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Miami airport to close terminal early as TSA screener absences rise

MIAMI (REUTERS) – Miami International Airport will close an airport terminal early over the next few days, officials said on Friday (Jan 11), with more unpaid security officers absent from work as the partial government shutdown has dragged on. The airport said that on Saturday, Sunday and Monday it will end flights at 1pm from […]

Trump promises changes to H1-B visas, including potential citizenship

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump said on Friday (Jan 11) he is planning changes to the H-1B programme that grants temporarily visas to highly educated immigrants who work in specialty occupations such as technology or medicine. “H1-B (sic) holders in the United States can rest assured that changes are soon coming which will […]

California Today: Paid Parental Leave, by the Numbers

Good morning. (Here’s the sign-up, if you don’t already get California Today by email.) Yesterday, on his fourth day on the job, Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out a sweeping budget proposal for the state that was, as predicted, a marked break with the famous frugality of his predecessor, Jerry Brown. Mr. Newsom called for ramping […]

How Ashley Eddie, Chef, Spends Her Sundays

In early 2015, Ashley Eddie started as a line cook at Santina, an Italian restaurant in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. Within a year, she had caught the attention of one of the owners, Mario Carbone, who promoted her to sous chef. Last summer, she became the executive chef. Since taking over the kitchen, she has added […]

N.Y. Today: Changing Queens, From D.A. Brown to Ocasio-Cortez

[Want to get New York Today by email? Here's the sign-up.] It’s Friday! Weather: Bright but wicked cold, with wind chills around 12 this morning and a high of 31. Cold all weekend. Chance of snow tomorrow night. Alternate-side parking: in effect till Jan. 21. Richard Brown has been the Queens district attorney since 1991. […]

New impaired driving laws spark outrage among Kingstonians

Kingston police and other Canadian police forces are now able to demand breath samples from people without having a reasonable suspicion that they are, and or have, driven impaired within a two-hour window. The revised impaired driving laws allow officers to access bars, restaurants, and homes if they suspect an individual was driving with a blood […]

As US shutdown nears record length, Trump weighs declaring emergency

President Donald Trump, facing the prospect within days of the longest US government shutdown in history, was considering declaring a national emergency that would likely escalate a policy dispute with Democrats over his proposed US-Mexico border wall into a court test of presidential power. To escape a political trap of his own making, Trump suggested […]

'I will declare an emergency to get border win' – Trump

Donald Trump said he would “100pc” declare a national emergency to build a wall as he visited the Mexico border last night. The US president said he would “almost definitely” do so if Democrats continued to refuse to give him $5.7bn (€4.95bn) for the wall. Large parts of America’s government have been shut down for […]

Google parent Alphabet's board sued on allegations of sexual misconduct cover-up

SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) – Two shareholder lawsuits filed this week accused the board of Google parent Alphabet Inc of playing a direct role in covering up sexual misconduct claims against two former executives over the last five years. The company declined to comment. Both of the lawsuits seek to force Google to change its governance […]