Steve Nedved
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Dec 07
Virginia teacher fired for referring to transgender student as female
WRIC(NEW YORK) — A Virginia high school teacher was fired for transgender discrimination on Thursday after he refused to use a student’s preferred pronoun, officials said. Officials at West Point High School, about 40 miles east of Richmond, cited nondiscrimination and anti-harassment policies when it terminated French teacher Peter Vlaming over his refusal to call …
Dec 07
61st annual Grammy Awards: The nominees
GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty ImagesHere’s the complete list of nominees in key categories for the 61st annual Grammy Awards. Winners will be revealed on music’s biggest night Sunday, February 10, live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on CBS. Album of the YearInvasion of Privacy — Cardi BBy the Way I Forgive You — Brandi CarlileScorpion …
Dec 07
The potential impact of the trade truce on pork producers
US pork producers are positioned to see great benefit from the trade truce with China if retaliatory tariffs are lifted. With an exceptionally large protein outlook heading into 2019, access to countries like China will be vitally important to US pork producers’ profitability. In this Managing for Profit, Brett Stuart, president of Global AgriTrends talks …
Dec 07
Unemployment rate remains at 3.7% as 155K jobs added in November
Kameleon007/iStock(WASHINGTON) — U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs to their payrolls in November, the Labor Department reported Friday morning, falling short of economists’ expectations. Economists had anticipated seeing around 200,000 jobs added last month. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said most of the job gains were in health care (32,000), manufacturing (27,000), and transportation and warehousing …
Dec 07
Winter storm moving into South with flooding rain, snow
ABC News(NEW YORK) — After dumping a record 1.91 inches of rain in Los Angeles, a storm continues to move east on Friday with 15 states from Nevada to Virginia under snow, ice and flood alerts. The storm system will move into southern Texas by Friday afternoon and evening, bringing very heavy rain to eastern …
Dec 07
Kathleen Kraninger confirmed to head Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Kathleen Kraninger was narrowly confirmed by the Senate to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Thursday, putting an end to an ongoing debate about the leadership of the agency. Kraninger, who served as the director for general government programs at the Office of Management and Budget, was confirmed by a 50-49 …
Dec 07
New tax code may help your side hustle
LPETTET/iStock(NEW YORK) — With the end of the year fast approaching, you have a few weeks left to make moves to help boost next year’s tax refund or at least minimize how much you’re going to have to pay to Uncle Sam. ABC News’ Good Morning America spoke to Nathan Rigney from the Tax Institute …
Dec 07
Trump moving ahead with second Kim summit despite working-level frustrations
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans for a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un despite growing frustration among U.S. officials about the lack of progress on getting North Korea to denuclearize. Nearly six months after their first meeting in Singapore, the scramble …
Dec 07
Time Warner Center, including CNN, evacuated due to bomb threat
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — The Time Warner Center in Manhattan, New York, which houses CNN, was evacuated after someone called in a bomb threat late Thursday, New York ABC station WABC reported. After a sweep of the building, police did not find any explosives and employees were allowed back inside the building just after 11 p.m. …
Dec 07
From “sad” to “uplifting” and “happy,” Brett Young takes fans to a new place with “Ticket to L.A.”
ABC/Image Group LA Brett Young‘s sophomore album, Ticket to L.A., arrives Friday, and shows a new side of the California-born singer. Simply put, Brett admits he’s much happier now than when he recorded his self-titled debut. “I think the first album was a really good way for me to introduce myself to people,” he reflects. “I …