Union Resolves Vegas Hotel Disputes Ahead of Super Bowl
A hospitality union has struck deals with nearly all remaining unsettled Las Vegas hotel-casinos — and called off a strike deadline for one — averting a walkout ahead of Super Bowl LVIII. The last tentative agreement was reached Sunday between Culinary Local 226 and Downtown Grand, representing about 200 workers, the Las Vegas Review Journal […]
NBC News Poll: GOP Leads Dems on Generic ’24 Ballot
Republicans hold a 4-point lead over Democrats on a generic congressional ballot for the upcoming election, according to the latest NBC News poll. When asked which party they preferred to see win control of the Congress in November, 49% of respondents said Republicans and 45% said Democrats, the latest NBC News survey found. That increased […]
Taylor Swift Makes Grammy History With 4th Album of Year Win
Pop superstar Taylor Swift set another record on Sunday, winning the Grammy award for album of the year for an unprecedented fourth time as women dominated the music industry’s top honors. Swift also announced from the Grammys stage that she would release a new album in April. The 34-year-old won album of the year for […]
Pebble Beach Shortened to 54 Holes; Wyndham Clark Wins
Wyndham Clark is the winner of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am after the tournament was shortened to 54 holes due to weather conditions in Northern California. The final round was postponed on Sunday due to inclement weather and safety concerns on the course. But plans to play the final 18 holes on Monday were changed […]
Biden Weighs Attending Las Vegas Hotel Workers Protest
President Joe Biden may join Las Vegas hotel employees from the Nevada Culinary Workers Union Local 226 on the picket line if a deal isn’t met and they decide to strike on Monday, union chief Ted Pappageorge told Reuters. The negotiations for a deal between workers and the Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino — in […]
US Envoy Presents Plans to Deescalate Israel-Hezbollah Fighting
President Joe Biden’s Middle East envoy, Amos Hochstein, presented key points of a plan to de-escalate tensions between Israel and Hezbollah during his visit to Israel on Sunday, Ynet reported. The proposal consists of two phases, with Hezbollah first halting hostilities with Israel and retreating some 6 miles north from the Israeli border. Also in the […]
Rep. Mike Turner: Biden Admin Needs ‘Real Plan’ on Iran
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner, R-Ohio, sharply criticized the Biden administration Sunday on CBS regarding its response to attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East. While speaking about the strikes the administration launched last week in response to three U.S. troops being killed in an attack on an American base in Jordan, Turner […]
Killer Mike Gets Grammys, Then Cuffed
Killer Mike was detained at the Grammy Awards on Sunday after the rapper and activist won three Grammy awards including his first in more than two decades. In a video posted by the trade website The Hollywood Reporter, Mike was escorted in handcuffs by Los Angeles police at Crypto.com Arena after some joyous moments for him at the Grammys’ Premiere Ceremony on […]
Powell: Federal Reserve on Track to Cut Rates This Year
Chair Jerome Powell said in an interview broadcast Sunday night that the Federal Reserve remains on track to cut interest rates three times this year, a move that’s expected to begin as early as May. Powell, in an interview recorded Thursday for the CBS News program “60 Minutes,” also said the nation’s job market and economy […]
New English Dialect Emerges From Miami
A new dialect of English has emerged out of Miami’s Spanish-speaking Cuban community, according to a professor at Florida International University. The dialect, Miami English, which borrows literal translations from Spanish to English known as calques, dates back to the 1950s when Cubans began moving to the region en masse. “The variety we have been studying for […]