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☆ 92nd Street Y cancels talk by Pulitzer-winning author who backs Palestinians
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Writing on Instagram, Nguyen said he learned at 3 p.m. that the event had been canceled by the 92NY. "Their language was 'postponement,' but no reason was given, no other date was offered, and I was never asked," Nguyen wrote. "I spoke about my book, yes, but also about how art is silenced in times of war and division because some people only want to see the world as us vs them," Nguyen wrote on Saturday. And writing is the only way I know how to grieve." Reporting by Lucia Mutikani, David Ljunggren and Joseph Ax; Editing by Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Christopher Lightfoot Walker, Nguyen, I've, 92NY, Lucia Mutikani, David Ljunggren, Joseph Ax, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, New York City, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Palestine, Israel, Palestinian, Mineola , New York, U.S, New York, Gaza, Nguyen, American, Manhattan

☆ Former U.S. Rep Amash says relatives killed in Gaza church air strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A view at the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church that was damaged by an Israeli strike, where Palestinians who fled their homes take shelter, in Gaza City, October 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri Acquire Licensing RightsOct 20 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Justin Amash said on Friday that several of his relatives had been killed when a Greek Orthodox church in the Gaza Strip was hit overnight by an Israeli air strike. "May God watch over all Christians in Gaza — and all Israelis and Palestinians who are suffering, whatever their religion or creed." Palestinian officials said at least 500 Muslims and Christians had taken shelter from Israeli bombardments in the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius, and the Hamas-run government's health ministry said 16 were killed. Israel has besieged Gaza since Hamas killed 1,400 people in southern Israel on Oct. 7.

Persons: Mohammed Al, Masri, Justin Amash, Amash, Porphyrius, Jerusalem, Donald Trump, Joseph Ax, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Saint Porphyrius, REUTERS, Former U.S, St, Hamas, Republican, U.S . House, Libertarian Party, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Gaza City, Former, Gaza, Palestinian, Michigan, U.S, Israel

☆ Former U.S. Rep Amash Says Relatives Killed in Gaza Church Air Strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Justin Amash said on Friday that several of his relatives had been killed when a Greek Orthodox church in the Gaza Strip was hit overnight by an Israeli air strike. "May God watch over all Christians in Gaza — and all Israelis and Palestinians who are suffering, whatever their religion or creed." Amash, a Palestinian-American, represented Michigan as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2021. A vocal critic of former Republican President Donald Trump, Amash left the party in 2019 and later joined the Libertarian Party. Israel has besieged Gaza since Hamas killed 1,400 people in southern Israel on Oct. 7.

Persons: Justin Amash, Amash, Porphyrius, Jerusalem, Donald Trump, Joseph Ax, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Reuters, Former U.S, St, Hamas, Republican, U.S . House, Libertarian Party, United Nations Locations: Former, Gaza, Palestinian, Michigan, U.S, Israel

☆ For N.K. Jemisin, Reality Inspired Horror Fiction
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Elisabeth Egan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I view horror as catharsis through entertainment,” Jordan Peele writes in “Out There Screaming,” the best-selling anthology of new Black horror he edited with John Joseph Adams. Jemisin, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Tochi Onyebuchi and Tananarive Due. Initially Jemisin declined to participate, although she was pleased to be approached. “I like writing stories, but I’m very slow to write them and I don’t do well with commissions,” Jemisin said in a phone interview. But we were on this trip with some teenagers and we told them, ‘Do not go out by yourselves because this doesn’t feel like a safe place to be a bunch of young Black folks.’”

Persons: ” Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams, “, Jemisin, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Tochi, ” Jemisin, ’ Locations: Banks

Yonatan Manor, president of Boston University Students for Israel, said failure to denounce Hamas was akin to supporting Nazis. Younger Americans are much less likely than older generations to support Israel. Support for Israel has grown among all Americans since 2014, when clashes between Israel and Hamas led to thousands of deaths, the vast majority Palestinians. One member, a Middle Eastern Jewish student at Barnard College who requested anonymity for safety concerns, said the organization's ethos underscores the conflict's complexity. Raffi Ivker, a Jewish student at George Washington University, said he believed neither side "has clean hands."

Persons: Kevin Khadavi, David, Louis, Haniah, –, They've, we've, Israel, Christopher Iacovetti, Nat Turner's, Black, Hadia Khatri, Raffi Ivker, Josh Joffe, Joseph Ax, Gabriella Borter, Jason Lange, Paul Thomasch, Howard Goller Organizations: Columbia University, REUTERS, Stanford University, Washington University, Social, Boston University Students for Israel, Reuters, U.S, University of Chicago, Virginians, Jewish, Eastern, Barnard College, George Washington University, Washington , D.C, Stanford, Thomson Locations: Gaza, New York City, U.S, St, Palestine, Israel, Yonatan Manor, Washington ,, New York, Washington

[1/3] A view of a sign supporting Democratic candidate for Virginia State Senate District 27 Joel Griffin on a lawn in Stafford, Virginia, U.S. October 3, 2023. Democrats argue even a 15-week limit is unacceptable and warn that Republicans might seek to restrict abortion further in the future. Every seat in the state Senate and House is on the ballot in November, and control in each chamber is likely to come down to a handful of competitive districts. Like other Democrats in the state, Griffin has made protecting abortion rights a pillar of his campaign. Reporting by Gabriella Borter in Stafford, Virginia and Joseph Ax in New York Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Joel Griffin, GABRIELLA BORTER, Britainy Riggins, Riggins, Griffin, forestalling, Glenn Youngkin's, Donald Trump, Todd Gilbert, Susan Swecker, Monica Gary, Tara Durant, AdImpact, Griffin's, Durant, Zack Roday, Mary Jane Mitchell, Roe, Gabriella Borter, Joseph Ax, Colleen Jenkins, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Democratic, Virginia State, District, REUTERS, U.S, Virginia Republicans, Republican, Gallup, Democratic Party, States, Virginia Public, Republicans, Marine Corps, Twitter, Reuters, Youngkin's PAC, Democrat, Air Force, Wade, Thomson Locations: Stafford , Virginia, U.S, STAFFORD , Virginia, Republican, Virginia, U.S ., Stafford, New York

☆ The celestial phenomenon of October’s solar eclipse
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A "ring of fire" can be seen around the moon during an annular eclipse visible from Chiayi in southern Taiwan on June 21, 2020. Alberto Buzzola/LightRocket/Getty ImagesSaturday’s annular solar eclipse will create a dazzling “ring of fire” across the Americas. Make sure you have certified eclipse glasses or solar viewers, and check out our tips to safely take in every aspect of the annular or partial eclipse, depending on where you are. Clouds may spoil the view for some, and the eclipse may even affect the weather, but never fear: NASA will share live streams from multiple locations within the path of the annular eclipse. They find wonder in planets beyond our solar system and discoveries from the ancient world.

Persons: it’s, Alberto Buzzola, Thyra, ”, Lisbeth, Erika Blumenfeld, Joseph Aebersold, REx, Dante Lauretta, Sriram Murali, Laurent Ballesta, Luke Skywalker, Jimmy Buffett, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, NASA, Viking, National Museum of Denmark, University of Arizona, London’s, Museum, Tiger, Wildlife, “ Star, Florida, CNN Space, Science Locations: Taiwan, United States, Oregon, Texas, Gulf, Nevada , Utah, New Mexico, California , Idaho , Colorado, Arizona, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Natal, Brazil, Denmark, Viking, Copenhagen, Norway, Tamil, California

After the Palestinian militant group Hamas' weekend attack on Israel, Israel has bombarded and laid siege to the Gaza Strip, controlled by Hamas, and plans a ground invasion. There have been reports of harassment and assaults of both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian students, deepening grief and putting students of all political stripes on high alert. In a sign of the tensions, some counter-protesters at Columbia shouted angrily at the pro-Palestinian group. Many faulted the university for not expressing more support for Palestinian students and the people of Gaza. Tensions sparked anew at campuses on Thursday as the national group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) declared a "day of resistance," with demonstrations by its 200 chapters at colleges across North America.

Persons: tensely, Israel, David Hidary, SJP, Gabriella Borter, Joseph Ax, Andrew Hay, Paul Thomasch, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Columbia University, Israel, New, Hamas, Kan, Columbia, Palestine, Palestinian, REUTERS, Harvard University, Harvard Crimson, Students for Justice, Defamation League, Justice, University of Arizona, University of California Los, Georgetown University, Washington , D.C, Thomson Locations: New York City, Israel, Gaza, U.S, Palestine, North America, Hamas, Tucson, University of California Los Angeles, Washington ,, Washington, New York, Taos , New Mexico

About 100 feet (30 meters) away, students backing Israel silently held up posters with the faces of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas. After the Palestinian militant group Hamas' weekend attack on Israel, Israel has bombarded and laid siege to the Gaza Strip, controlled by Hamas, and plans a ground invasion. Many faulted the university for not expressing more support for Palestinian students and the people of Gaza. Prominent alumni lambasted a joint student group statement calling Israel "entirely responsible" for the war. Tensions sparked anew at campuses on Thursday as the national group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) declared a "day of resistance," with demonstrations by its 200 chapters at colleges across North America.

Persons: tensely, Israel, David Hidary, SJP, Gabriella Borter, Joseph Ax, Andrew Hay, Paul Thomasch, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: University of Arizona, Students for Justice, Columbia University, Israel, New, Hamas, Kan, Columbia, Palestine, Palestinian, REUTERS, Harvard University, Harvard Crimson, Defamation League, Justice, University of California Los, Georgetown University, Washington , D.C, Thomson Locations: Palestine, New York City, Israel, Gaza, U.S, North America, Hamas, Tucson, University of California Los Angeles, Washington ,, Washington, New York, Taos , New Mexico

☆ Arras, France school knife attack: Teacher killed and several people injured
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Joseph Ataman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Paris CNN —A teacher was killed Friday and several people injured in a knife attack at a public school in Arras, northern France, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. A worker at the school is in critical condition after receiving several stab wounds and a second teacher was wounded less seriously, BFMTV reported. The attack occurred in the Gambetta High School at around 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m. According to BFMTV, the suspect is a 20-year-old man of Chechen origins who cried “Allahu Akbar” during the attack. French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to the public school where the attack occurred, according to the Elysee Palace.

Persons: Paris CNN —, BFMTV, Pascal Rossignol, Gerald Darmanin, “ Allahu Akbar ”, Emmanuel Macron Organizations: Paris CNN, CNN, BFMTV, Gambetta High School, French Locations: Arras, France

☆ Third-period surge lifts Hurricanes past Senators
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/49] Oct 11, 2023; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Ottawa Senators right wing Mathieu Joseph (21) celebrates his goal against the Carolina Hurricanes during the first period at PNC Arena. The teams combined for five goals in an 11-minute stretch of the final period, with each team posting one short-handed goal. Tony DeAngelo had an assist on the Hurricanes' first goal for the 200th point of his career. Stutzle scored unassisted. Shortly after Skjei's goal, the Senators ended up on a power play, and Slavin added insurance for the Hurricanes with a short-handed tally.

Persons: Mathieu Joseph, James Guillory, Brady Skjei, Jaccob Slavin, Skjei, Jordan Staal, Michael Bunting, Teuvo Teravainen, Frederik Andersen, Parker Kelly, Tim Stutzle, Joonas Korpisalo, Tony DeAngelo, Joseph, Artem Zub's, Bunting, Teravainen, Kelly, Stutzle Organizations: Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes, PNC Arena, Hurricanes, Carolina, Ottawa, Philadelphia Flyers, Senators, Thomson Locations: Raleigh , North Carolina, USA, Raleigh, N.C, Carolina

NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie has a memoir coming out about the horrifying attack that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand. “This was a necessary book for me to write: a way to take charge of what happened, and to answer violence with art,” Rushdie said in a statement released Wednesday by Penguin Random House. The 256-page “Knife" will be published in the U.S. by Random House, the Penguin Random House imprint that earlier this year released his novel “Victory City,” completed before the attack. Political Cartoons View All 1206 Images“'Knife' is a searing book, and a reminder of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable," Penguin Random House CEO Nihar Malaviya said in a statement. Rushdie wrote at length, and in the third person, about the fatwa in his 2012 memoir “Joseph Anton.”“This doesn’t feel third-person-ish to me,” Rushdie said of the 2022 attack in the magazine interview.

Persons: — Salman Rushdie, ” Rushdie, Rushdie, Hadi Matar, Ruhollah Khomeini, ”, Booker, Nihar Malaviya, David Remnick, “ Joseph Anton, “, that’s Organizations: Penguin Random, Chautauqua Institution, Random House, Penguin, PEN America, Random, Yorker Locations: New York, U.S

☆ NASA reveals a pristine sample collected from a near-Earth asteroid
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A pristine asteroid sample that could serve as a time capsule from the early days of our solar system has finally been revealed. “Far exceeding our goal of 60 grams, this is the biggest carbon-rich asteroid sample ever return to Earth. It’s the largest asteroid sample returned to Earth. The burst of gas lifted rocks and dust all the way from 19 inches (50 centimeters) beneath the space rock’s surface. About 70% of the sample will remain pristine in storage so future generations with better technology can learn even more than what’s now possible.

Persons: Bill Nelson, ” Nelson, Erika Blumenfeld, Joseph Aebersold, NASA’s OSIRIS, REx, Bennu, REx mission’s, Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS Organizations: CNN, NASA, agency’s, Space Center, Canadian Space Agency, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency Locations: Utah, Houston

☆ Hezbollah, Hamas claim attacks on Israel from Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Flame and smoke rise over Lebanon as seen from Israel's border with Lebanon, in northern Israel, October 10, 2023. The violence, triggered by the war between Israel and Palestinian militants, marks the most serious escalation along the Lebanese-Israeli frontier since the 2006 conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. The Israeli army said no injuries were reported in Tuesday's attack by Hezbollah, three of whose fighters were killed on Monday in Israeli shelling into Lebanon. A salvo of rockets was also fired from Lebanon into Israel on Tuesday, in an attack a security source in Lebanon said was carried out by Palestinian factions. Hezbollah, founded by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in 1982, has close ties to the Palestinian groups fighting Israel.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Lebanon Joanna Wronecka, Abdallah Bouhabib, Joseph Aoun, General Security Elias Bayssari, Laila Bassam, Henriette Chacar, Maya Gebeily, Tom Perry, Alison Williams, David Gregorio, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian Hamas, Lebanese, Palestinian, Islamic, United Nations, General Security, Twitter, Iran's, Guards, Sunday, Israel, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Rights BEIRUT, Palestinian, Gaza, Iran, Lebanese, Tyre, Beirut, Jerusalem

MIAMI (AP) — A former Haitian senator pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the United States to charges related to the 2021 assassination of former President Jovenel Moïse. John Joel Joseph made his appearance at a Miami federal court and changed his plea after reaching an agreement with the government. Joseph, a very well known politician and opponent of the slain president's Tet Kale party, is one of the 11 people facing charges related to the killing in South Florida. Political Cartoons View All 1206 ImagesEight more defendants are waiting trial in the United States. The former senator was arrested in Jamaica in January, and in March he agreed to be extradited to the U.S.

Persons: —, Jovenel Moïse, John Joel Joseph, Jose Martinez, Joseph, president's, Rodolphe Jaar, Alejandro Rivera Garcia, Moïse Organizations: MIAMI, Colombian, U.S Locations: United States, Miami, Federal, Jamaica, South Florida, Haitian, Chilean, Haiti, Port

REUTERS/Paul Ratje/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 6 (Reuters) - A New Mexico judge on Friday rejected a Republican challenge to the state's Democratic-drawn congressional lines, improving the odds Democrats will maintain their hold on all three of the state's districts in next year's election. The Republican state party, which brought the lawsuit, said it would appeal the decision with the New Mexico Supreme Court. "The legislature intended to and, in fact, did egregiously gerrymander the congressional maps," said state Republican party chairman Steve Pearce in a statement. Earlier this week, a federal court approved new congressional lines for Alabama after finding a Republican-created map illegally hurt Black voters. The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments next week over whether South Carolina's Republican-drawn congressional map unlawfully diluted the power of Black voters.

Persons: Paul Ratje, Fred Van Soelen, Gabe Vasquez, Van Soelen, egregiously, Steve Pearce, Joseph Ax, Andrew Hay, Colleen Jenkins, David Gregorio, Chris Reese Organizations: Center, REUTERS, Republican, Democratic, U.S . House, Judicial, District, Democrat, Democrats, New, New Mexico Supreme, The U.S, Supreme, South Carolina's Republican, Thomson Locations: Dona Ana, Las Cruces , New Mexico, U.S, Mexico, New Mexico, Alabama, The

☆ Alabama Democrats likely to flip seat under court-approved congressional map
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The three-judge panel selected a map that preserves the state's lone majority-Black district while creating a second district in which Black voters make up nearly half of the voting-age population. Democrats would need to flip five seats in the 435-seat House of Representatives to take back the majority in the November 2024 election. Civil rights groups challenged the Republican map, arguing that Republicans had deliberately spread Black voters thin to ensure they would continue to win six of the state's seven districts. "And it would not have been this way if the legislature had created a second opportunity district or majority-minority district." Similar challenges are also pending in Louisiana and Georgia, where civil rights groups have argued that Republican lawmakers illegally disadvantaged Black voters by manipulating congressional lines.

Persons: Terri Sewell, Martin Luther King Jr, Elizabeth Frantz, Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Joseph Ax, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Union, REUTERS, House, Republican, The U.S, Supreme, Circuit, Appeals, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Alabama, U.S, Black, The, Louisiana, Georgia

☆ California governor vetoes bill offering unemployment pay to strikers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Gavin Newsom, Governor, State of California speaks at the 2023 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 30 (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday vetoed a bill that would have paid unemployment benefits to striking workers, and had drawn strong support from labor unions and from his fellow Democrats in the state legislature. In rejecting the bill, Newsom noted that the state's unemployment trust fund is already nearing $20 billion in debt. The bill would have made workers out on strike for at least two weeks eligible for unemployment checks. The vast majority of states, with the exception of New York and New Jersey, do not offer unemployment benefits to striking workers.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Mike Blake, Newsom, Joseph Ax, Edmund Klamann Organizations: Milken, Global Conference, REUTERS, Democratic, Hollywood, Thomson Locations: State, California, Beverly Hills , California, U.S, Southern California, New York, New Jersey

[1/2] Taylor Swift attends the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., September 12, 2023. Swift's appearance, in addition to fueling further rumors about her romance with the Chiefs' star tight end, is sure to deliver another marketing blessing to the NFL. Sunday's game was the second-highest selling game of the NFL season after the season opener, Stubhub said. The cheapest nosebleed seat tickets for Sunday's game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, were going for $81 on Sunday afternoon, while resale tickets at the lower level cost close to $9,000. When Swift showed up at the Chiefs' game on Sept. 24, viewership among women ages 18-49 - Swift's prime fan demographic - spike 63% week-over-week.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Andrew Kelly, Travis Kelce, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Blake Lively, Stubhub, Swift, Taylor, Gabriella Borter, Joseph Ax, Frank Pingue, Lisa Shumaker, Stephen Coates Organizations: Prudential Center, REUTERS, MetLife, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, Chiefs, National Football, NBC, Hollywood, NFL, Jets, Kelce, Football, Thomson Locations: Newark , New Jersey, U.S, New Jersey, United States, Kansas City, New York, East Rutherford , New Jersey, Washington, Toronto

☆ California's Newsom promoting Biden in '24 - and perhaps himself in '28
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

It was an increasingly familiar position for Newsom, who has emerged as perhaps the Biden re-election campaign's most visible representative. Newsom is near the top of a list that includes Vice President Kamala Harris, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, among others. Senator Dianne Feinstein's death meant Newsom will have the job of naming a replacement to help protect Democrats' slim Senate majority. "It benefits Biden, and it benefits Newsom." Jane Kim, the California director of the liberal Working Families Party, said Newsom deserves credit for many of his achievements.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Ronald Reagan, David Swanson, Wednesday's, Joe Biden, Newsom, Biden, Kamala Harris, Gretchen Whitmer, Josh Shapiro, Dianne Feinstein's, Harris, Steven Maviglio, Ron DeSantis, Sean Hannity, Jane Kim, We've, Representative Barbara Lee, Eric Schickler, Schickler, Joseph Ax, James Oliphant, Tim Reid, Jarrett Renshaw, Colleen Jenkins, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Republican, Ronald Reagan Presidential, REUTERS, Democratic, Fox News, Democracy, California's Democratic, Families Party, U.S, Representative, University of California, Thomson Locations: Simi Valley , California, U.S, California, Michigan, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, Long Beach , California, Berkeley

☆ California minimum wage for fast food workers raised to $20 an hour
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 28 (Reuters) - Fast food workers in California will earn a minimum of $20 an hour starting in April under a new bill signed into law on Thursday by Governor Gavin Newsom. "The future happens here first," Newsom said at an event in Los Angeles, with labor officials and fast food workers flanking him. Labor unions, meanwhile, dropped their push to hold fast food corporations liable for violations committed by their franchisees. There are more than 550,000 fast food workers at 30,000 locations statewide, Newsom said. The overall minimum wage in California is $15.50 an hour, among the highest of any state.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Mike Blake, Newsom, We're, Joseph Ax, Josie Kao Organizations: Milken, Global Conference, REUTERS, Labor, U.S, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Thomson Locations: State, California, Beverly Hills , California, U.S, Los Angeles

Republican presidential candidates talk over each other during the second Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, September 27, 2023. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a frequent Trump critic, chimed in, saying Trump was "afraid" and mocking him as "Donald Duck" for skipping the debate. Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for the November 2024 election, was also a frequent target for the Republican candidates, who castigated his handling of the economy and the southern border with Mexico. "They're all job candidates," Trump said dismissively of the seven Republicans at the debate. Haley, meanwhile, was hoping a second consecutive strong debate performance will convince some Republican donors she has the best odds of unseating Trump.

Persons: Ronald Reagan, Mike Blake, Donald Trump's, Joe Biden, Trump, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Chris Christie, chimed, Donald Duck, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Biden, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Dana Perino, Iowa's, Haley, Doug Burgum, autoworkers, Tim Scott, Scott, Vladimir Putin, Tim Reid, Rami Ayyub, Kanishka Singh, Jasper Ward, Eric Beech, Gram Slattery, Joseph Ax, Ross Colvin, Howard Goller Organizations: Republican, Ronald Reagan Presidential, REUTERS, Democratic, Trump, Reuters, Former New Jersey, United, United Nations, TikTok, U.S, Trump . North, Thomson Locations: Simi Valley , California, SIMI VALLEY , California, China, Wisconsin, Florida, United Nations, Mexico, Michigan, New York, COVID, Trump . North Dakota, Ukraine, Russia, Jasper, Princeton , New Jersey

☆ Anti-affirmative action group, emboldened by US Supreme Court, targets scholarships
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The challenges are part of a growing campaign against diversity initiatives after a U.S. Supreme Court landmark ruling in June outlawed use of race in college admissions, commonly known as affirmative action. A departmental spokesperson said the office for civil rights does not discuss details of its cases. But you can't do it through racial discrimination, and the Supreme Court has been very clear about that." On Tuesday, the organization that won the Supreme Court case, Students for Fair Admissions, filed a new lawsuit challenging affirmative action admission practices at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The Supreme Court had exempted military academies from its June decision, saying in a footnote that these schools might have "distinct" interests.

Persons: Evelyn Hockstein, William Jacobson, Jacobson, Evan Caminker, Joseph Ax, Colleen Jenkins, David Gregorio Our Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Harvard University, University of North, REUTERS, Conservative, Cornell University, U.S . Department, Western Kentucky University, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska, Education Trust, Democratic, Belmont University, The University of Missouri, Republican, University of Michigan, The, Harvard, Fair, U.S . Military Academy, West, Thomson Locations: University of North Carolina, Washington , U.S, Lincoln, American, Missouri

☆ A portfolio manager explains why the first quarter of 2024 is the perfect storm for a stock-market pullback — and shares the 3 funds he's buying to take advantage of this year's bull rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Goldman Sachs expects rates to hold steady again as inflation trends down and the labor market remains strong. But Raymond Bridges, the portfolio manager of the Bridges Capital ETF, an actively managed equity long-only fund, believes the overall macro outlook is still bearish. But regional banks continue to access this program every week, Bridges said. But just because he's bearish on the macro outlook doesn't mean he's not going to take advantage of short-term opportunities. His ETF, launched on May 11, is a mix of US equity-index ETFs, large-cap stocks, and cash or cash equivalents.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Raymond Bridges, Bridges, Joseph Abate, Jerome Powell, he's bearish, Russell Organizations: Fed, Bridges Capital ETF, Barclays, Reuters, Regional Banking, Trust, BPI

Mexican Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreCHICAGO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Ovidio Guzman, one of the sons of incarcerated Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, pleaded not guilty to U.S. fentanyl trafficking charges on Monday in federal court in Chicago, prosecutors said, three days after his extradition from Mexico. Guzman, 33, is one of El Chapo's four sons, known as "Los Chapitos," who inherited their father's trafficking empire after his conviction on U.S. murder and drug charges in 2019. "El Chapo" Guzman is serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison in Colorado. Guzman was briefly arrested in Culiacan in the northern state of Sinaloa in 2019. "El Chapo" Guzman rose to prominence at the helm of the Sinaloa Cartel and added to his infamy by escaping Mexican prisons not once but twice.

Persons: Ovidio Guzman, Joaquin, El, Guzman, El Chapo's, Ovidio, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Biden, Eric Cox, Joseph Ax, Kanishka Singh, Grant McCool Organizations: Biden, Chicago Tribune, U.S, Tribune, State Department, Thomson Locations: Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, CHICAGO, Chicago, Colorado . U.S, The U.S, U.S, Brooklyn

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