Day: May 1, 2023

Golden Flake snacks will be sold, but no longer made in Birmingham

6:10 pm May 1, 2023

A Pennsylvania company will no longer make Alabama’s iconic Golden Flake snacks in Birmingham, although it will still sell them. Utz Brands said Wednesday that it will close the longtime factory in early July, laying off 175 workers. Utz said about 100 employees will continue working at a new warehouse in Birmingham to distribute the […]

New Orleans restaurant shooting kills waiter, wounds tourist during Jazz Fest weekend

6:09 pm May 1, 2023

A shooting outside a well-known New Orleans restaurant Friday killed an employee, and one bullet penetrated the restaurant and wounded a Chicago tourist visiting for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Interim New Orleans police Superintendent Michelle Woodfork told reporters Saturday that the shooting happened outside Mandina’s Restaurant in New Orleans’ Mid-City neighborhood. No […]

New Mexico Gov. Grisham seeks help enacting new anti-hazing law

6:08 pm May 1, 2023

New Mexico’s governor wants legislators to help her enact a new anti-hazing law in the aftermath of allegations by New Mexico State University basketball players that they were sexually assaulted by teammates and that coaches and staff failed to respond. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Friday in a statement that she is appalled by […]

Worker sought for one of world’s most isolated islands with low pay, ‘long hours’

5:13 pm May 1, 2023

A British wildlife group is seeking a person willing to spend 13 months on one of the remotest islands in the world to study its bird population. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) posted a job listing for a new field officer on Gough Island, a British territory approximately 1,500 miles from […]

French police clash with violent protesters during mass May Day demonstrations

5:12 pm May 1, 2023

Violent demonstrators took to the streets of Paris Monday and across France to protest against French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform, joining workers across Europe in May Day rallies. May 1 marks a worldwide celebration of labor rights, with Macron’s highly unpopular pension bill taking the forefront during the rallies in France.. Police were seen […]