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Workers at all of Kellogg’s U.S. cereal plants go on strike
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Work has halted at all of the Kellogg Company’s U.S. cereal plants as roughly 1,400 workers went on strike. It wasn’t immediately clear how much the supply of Frosted Flakes or other iconic brands would be disrupted. The strike includes plants in Omaha, Nebraska; Battle Creek, Michigan; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis,…
Red Sox beat Yanks 6-2 in AL wild card
BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber homered off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to help the Boston Red Sox beat New York 6-2 in the AL wild-card game. Nathan Eovaldi took a shutout into the sixth inning for Boston. The Red Sox will play the AL East champion Tampa Bay Rays in the best-of-five…
Vaccine mandate for NYC educators survives court challenge
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s vaccination mandate for school staff survived a court challenge. Meahwhile, hospitals across the state are reporting few disruptions to their services due to the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers. U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil in Manhattan rejected a request to temporarily block the vaccine mandate…
Head of NYPD sergeant union out after FBI raids office, home
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents have raided the offices of a New York City police union whose leader has clashed with city officials over his incendiary tweets and hard-line tactics. They also raided the Long Island home of Sergeants Benevolent Association president Ed Mullins on Monday. The union sent a statement to members that…
Police search for missing teens
**Jonathan Romero remains missing. UPDATE: Nassau Police say Jennifer Hernandez has been located. East Farmingdale, NY- Nassau Police are asking for the public’s help in locating two missing teens. Jennifer Hernandez, 15, was last seen leaving her Doughty Boulevard home in Inwood on Monday, October 4th at 7:00AM. Jennifer, is described as a female, Hispanic,…
J & J ask FDA to approve COVID-19 booster shots
WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson has asked U.S. regulators to allow booster shots of its COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. government moves toward shoring up protection in more vaccinated Americans. J&J said Tuesday it filed data with the Food and Drug Administration on giving a booster dose between two to six months after vaccination.…
$699.8M Powerball jackpot won, ticket sold in California
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After 40 drawings without a big Powerball winner, a single ticket sold in California matched all six numbers and was the lucky winner of the nearly $700 million jackpot prize. The winning numbers drawn Monday night were 12, 22, 54, 66 and 69. The Powerball was 15. The Powerball jackpot…
Police search for missing 12-year-old girl
**Update: Suffolk County Police say Baaba Crayner has been found, unharmed. Brentwood, NY- Police in Suffolk County are asking for help to find a missing 12-year-old girl. Officials say, Baaba Crayner, left her home on Conerty Street, Brentwood, around 5pm on Monday night. A family member reported her missing at 10:30 p.m. Baaba Crayner has…
Trump faces deadline for questioning in defamation suit
NEW YORK (AP) — A court has set a Dec. 23 deadline for former President Donald Trump to undergo questioning in a former “Apprentice” contestant’s defamation lawsuit over what he said in denying her sexual assault allegations. Lawyers for Summer Zervos and Trump discussed the case during a Manhattan court teleconference Monday. Zervos appeared on…
1 shot near Times Square, 3rd shooting in area this year
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a person was shot in the leg Monday near New York City’s Times Square. It was the third shooting this year in an area that is a top destination for Big Apple tourists. The shooting happened shortly after noon near the entrance to a subway station at 40th Street…
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage
(AP)- Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours. Facebook said late Monday that “the root cause of this outage was a faulty configuration change” and that there is “no evidence that…
Mets let manager go
NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Rojas has been let go as manager of the New York Mets after two losing seasons. The team declined its option on Rojas’ contract for 2022, making the announcement one day after finishing third in the NL East at 77-85 in Steve Cohen’s first year of ownership. Monday’s move was…