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Nearly a million US union members got double-digit raises this year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:08 GMT

By Chris Isidore | CNNNearly 900,000 Americans sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner this week will have unions – and the double-digit pay increases they won – to thank.That’s how many unionized workers have won immediate pay hikes of 10% or more in just the last year, according to an analysis by CNN.And the pace of increases of that size have been picking up. More than 700,000 of those workers won pay hikes over the course of the last six months, and of that group, nearly 300,000 saw deals reached in just the last six weeks.“I would say this is the best run of wage increases won by labor since the period right after the end of World War II,” said Art Wheaton, director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations in Buffalo.Some of the deals arrived at the end of high-profile strikes, such as the United Auto Workers union strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, which lasted more than six weeks, or one by 75,000 health care workers at Ka...

Ex-San Jose PD officer who allegedly masturbated at crime scene arrested

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:08 GMT

(KRON) -- A disgraced former police officer who was fired from the San Jose Police Department last year is back behind bars.Ex-SJPD Officer Matthew Dominguez was arrested by his old co-workers on November 17 in connection to a hit-and-run crash. A police department spokesperson told KRON4, "Mr. Dominguez was arrested for allegations of assault with a deadly weapon, hit and run, and failure to yield to a peace officer."Santa Clara County jail inmate records show Dominguez, 33, remained locked in a jail cell as of Tuesday afternoon in lieu of $105,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. Dominguez was fired from the police department in the summer of 2022 after crime victims came forward with disturbing allegations. A family told SJPD that Dominguez and two other officers went to their home in response to a 911 call for a mentally ill family member. Dominguez was alone in a room with a mother and her 23-year-old daughter when he allegedly unzipped his pants and began...

Acclaimed Oakland BBQ goes up in flames, days after being vandalized

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:08 GMT

(KRON) -- Days after its owner announced on social media that it had been vandalized a popular Oakland BBQ spot was badly damaged in a fire Tuesday morning. One day earlier, on Monday, Matt Horn, owner of Horn Barbecue in West Oakland, wrote a lengthy Instagram post that showed the popular restaurant defaced with graffiti.In his post, Horn said that in addition to the graffiti, there was an attempted break-in to the restaurant's trailer. Ex-San Jose PD officer who masturbated at crime scene arrested again "To you cowardly individuals responsible for this, hear me clearly: you are nothing more than filth that plagues our beautiful city," Horn wrote. "Your actions are a pathetic display of disrespect and ignorance attacking not just our business but the very fabric of our community in which you inhabit." On Tuesday, the Oakland Fire Department received a call at 4:19 a.m. reporting a fire at the restaurant. Crews arrived on the scene three minutes later.Approximately 20 firefig...

SF late night, Sunday parking meter hours expansion halted for now

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:08 GMT

(BCN) -- A proposal that would have seen San Francisco parking meter hours expand into late nights and Sundays has been halted. Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin and Supervisor Ahsha Safai announced Monday that they had reached an agreement with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to halt the plans after a backlash by city residents.The SFMTA had proposed increasing parking meter hours to 10 p.m. on weekdays, an increase of four hours, and adding meter hours from noon to 6 p.m. on Sundays. The Board of Supervisors said they received thousands of letters voicing opposition to the SFMTA's plans, which were first announced in May, and calling on the board to urge the transit authorities to delay implementing the new proposal. Ex-San Jose PD officer who masturbated at crime scene arrested Prior to reaching the agreement, Safai had planned on taking the issue to voters in March of next year but has since tabled that proposal."Small businesses and working familie...

Crypto scam organization disrupted through seizure of nearly $9M

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:08 GMT

(KRON) – The seizure of nearly $9 million worth of Tether, a cryptocurrency pegged to the U.S. dollar, was traced to cryptocurrency addresses allegedly associated with an organization that exploited over 70 victims through romance scams and cryptocurrency confidence scams, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.“The department hopes this recovery of assets will bring some closure and a sense of justice to the over 70 victims affected by this series of scams. This seizure should also serve as a reminder to cybercriminals that, although the current landscape of the cryptocurrency ecosystem may seem like an ideal way to launder ill-gotten gains, law enforcement will continue to develop the expertise needed to follow the money and seize it back for victims,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.  Wife and lover who allegedly conspired to kill her husband arrested for murder in Hayward According to court docume...

Democratic division blocks effort to end Michigan’s 24-hour wait for an abortion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:08 GMT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democrats, who early this year had built on the state’s recent reputation for safeguarding abortion rights, have stalled on the once-assured effort due to dissent within the state legislative caucus in recent months.Two key pieces of legislation that would have repealed a 24-hour wait period required for patients receiving an abortion and also allowed state Medicaid dollars to pay for abortions were left out of a package signed Tuesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The scaled back package of bills known as the Reproductive Health Act will repeal regulations aimed at abortion providers, known as TRAP laws, that critics had said were designed to close abortion providers. It will also ensure that students at Michigan public universities can access information about all their reproductive health options and repeals a law that forced patients to buy a separate insurance rider for abortion. But the absence of more substantial policy changes appeared to detract f...

Pitcher Osvaldo Bido gets $750,000 deal from Oakland A’s after Pittsburgh Pirates let him go

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:08 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Right-hander Osvaldo Bido agreed to a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics after he was let go by the Pittsburgh Pirates.Bido gets a $750,000 salary while in the major leagues — $10,000 above the minimum — and a $200,000 salary while in the minors under the deal announced Monday.The 28-year-old right-hander was 2-5 with a 5.86 ERA in nine starts and seven relief appearances this year for the Pirates, striking out 48 and walking 21 in 50 2/3 innings. He made his big league debut on June 14.Bido went 3-4 with a 4.16 ERA in 10 starts and nine relief appearances for Triple-A Indianapolis.He became a free agent Friday when the Pirates declined to offer a 2024 contract.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/Source

Austria defender Stefan Lainer back in training after successful cancer treatment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:08 GMT

MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Austria defender Stefan Lainer has made an emotional return to training with his club Borussia Moenchengladbach four months after he was diagnosed with cancer.The 31-year-old Lainer was “grinning from ear to ear” as he joined up with the Gladbach team for training Tuesday, the club said.Lainer had been diagnosed with lymphoma in July and “has successfully completed the therapy that he has been undertaking over the past few months,” Gladbach said in a statement, adding: “The illness could be cured.”After fitness tests Monday, Lainer’s return to training with the rest of the team Tuesday is the start of what Gladbach called a gradual return to team duties.“You can see how much he’s missed it,” teammate Julian Weigl said. “Everyone knows how much of a fighter Stevie is. He’s incredibly important to the team, even just as a person.”The right-back, who can also play in midfield, has appeared 38 times for Austria, including at...

Woman sentenced to 25 years after pleading guilty in case of boy found dead in suitcase in Indiana

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:08 GMT

SALEM, Ind. (AP) — A Louisiana woman was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for her involvement in the death of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found last year in a suitcase in rural southern Indiana.A Washington County judge sentenced Dawn Elaine Coleman, 41, of Shreveport, Louisiana, to 30 years with five years suspended to probation. She had pleaded guilty to a Level 1 felony charge of conspiracy to commit murder in connection with Cairo Ammar Jordan’s death.Coleman must serve more than 18 years under Indiana code, which requires those convicted of Level 1 felonies to serve 75% of their sentence, the Washington County Prosecutor’s Office said.Cairo’s body was found inside a suitcase in a wooded area about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of Louisville, Kentucky, in April 2022. An autopsy found that he died from vomiting and diarrhea that led to dehydration, Indiana State Police said. Investigators said Cairo had died about a week or less before a mushro...

Man accused of killing 3 in simmering Colorado property dispute was recently accused of locking gate

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:08 GMT

DENVER (AP) — A man was on the run Tuesday after police say he fatally shot three people and critically wounded a fourth over a years-long property dispute over the use of an easement on the suspect’s property in rural Colorado, authorities said. The shooting Monday afternoon happened on one of the victim’s property a week after an area landowner asked that the suspect be held in contempt of a June 2022 court order. It had that allowed them to cross the suspect’s property to access their land in the southern part of the state about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Colorado Springs.The suspect had also been accused of locking a gate and posting sign near the gate that said “the owner of this property is armed,” said Kevin Flesch, an attorney for one of the defendants who lost his easement access. It was unknown if the contempt of court motion was filed by the shooting victims because their names had not been released. Easements are legal rights to cross someone...