kcmi State Senator

MorrissNal

Ytrm Joe Biden gets major South Carolina endorsement from former Harris backers
* Y- Q2 R3 P4 u- @4 N As some of the biggest U.S. employerslift mask mandates for vaccinated workers, other companies are going even further and discarding requirements that employees get their COVID-19 shots.Germany s Adidas told its U.S. workers on Monday that it would no longer require they get vaccinated against the virus. Though no longer required, we strongly encourage all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and will continue to require all employees in the U.S. to submit their vaccination status by March 1,  an Adidas spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch in an email.                                        In confirming its new policy, Europe s largest sporting goods manufacturer cited a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that blocked the Biden administration s vaccine-or-test rule for companies with at least 100 workers. The court s decision last month led t stanley cup he Department of Labor s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to withdraw its emergency standard se stanley cup tting the policy.The move by Adidas comes a month after Starbucks said it would no longer require its U.S. workers be inoculatetd against COVID-19. The Seattle coffee giant also pointed to the high court s ruling in explaining why it ended atwo-week-old p stanley cup olicy requiring workers to get vaccinated by February 9 or face weekly tests.        Intel has paused its requirement that workers get vaccinated or face unpaid leave starting in April. Due to court decisions last month, Intel currently is not subject to a vaccine mandate or week Zdci Chief Justice of California Supreme Court leaves Republican Party
CINCINNATI-- A white former University of Cincinnati police officer gave emotional testimony at his retrial Friday in the 2015 shooting of an unarmed black motorist.Ray Tensing frequently paused to wipe away tears during his testimony at the retrial over his shooting of Samuel DuBose following a traffic stop. Jurors deadlocked last November in Tensing s first trial on the murder and voluntary manslaughter charges that he is facing again. He and his lawyer contend the shooting was justified, saying Tensing was in danger of being run over by t nike dunk he vehicle as DuBose tried to drive away.                                          I meant to stop the threat,  he told jurors Friday salomon .  I didn t shoot to kill him. I didn t shoot to wound him. I shot to stop his actions.                 Sam Du yeezy Bose                                                      WKRC                                        Prosecutors have said the video from Tensing s body camera that day shows there was no reason to use deadly force during the traffic stop.         Tensing, 27, who also testified in his first trial, spent about two hours on the stand, including an hour-long, cross-examination by Hamilton County Assistant Prosecutor Seth Tieger. At one point, when Tieger asked how much he had thought about the shooting in a two-day span before giving a statement to investigators, Tensing tearfully replied,  I ve thought about this every moment for the last two years.  Tensing maintained that his arm was caught inside D