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California lawmakers approve changes to law allowing workers to sue employers over labor violations 06/27/2024 05:59pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature approved bills Thursday that would amend a 20-year-old law allowing workers to sue their bosses over labor violations and require employers found liable to pay a fine to the state. The legislation would reform the Private Attorneys General Act, Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud schemes crackdown 06/27/2024 05:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges against doctors, nurse practitioners and ot North Carolina's restrictions on public mask-wearing are now law after some key revisions 06/27/2024 05:52pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's contentious restrictions on public mask-wearing became law on Thursday after GOP lawmakers successfully overrode a veto by the state's Democratic governor. The Senate gave its final stamp of approval in a 30-14 override vote along party lines. The state House Walgreens to take a hard look at underperforming stores, could shutter hundreds more 06/27/2024 05:42pm • Walgreens is finalizing a plan to fix its U.S. business that could result in closing hundreds of additional stores over the next three years. CEO Tim Wentworth told analysts Thursday morning that “changes are imminent” for about 25% of the company's stores, which he said were underperforming. Th Feds investigating violence during pro-Palestinian protest outside Los Angeles synagogue 06/27/2024 05:41pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that federal officials are investigating a weekend demonstration against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that spiraled into violence outside a Los Angeles synagogue. Fighting between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and counterprote The Latest | Gaza families bid a tearful goodbye to critically ill kids leaving for treatment abroad 06/27/2024 05:38pm • Families bid a tearful goodbye to over a dozen critically ill children who left Gaza for treatment abroad on Thursday. It’s the first medical evacuation since the territory’s sole travel crossing shut down in early May after Israeli forces captured it, Palestinian officials say. Kamela Abukweik Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12 06/27/2024 05:34pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms. The directive drew immediate condemnation from civil rights groups and Alaska court weighing arguments in case challenging the use of public money for private schools 06/27/2024 05:27pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that challenges as unconstitutional laws that have allowed families with children in home-study programs to use public money for education-related expenses at private schools. The court heard arguments Thursday in Anchorage, more th The first legal objection to the $2.8B NCAA antitrust settlement plan comes from Houston Christian 06/27/2024 05:17pm • A small Texas university has gone to court to object to the $2.77 billion settlement proposal that would erase a set of antitrust claims against the NCAA and the nation's largest conferences and clear the way for schools to begin steering millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as fall 2025 Republicans advance contempt charges against Biden's ghostwriter for refusing to turn over records 06/27/2024 04:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans advanced a resolution Thursday that would hold President Joe Biden's ghostwriter in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over records related to the special counsel investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents. The House Judiciary Committee The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma 06/27/2024 04:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the ANÁLISIS | Un debate sin precedentes podría sacudir una carrera por la Casa Blanca como ninguna otra 06/27/2024 04:33pm • (CNN) -- El cara a cara en Atlanta entre Joe Biden y Donald Trump este jueves por la noche tiene muchas posibilidades de convertirse en el debate presidencial más decisivo de la historia de Estados Unidos.Por primera vez, un presidente en ejercicio y un expresidente se enfrentarán ante millones de Nike: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 06/27/2024 04:26pm • BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — Nike Inc. (NKE) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $1.5 billion. On a per-share basis, the Beaverton, Oregon-based company said it had net income of 99 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.01 per share. Th Dynagas: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 06/27/2024 04:14pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Dynagas LNG Partners LP (DLNG) on Thursday reported net income of $11.8 million in its first quarter. The Athens, Greece-based company said it had net income of 23 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 25 cents per s Accolade: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot 06/27/2024 04:08pm • SEATTLE (AP) — SEATTLE (AP) — Accolade, Inc. (ACCD) on Thursday reported a loss of $27.6 million in its fiscal first quarter. The Seattle-based company said it had a loss of 35 cents per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks I