( KTRS ) Illinois has become the latest state to grant legal protections to nannies, house keepers and in-home caregivers with a domestic workers “bill of rights” Gov. Bruce Rauner approved the law earlier this month. The new Illinois rules extend sexual harassment protection, minimum-wage pay and a guaranteed one day off in a seven-day…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois State Police say a 17-year-old girl has been arrested in the weekend stabbing of a 16-year-old girl at the Illinois State Fair. A statement from the agency says the stabbing occurred Saturday night in the carnival area of the fair in Springfield. The brief statement says the 16-year-old girl was expected…
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) – U.S. health officials are warning pregnant women to avoid Miami Beach, where Florida officials say mosquitoes have spread the Zika virus to five people. In a statement Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said pregnant women should avoid travel to the South Beach area, which has been identified…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri lawmaker is resigning to avoid a new waiting period for legislators to become lobbyists. Hartville Republican Rep. Tony Dugger stepped down Friday. In an interview with The Associated Press, he cited a law set to take effect Aug. 28 that will require lawmakers to wait six months after…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Ethics Commission says it has found no evidence that Republican state Sen. Kurt Schaefer improperly used his authority over state spending in an effort to keep an opponent out of the Republican primary for attorney general. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the commission told Schaefer about the…
CHICAGO (AP) – Gay rights advocates say an Illinois Supreme Court ruling is a step backward for same-sex couples and will also harm all unmarried domestic partners. The court on Thursday rejected 5-2 a claim by a Chicago woman who split up with her partner after nearly 30 years of living together. The two women…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort is resigning from the campaign. In a statement, Trump says Manafort offered his resignation Friday morning. Trump praised Manafort’s work on the campaign and called him a “true professional.” Manafort is stepping down in the wake of a campaign shake-up, as well as revelations about his…
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) – An international charity is rescuing animals from Gaza Strip’s main zoo that it has dubbed “the worst in the world” and transferring them to better lives abroad. Zoo owner Mohammad Eweda said on Friday the animals are being “donated” because the zoo doesn’t “have the ability to give them…
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