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- It has now been 15 years since the federal minimum rose to $7.25by Joe Hernandez on July 24, 2024 at 6:47 pm
Fifteen years ago this Wednesday, the federal minimum wage went up from $6.55 per hour to $7.25. It hasn’t budged since.
- Olympic officials try to crush U.S. probes of China doping, threaten Salt Lake Gamesby Brian Mann on July 24, 2024 at 3:21 pm
The U.S. wants changes to the World Anti-Doping Agency after a Chinese drug scandal. Olympic officials threatened to block Salt Lake City’s bid to host the 2034 Games if the U.S. criticism persists.
- A breaching whale capsized a boat, tossing 2 people overboard off New Hampshire coastby Ayana Archie on July 24, 2024 at 3:06 pm
The Coast Guard said the two boaters were uninjured and their boat salvaged. They said the whale appeared to be uninjured.
- Tennis star Coco Gauff will carry the U.S. flag at the Olympic opening ceremonyby Becky Sullivan on July 24, 2024 at 11:45 am
Gauff, 20, is the first tennis player to serve as a U.S. flag bearer at an Olympic Games. At Friday’s opening ceremony, she will carry the flag alongside basketball great LeBron James.
- With the U.S. bird flu outbreak uncontained, scientists see growing risksby Will Stone on July 24, 2024 at 10:00 am
A recent crop of human cases at a chicken farm highlight the risks of the ongoing outbreak. Here’s what scientists fear could happen next in the evolution of the virus.