The legal hurdles of pregnancy discrimination claims
Other large companies facing legal action for alleged pregnancy discrimination include Merck, AT&T, Whole Foods and Novartis.
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Former waitress sends cafe $1,000, apologizes for stealing
The waitressed asked that Flores accept her apology and her repayment, plus 20 years of interest.
3D-printed guns found by TSA at airport security checkpoints
The TSA told CBS News there have been at least four incidents at checkpoints involving 3D-printed guns or parts of guns since 2016.
Diocese identifies 71 alleged sex abusers, cites failure of bishops
The Harrisburg Diocese issued its findings just days after the state Supreme Court said a nearly 900-page grand jury report on sex abuse in six dioceses.
Company adds 25 jobs at Mississippi plant
SMW says it will spend $4 million and add the jobs over four years. The company says it’s expanding because of new contracts.
Amid dispute, health system will accept insurance coverage
Mediation on the contract continues, and the health system will continue providing in-network costs to Blue Cross Blue Shield patients in the interim.
Poultry firm to pay $3.75M to settle discrimination lawsuits
Koch Foods has agreed to take specific actions to prevent future discrimination, including training and creating a hotline.
Slashed funding ends Southern Miss health care help program
Director Kathryn Rehner says that continuing funding was cut to $100,000, which is insufficient to sustain the program.
Duo arrested for weekend house burglary in Tupelo
Police say the two matched surveillance footage from a home burglary, the day before their arrest.
Grocery store worker praised for helping autistic teen
A grocery store worker in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, let an autistic teen join him as he stocked the cooler and won praise on social media for his kindness.
Fugitive extradited back to U.S. in border agent’s 2010 slaying
Federal authorities said Tuesday that Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes will be arraigned in U.S. District Court in Tucson on Wednesday.
Police now searching for two suspects in Princess Theater robber, shooting
The robber is a black male that wore an orange bandanna over his face. Since the officer was off-duty, he has not been placed on administrative leave.
Names released in fatal West Point apartment fire, 1-year-old among dead
The blaze broke out before 2 A.M. on Thursday at the Lane Drive Apartments in West Point.
Parliament issues rebuke of Facebook data use by “Brexit,” Trump campaigns
A data set of approximately 80 million Facebook profiles was used to spread “misinformation and disinformation,” according to the report.
How Trump’s tariffs are hurting the newspaper industry
The Trump administration put a tariff on groundwood paper, which is used in newsprint production.
Caravan of “grannies” heads to border to protest family separations
About two dozen gray-haired “Grannies Respond” activists kicked off their six-day road trip to McAllen, Texas, on Tuesday in New York City’s Union Square.
Sergeant who alleged ridicule over genetic test gets $65,000
The police sergeant said online DNA test results from last year show he is 18 percent African, CBS affiliate WWMT reported.
Man behind 3D-printed gun blueprints says “the debate is over”
A group of eight attorneys general sued to stop a Texas-based company, Defense Distributed, from making the designs available online.
Missing Iowa student’s mom reveals last text she sent her
The Iowa student hasn’t been seen since going for an evening jog on July 18 in Brooklyn, where she was living this summer with her boyfriend in a farmhouse.
Family of black man killed by police calls officers’ account “untrue”
Moments before they shot, the police say bodycam video shows the man turn toward the officers with a gun in hand ready to fire.
14-foot python missing since Carr Fire evacuations found
Eres, a 14-foot python, missing from Redding Reptiles in California since the area was evacuated due to the Carr wildfire has bee found safe and sound.
“It just goes on and on”: New wildfires erupt in scorched NorCal
North of San Francisco, a fire threatened homes in an old ranching and farming area near Covelo.
Top ICE official says detention centers like “summer camp”
“There’s no question that separation of child from parent entails significant potential for traumatic psychological injury to the child,” an official said.
Off-duty officer involved shooting in Columbus, no injuries reported
CPD continues to search for the armed robbery suspect.