Poet Amanda Gorman reads “An Ode We Owe” at UN
Amanda Gorman unveiled a new poem, “An Ode We Owe” for the U.N. General Assembly on Monday. (Sept. 19)
A diner used servers’ tip money to pay its bussers’ wages, probe finds. Now it has to pay $1.35 million.
A diner in a Philadelphia suburb must return $1.35 million in back wages and damages to more than 100 employees after it used its waiters’ tips to pay its bussers’ wages, the…
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Here’s the latest for Monday, September 19: Queen Elizabeth II interred at Windsor Castle; Taliban drug lord exchanged for U.S. contractor; Hurricane Fiona roars over Dominican Republic; Egypt holds annual…
Fiona leaves floods, power outages in Puerto Rico
Hurricane Fiona poured more rain on Puerto Rico on Monday, a day after the storm left most of the island without electricity and drinking water. (Sept. 20)
California woman sentenced for faked kidnapping
A Northern California mother of two was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to a former boyfriend, which led…
Asylum seeker dies by suicide in New York City shelter, mayor says
A woman seeking asylum in New York City died by suicide in a shelter over the weekend, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday. Adams called the Sunday death a tragedy and a…
Massachusetts seeks human trafficking probe targeting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over migrants
Authorities in Massachusetts said Sunday that they have requested a federal human trafficking probe after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis boasted of sending about 50 Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard to shine…
Final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at state funeral
Britain said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday at a funeral service which drew royals and political leaders from across the globe to honor a monarch whose…
Sherri Papini, California mom who faked her kidnapping in 2016, sentenced to 18 months in prison
Sherri Papini, the California mom who faked her own kidnapping in 2016, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a Sacramento federal court judge Monday. Under maximum sentencing guidelines, Papini could…
Sherri Papini, California woman who faked her kidnapping, gets 18 months in prison
Sherri Papini disappeared in 2016 while out for a run and later claimed two Hispanic women abducted her. Investigators claim she fabricated the story.