workplace discrimination

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoo Young Yi’s grandmother gave birth to six children. Her mother birthed two. Yoo doesn’t want any.“My husband and I like babies so much ……

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A federal jury has awarded $3 million to a former Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center worker who said racial discrimination led to his firing.Attorneys for David Ako-Annan, who is Black, said…

By TIM REYNOLDS - AP Basketball Writer Robert Sarver says he has started the process of selling the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury, a move that came barely a week after he was suspended by the NBA…

Businesses and their service providers are grappling with how to comply with New York City’s mandate for audits of artificial intelligence systems used in hiring.A New York City law that comes into effect in January will require companies…

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon become the seventh state to make sure people won’t lose their jobs if they smoke marijuana when they are off the…

By TOM CANAVAN - AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Veteran wide receiver Sterling Shepard returned to practice on Wednesday, a little more than eight months after tearing his Achilles tendon…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The director of South Carolina's Department of Mental Health is giving up the post he's held for two years, officials said.Dr. Kenneth Rogers, a psychiatrist hired to run the agency in April 2020,…

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — About 2,000 protesters upset with the government's pandemic response converged Tuesday on New Zealand's Parliament — but there was no…

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Monday that he said could have brought “a world of unintended consequences” by allowing Los…

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press JOHNSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: how to find 7,000 construction workers in an…