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By Michael Warrick Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A transgender woman is suing Vanderbilt University saying she was ridiculed after transitioning from male to female. The lawsuit alleges longtime employee Olivia Hill was victim to vulgar abuse and ridicule after her transition surgery. Hill has worked for 25 years
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of several Southern California trucking companies has pleaded guilty to felony charges involving tax evasion, COVID-19 relief fraud and an illegal repair of a tanker that resulted in a fatal explosion. The Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office says 63-year-old Carl Bradley Johansson of Newport Beach entered the pleas Wednesday.
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and DAVID McHUGH AP Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has reached new highs in the United States and Europe as rising energy prices and supply bottlenecks restrain an economic recovery from the pandemic in both economies. The U.S. Commerce Department reported Friday that prices rose 4.3% in August from a year earlier.
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and DAVID McHUGH AP Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has reached new highs in the United States and Europe as rising energy prices and supply bottlenecks restrain an economic recovery from the pandemic in both economies. The U.S. Commerce Department reported Friday that prices rose 4.3% in August from a year earlier.
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Mariana Toro Nueva York (CNN Business) — La visión de Amazon para el futuro de la seguridad en el hogar incluye drones que vuelan sobre tu techo, cámaras al aire libre que monitorean a posibles intrusos y lindos robots que patrullan el interior. Durante una conferencia de prensa por invitación el martes, la compañía mostró
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By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Call it the Kicking Kraze or the Field Goal Frenzy. Whatever you prefer, the foot is definitely a major part of pro football through three weeks. Most notably, from long range. Through those three weeks, there have been 36 attempts at 50-yard or longer field goals, the most
Continue Reading MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman has filed suit claiming a hospital’s response to a cyberattack led to the death of her infant daughter. The lawsuit by Teiranni Kidd contends Springhill Medical Center in Mobile was deep in the midst of a ransomware attack when Nicko Silar was born on July 17, 2019. It
Continue Reading MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman has filed suit claiming a hospital’s response to a cyberattack led to the death of her infant daughter. The lawsuit by Teiranni Kidd contends Springhill Medical Center in Mobile was deep in the midst of a ransomware attack when Nicko Silar was born on July 17, 2019. It
Continue ReadingBy Phil Drake Click here for updates on this story HELENA, Montana (Independent Record) — Several cities in Montana will be part of a nationwide protest Saturday opposing restrictions against abortion access and urging the U.S. Supreme Court to support reproductive rights. The main event is being organized by Women’s March and a “Rally for
Continue Reading By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s coup leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya has been sworn in as president of the West African nation but isn’t giving any updates on when democratic elections might be held. The inauguration ceremony Friday in the capital, Conakry, comes nearly a month after Doumbouya and his junta
Continue ReadingBy Peyton Nicks Click here for updates on this story FREMONT, Nebraska (Fremont Tribune) — As harvesting season inches closer, farmers are urged to take safety measures. So the Nebraska Corn Board, NCB, and the Nebraska Corn Growers Association, NECGA, have released a statement about the importance of safety. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business The United States could be just weeks away from defaulting on its debt for the first time ever. The $28.4 trillion debt limit was reinstated August 1. Since then, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been keeping the nation’s finances afloat by using emergency accounting maneuvers. Known as “extraordinary measures,” these
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shareholders in Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars, on Friday approved the spinoff of the company’s truck division, a move intended to let the world’s largest maker of trucks react faster to change and focus on the new low-emission technologies transforming the automotive industry.
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shareholders in Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars, on Friday approved the spinoff of the truck division as a separate company. The move is intended to give the division, including U.S.-based Freightliner, the freedom to react quickly to changing markets and focus on the
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Police say a 59-year-old man has died after a piece of ammunition exploded on the edge of a small lake in southern Austria. A Carinthia state police spokesperson said the man was handling the ammunition by the shore of Lake Ossiach early Friday when it exploded, killing him. It wasn’t immediately clear
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Buchli Click here for updates on this story FLATHEAD COUNTY, Montana (Missoulian) — Flathead County officials are investigating reports of animal cruelty involving several horses. On Sept. 19, Flathead County Animal Control was dispatched to a residence in the Columbia Falls area, a Thursday news release from the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office said.
Continue Reading By HOLLY MEYER The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A top Southern Baptist Convention committee is facing mounting pressure from within the denomination to move forward without further delay an investigation into how it handled sexual abuse allegations. Many seminary presidents, state convention leaders and pastors in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination are frustrated
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN A quintet of musical trailblazers will come together on the Super Bowl LVI halftime show stage in February. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar will be the headliners of the show, scheduled to air Sunday, February 13, Pepsi, the NFL and Roc Nation announced on Thursday.
Continue Reading ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Media reports say a man in Turkey joined a search party for a missing person not realizing the individual being pursued was him. Beyhan Mutlu went drinking with a friend in a forest in northwest Turkey late Tuesday. His wife reported him missing after he did not return home and she
Continue ReadingBy Kemberly Richardson Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — It was a breaking point following George Floyd’s murder — a painful period in our city and country, but now out of such an ugly time, comes something beautiful. They sit in the southern part of Union Square – statues of
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