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By Daniela Sirtori | BloombergStarbucks is boosting paid parental leave for in-store workers, part of management’s plan to boost employee morale and improve performance.Starting in March, birth parents will receive 18 weeks of paid leave at 100% of their average pay, the company said Monday. A parent who doesn’t give birth will get 12 weeks. Previously, the company offered retail workers six weeks of paid parental leave and as much as 12 weeks of unpaid leave.Paid parental leave remains rare in the US, with only 40% of employers surveyed by the Society for Human Resource Management offering it this year.…

As shoppers prepare for Black Friday deals, law enforcement officers throughout San Bernardino County are gearing up for a large-scale campaign to combat retail theft and arrest thieves, officials said Wednesday.The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department will be working with the California Highway Patrol and other are law enforcement agencies, as well as county businesses, under the county’s long-running “Operation Smash and Grab.””Personnel will be in an undercover capacity at retail areas throughout the county,” the sheriff’s department said in a written statement. “Loss prevention professionals and managers in participating stores will contact investigators directly for real-time communication to target…

By COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVINPALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was “not going to lose” the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone sightings over New Jersey.Holding court with reporters for the first time since he won the election and secured a second term, Trump also called on the Biden administration to stop selling off unused portions of southern border wall, threatening legal action.“We’re going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on building…

After taking at least a decent nibble out of the Big Apple, the Kings strolled to the Steel City for Tuesday’s engagement with Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins.They earned four of a possible six points during their jaunt through the New York metro area in the first three dates of their seven-game road trip. Most recently, they pummeled the Rangers with two early goals and then three in a span of just over two minutes in the second period of Saturday’s 5-1 thrashing (those were their fastest three goals in nearly three years, per NHL PR, with their last…

They may not care much about education, but give teacher union leaders in the city of Orange, California, credit for speed and political ingenuity. Shortly after a successful March recall campaign in which leaders of the Orange Unified Education Association replaced two conservatives with two union-backed trustees, the newly configured board promptly awarded teachers a 10 percent pay hike. That pay hike has blown a hole in Orange Unified’s finances, documents obtained by California Policy Center reveal.In a September 13 memo to district officials, assistant superintendent Sulema Holguin reported that the post-recall pay increase has driven the district toward financial collapse. “It appears…

By JEFF McMURRAY, Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — Ismael El-Amin was driving his daughter to school when a chance encounter gave him an idea for a new way to carpool.On the way across Chicago, El-Amin’s daughter spotted a classmate riding with her own dad as they drove to their selective public school on the city’s North Side. For 40 minutes, they rode along the same congested highway.“They’re waving to each other in the back. I’m looking at the dad. The dad’s looking at me. And I was like, parents can definitely be a resource to parents,” said El-Amin, who went on…

Nada Hassanein | (TNS) Stateline.org If President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to deport millions of immigrants, it could upend the economies of states where farming and other food-related industries are crucial — and where labor shortages abound. Related Articles National Politics | Trump says he will ‘look at’ pardon for embattled New York mayor Eric Adams National Politics | Japan’s Softbank plans to invest $100 billion in US projects over the next four years National Politics | 2024 was big for bitcoin. States could see a crypto policy blitz in 2025 in spite of the risks National…

An ex-FBI informant who once lived in Calabasas pleaded guilty on Monday, Dec. 16, to fabricating a story that President Joe Biden and son Hunter each took $5 million bribes from the owner of a Ukrainian energy company.Alexander Smirnov, 44, most recently a resident of Las Vegas, entered a plea to federal charges of creating a false record in a federal investigation and three counts of tax evasion for failing to pay taxes and penalties on $2.1 million in income for 2020 through 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.Smirnov, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, was accused in a 37-page…

By JULIE CARR SMYTHAKRON, Ohio (AP) — Before the November presidential election, Ohio’s secretary of state and attorney general announced investigations into potential voter fraud that included people suspected of casting ballots even though they were not U.S. citizens.It coincided with a national Republican messaging strategy warning that potentially thousands of ineligible voters would be voting.“The right to vote is sacred,” Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, said in a statement at the time. “If you’re not a U.S. citizen, it’s illegal to vote -– whether you thought you were allowed to or not. You will be held accountable.”In the…

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James was back in the Lakers’ lineup for Sunday’s home game against the Memphis Grizzlies after a two-game absence and he said after the 116-110 win that he needed to be convinced to take time away from the team to address his sore left foot last week.“If it was up to just me, I probably would’ve played,” said James, who turns 40 later this month. “It would’ve been hard to keep me away from it. I have a team and I got to listen to them as well. They look out for my best interest.”James, who…