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Petaluma Starbucks becomes 31st California location to unionize 

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:17:49 GMT

(KRON) – The downtown Petaluma Starbucks location is now the 31st Starbucks to join Starbucks Workers United with a unanimous vote (12-0). "We're so grateful to our partners and community for supporting us through this journey and victory,” said Sol Helm, who has worked at the downtown Petaluma Starbucks for six years. “To us, unionizing is bigger than our store alone – it sends a message of support to every Starbucks partner, our local communities, and all fellow workers. Billion-dollar companies need to show up for the people who work for the money in their pockets. I'm excited to be a part of that movement.” What’s the difference between coffee and espresso? The Starbucks Workers United is a union group of Starbucks baristas with the purpose of "organizing together for justice, fighting for improvements on core issues including respect, living wages, racial and gender equity, and fair scheduling." According to the federal administrative law judges, Starbucks has committed more ...

The 49ers seek their 5th straight win against the NFC West rival Seahawks

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:17:49 GMT

SEATTLE (6-6) at SAN FRANCISCO (9-3)Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EST, FoxOPENING LINE: 49ers by 10 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.AGAINST THE SPREAD: Seahawks 6-6, 49ers 7-4-1.SERIES RECORD: Seahawks lead 30-21LAST MEETING: 49ers beat Seahawks 31-13 on Nov. 23, 2023, in Seattle.LAST WEEK: Seahawks lost to Cowboys 41-35; 49ers beat Eagles 42-19.SEAHAWKS OFFENSE: OVERALL (19), RUSH (17), PASS (14), SCORING (14)SEAHAWKS DEFENSE: OVERALL (23), RUSH (21), PASS (23), SCORING (25)49ERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (3), RUSH (5), PASS (7), SCORING (3)49ERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (5), RUSH (1), PASS (14), SCORING (2)TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Seahawks plus-1; 49ers plus-11.SEAHAWKS PLAYER TO WATCH: QB Geno Smith. The first meeting between the teams came just four days after Smith suffered a contusion to the back of his right arm. He was clearly bothered by injury and along with the Niners defense was part of the reason he was only 18 of 27 for 180 yards in the loss. But Smith looked as good as he has all season last w...

Bernardo Arévalo encabeza marcha por la situación en Guatemala

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:17:49 GMT

(CNN Español) — El presidente electo de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, y la vicepresidenta electa, Karin Herrera, encabezaron este jueves una marcha por varios puntos de la capital “en defensa de la democracia”, porque consideran que hay una escalada de ataques para impedir que asuman el poder el próximo 14 de enero.“Hoy marchamos en unidad por este país que va a florecer a pesar de los corruptos”, dijo Arévalo, al iniciar la movilización que partió desde la plaza de los Derechos Humanos, frente a la Corte Suprema de Justicia, hacia la Corte de Constitucionalidad y el Ministerio Público.“Somos un pueblo al que las autoridades políticas nos han traicionado porque nos han dividido para poder establecer regímenes que solo sirven a unos pocos y que marginan y discriminan a todos”, agregó Arévalo.A la movilización, en la que participaron movimientos indígenas de Guatemala, también se unió Edmond Mulet, excandidato a la presidencia por el partido Cabal, y Roberto Arzú, cuya candidatur...

Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive still ‘Takin’ Care of Business’ after 50 years of music

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:17:49 GMT

Fifty years ago this month, classic-rock fans first heard Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s hit “Takin’ Care of Business.”The band is celebrating with its 50th anniversary “Back in Overdrive” tour that hits the East Coast in March, while founder Randy Bachman was just nominated on the shortlist of the Songwriters Hall of Fame for his work with The Guess Who and BTO. Voting is open until Dec. 27.“We’re getting offers to go anywhere, but we’ve been catching up on COVID shutdown gigs that were delayed two years,” Bachman told WTOP. “We’re catching up on all of those because a lot of people held onto their tickets. Those are almost all done, so now we’re starting to accept BTO gigs all over the states. You can’t go everywhere at once, you try to get a logical sequence so you can drive or fly them … so we’ll be coming there as soon as possible.”Born in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1943, Bachman grew up with ...

La Scala’s gala premiere of ‘Don Carlo’ celebrates Italian opera’s new status as cultural treasure

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:17:49 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Italian melodrama’s official recognition as a global cultural treasure was celebrated Thursday with La Scala’s season premiere of Verdi’s “Don Carlo,” an opera that hits hot-button topics of power and oppression.In keeping with a La Scala tradition of off-stage melodrama, the issue of who would occupy the royal box at the Milan opera house on opening night spawned a pre-performance kerfuffle. La Scala’s unions protested the institutional seat of honor going to Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa in the absence of Italy’s president and premier. La Russa, a far-right politician whom the unions claim has not condemned Italy’s fascist past, sat in the front row of the adorned royal box with Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala, a left-wing politician who invited 93-year-old senator-for-life and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre to join him. Segre received warm applause from the audience before the curtain went up, and after the Italian anthem was played someone yelled, “Long li...

K-State dismisses forward Tomlin month after arrest; fans shower criticism on administration

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:17:49 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas State forward Nae’Qwan Tomlin was dismissed from the team late Wednesday, more than a month after his arrest for disorderly conduct, triggering a wave of criticism aimed at the school administration from some fans.Tomlin averaged 10.4 points in 36 games last season, and was a big part of the Wildcats’ surprise run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. He considered turning pro after the season but ultimately decided to return to the program.He was arrested following a bar fight in October, and Kansas State coach Jerome Tang immediately suspended him “for not living up to the expectations of our players.” But as the season progressed, many Kansas State fans were antsy for Tomlin’s return to the team, even chanting his name during an overtime win against Villanova this week.As some fans began calling and emailing administrators, including Kansas State president Richard Linton, athletic director Gene Taylor finally issued a statemen...

Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground ahead of a highly anticipated jobs report

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:17:49 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is gaining ground Thursday following its first three-day losing streak since Halloween.The S&P 500 was 0.8% higher in afternoon trading and continuing to hang near its highest level since March 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 90 points, or 0.3%, as of 2:06 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.3% higher.Big Tech stocks were helping to power the market higher, led by a 5.4% jump for Google’s parent company, Alphabet. They’re Wall Street’s most influential stocks because of their massive size, and they have been on huge tears so far this year. Cerevel Therapeutics also jumped 11.8% after AbbVie announced an $8.7 billion deal to buy the company and its pipeline of candidates for schizophrenia, Parkinson’s and other diseases. AbbVie added 0.9%.Much of Wall Street’s recent rally has been because of rising hopes that the Federal Reserve is finally done with its barrage of hikes to interest rates, which are meant t...

‘Think about the emotional impact’: Patients, oncologists stressed by cancer drug shortage

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:17:49 GMT

FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, chemotherapy drugs are administered to a patient at a hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C. A growing shortage of common cancer treatments is forcing doctors to switch medications and delaying care, prominent U.S. cancer centers say. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network said Wednesday, June 7, 2023, that nearly all the centers it surveyed in late May 2023 were dealing with shortages of the chemotherapies carboplatin and cisplatin. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)(AP/Gerry Broome) FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, chemotherapy drugs are administered to a patient at a hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C. A growing shortage of common cancer treatments is forcing doctors to switch medications and delaying care, prominent U.S. cancer centers ...

Legisladores en Rusia convocan elecciones presidenciales para marzo de 2024

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:17:49 GMT

Los legisladores rusos fijaron el 17 de marzo de 2024 como la fecha para la celebración de las próximas elecciones presidenciales, lo que deja a Vladímir Putin un poco más cerca de su quinto mandato.El Consejo de la Federación, la cámara alta del Parlamento ruso, votó el jueves por unanimidad la aprobación del decreto que fijó la fecha para los comicios.“En esencia, esta decisión marca el inicio de la campaña electoral”, dijo Valentina Matviyenko, presidenta del Consejo de la Federación. La Comisión Electoral Central rusa celebrará una reunión sobre la campaña presidencial el viernes.Putin, de 71 años, no ha anunciado aún su intención de reelegirse, pero ahora que hay fecha, se espera que lo haga en los próximos días. “Tiene un gran interés por los cohetes”: dice Putin al recibir a Kim en el cosmódromo ruso Kim Jong Un está en Rusia. ¿Qué podría necesitar Moscú de Corea del Norte y viceversa? Cuando se le preguntó si Putin había d...

La Suprema Corte de México levanta la suspensión a las corridas de toros en la principal plaza del país, donde tenían año y medio detenidas

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:17:49 GMT

(CNN México) — La Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) de México decidió levantar la suspensión judicial que desde hace año y medio mantenía detenidas las corridas de toros en la Plaza México, principal recinto taurino del país.El máximo tribunal tomó la determinación por unanimidad dentro de su Segunda Sala, según informó la institución este miércoles en un comunicado.¿Cómo comenzó la suspensión?La suspensión fue otorgada en mayo de 2022 por un juez federal que aceptó un amparo promovido por la organización no gubernamental Justicia Justa. En su recurso, la asociación argumentó que las corridas de toros afectan el derecho a tener un medio ambiente sano porque implican un daño al bienestar animal.En su análisis del caso, sin embargo, la Segunda Sala de la SCJN concluyó que Justicia Justa no pudo demostrar “la existencia de un daño inminente e irreparable”.¿En qué países siguen siendo legales las corridas de toros?Con ese argumento, a propuesta de Yasmín Esquivel, mini...