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Jury Awards $2.78 Million to Nanny Over Hidden Camera in Bedroom

A jury has awarded $2.78 million to an au pair whose employer used a hidden camera to videotape her while she slept in their New York City home. The jury in Brooklyn federal court ordered Michael and Danielle Esposito to …

2024-09-30 05:01

2024 New York Film Festival opens with star-filled lineup

The festival, which runs through Oct. 14, features new films starring Adrien Brody, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, Saoirse Ronan, Naomi Watts and Bill Murray.

2024-09-28 14:03

Nearly 1 in 3 US adults may have an iron deficiency, study suggests | CNN

A large proportion of adults in the United States – nearly 1 in 3 – may have one of two forms of iron deficiency, even if they don’t have a health condition for which they would be screened for the condition, such as anemia, heart failure or chronic kidney di…

2024-09-27 15:21

Nanny Awarded $2.78M After Employers Secretly Filmed Her in Bedroom

Kelly Andrade was awarded $2.78 million in a lawsuit over her employers secretly videotaping her.

2024-09-25 21:25

Amazon workers in NC take big step toward union election

After more than two-and-a-half years of organizing, pro-union workers and advocates are advancing their campaign to unionize the massive Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina.

2024-09-24 11:31

Chicago letter carriers face bullets and beatings while postal service sidelines police

CHICAGO — As a little girl in the 1980s, Khalalisa Norris aspired to become a letter carrier. She’d sit on her front porch in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood and wait for her local mailman, and eventual mail lady, each day.In her 20s, Norris realized her dream,…

2024-09-23 18:32

Looming Port Strike Threatens to Cripple East Coast Supply Chains

Late last week, the CEO of Flexport - one of largest US supply-chain logistics operators - warned that "the biggest wild card in the presidential election that nobody’s talking about? The looming port strike that could shut down all East and Gulf Coast ports …

2024-09-23 14:00

“Biggest Wild Card In The Presidential Election”: Just Days Left Until A Crippling Port Strike Paralyzes The East Coast

Late last week, the CEO of Flexport - one of the largest US supply-chain logistics operators - warned that "the biggest wild card in the presidential election that nobody’s talking about? The looming port strike that could shut down all East and Gulf Coast po…

2024-09-23 12:30

A Message to Trump from His Base: Words Matter

Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City. It is the only borough that consistently votes Republican. Trump is, not surprisingly, popular in Staten Island. Brian Laline, the editor of The Staten Island Advance, wrote the following editorial: …

2024-09-22 14:00

From Norway to New York, electric ferries are taking over the globe

Coming this fall, residents in Stockholm won’t have to endure the hour-long commute by car or train between Ekerö, a popular suburb, and central Stockholm, home to the historic City Hall. Instead, they can jump on a 30-passenger ferry and make the journey in …

2024-09-22 12:00