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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
[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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Montreal Canadiens had a date in St. Louis on Thursday night, stop two of a short, mid-week road trip. The Habs won the first game in Detroit when they gutted it out against a hungry Red Wings team. With a 4-1 loss to the Blues, though, any hopes of repeating that win were dashed. […]
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 […]
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 […]