Month: May 2023

3:31 PM ET: Pence to run for president – CNN Breaking News Alerts – Podcast on CNN Audio 12:00 PM ET: Crucial debt vote, Chris Christie’s 2024 plans, AI ‘risk of extinction’ and more 5 things listen toCNN 5 things Wednesday, May 31 On PC On Mobile Smart Speakers Global US Political Business podcast Hear the news as it breaks, right in your podcast app. From the team behind CNN 5 Things. 3:31 PM ET: Pence to run for president Breaking news alerts from CNN May 31, 2023 3:35 PM EDT Former Vice President Mike Pence will announce his 2024…

UPDATE (31/5/2023 14:45): The subject has been located, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing 82-year-old man who was last seen in McCurtain County Wednesday morning, according to OHP Troopers. Troopers say 82-year-old Donald Hamm was last seen at the address of 986 Beargrass Trail in Ringold, Oklahoma. Authorities say Hamm is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs around 170 pounds. Hamm also has gray hair and brown eyes. Authorities say Hamm suffered from dementia and may have a three-legged black and white dog with him. This is breaking news, please…

The owners and operators of six Sonic Drive-In restaurants in northwestern Nevada have paid more than $70,000 in civil penalties for allegedly violating federal child labor laws. Federal investigators from the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division determined that SDI by Neil LLC, which operates as Sonic Drive-In, committed more than 170 violations of the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. These include assigning employees under the age of 16 to work longer hours than federal regulations allow and assigning them tasks deemed too dangerous for younger workers, such as operating manual fryers, the department said Monday…

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that two state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional, but the procedure remains illegal in the state in almost all cases except in situations that threaten the life In a 6-3 ruling, the high court said both bans are unconstitutional because they require a “medical emergency” before a doctor can perform an abortion. The court said this language conflicts with a previous ruling he issued in March, which determined that the Oklahoma Constitution provides an “inherent right of a pregnant woman to terminate her pregnancy when necessary to preserve her life.” The…

THE WOODLANDS, TX – Officials with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office have suspended or called off the ongoing search for local resident Colby Richards that has been ongoing since his disappearance Friday, sources said. According to “Help us find Colby Richards,” the Facebook page set up by the family, “The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office has called off their search. We have reached out to Equusearch to see if they can now deploy resources. We continue to search and re-evaluate volunteers daily. We currently have volunteer help coordinating this coming Saturday, so we plan to keep looking at least until then.’…

PARIS (AP) – French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera said Wednesday that Novak Djokovic’s political message about Kosovo was “not appropriate” and warned the former Serbian top player that he should not redo. Speaking to France 2 television, Oudea-Castera said French Open director Amelie Mauresmo spoke to Djokovic and his entourage to insist on the principle of “neutrality” on the pitch. “When it comes to defending human rights and bringing people together around universal values, an athlete is free to do that,” he said. But Oudea-Castera added that Djokovic’s message was “militant, very political” and “must not be repeated”. Djokovic has…

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who advised Donald Trump’s 2016 White House campaign only to become a vocal critic of the former US president in recent months, will launch a bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination next week, according to news reports. citing sources familiar with the plan. Christie, 60, enters the race as a decided underdog, six years after his 2016 presidential campaign failed to gain traction amid a crowded field that included Trump. Just one percent of Republicans said he would be their preferred candidate in 2024 in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted May 9-15. A former…

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has reportedly started a round of layoffs. seconds to sources who spoke to Chinese journalist Colin Wu, who runs the popular blockchain-focused Twitter account WuBlockchain. Multiple sources have confirmed to WuBlockchain that the exchange has begun laying off employees, although the proportion of layoffs remains uncertain. With a reported total of around 8,000 employees, rumors suggest that the proportion of layoffs in June was approximately 20%. Binance in crisis? According to Colin Wu, the compensation plan for affected employees will be formulated based on different situations in different locations. However, it is…