a fost negativ, aşa că i-au trimis un mesaj nou astăzi.

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