By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Another major railroad has gone to court to determine whether it has the authority to require all its employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. BNSF railroad filed a lawsuit Sunday against its major unions over its mandate. It joins Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific,
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Another major railroad has gone to court to determine whether it has the authority to require all its employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. BNSF railroad filed a lawsuit Sunday against its major unions over its mandate. It joins Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific,
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The British government says it will launch an independent inquiry into how a hospital electrician was able to sexually abuse at least 100 corpses in hospital mortuaries. David Fuller admitted last week that he murdered two women in 1987 whom he subsequently sexually assaulted. Police searches of 67 year-old Fuller’s home uncovered
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A man who was shot and wounded by Kyle Rittenhouse on the streets of Kenosha during a night of turbulent protests against racial injustice has taken the stand at Rittenhouse’s murder trial. Gaige Grosskreutz testifies Monday that he thought he was
Continue ReadingBy Holly Bock Click here for updates on this story CHANDLER, Arizona (KPHO) — Chandler Police need your help looking for a thief. A man was caught on a Nest camera stealing packages from a home in Chandler off of Ocotillo Road. It wasn’t just any package. It was a three-year-old’s birthday presents. Lindsey Dixon
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities have identified the teenage boy who died after his motorcycle collided with a school bus in Washoe County last week. KTVN-TV in Reno reported Monday that the Washoe County medical examiner’s office confirmed the teen was 17-year-old Ricardo Gomez. The crash happened Thursday around 7:30 a.m. in Spanish Springs, more
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MADRID (AP) — Spain coach Luis Enrique has called up Brais Méndez to replace the injured Yéremy Pino ahead of decisive World Cup qualifiers. Pino was the third player dropped from the squad because of injuries before matches at Greece and against Sweden in Group B of European qualifying. Pino injured a muscle on Sunday
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief is urging Myanmar’s military leaders to provide unimpeded access to the more than 3 million people in need of “life-saving” humanitarian assistance since government forces seized power on Feb. 1. He says it’s needed “because of growing conflict and insecurity, COVID-19
Continue Reading MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Instead of a message in a bottle, it was the decals on a trash can that tell the story of a 3,500-mile voyage, from South Carolina to Ireland. Officials with Myrtle Beach say a waste barrel somehow floated away from their the coastal city and washed up in County Mayo,
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The individual investor army on Reddit that helped push GameStop and AMC to unprecedented heights earlier this year has found some more companies to rally around. Several stocks that have enjoyed extraordinary pops lately, such as Avis Budget and Bed Bath & Beyond, have become so-called meme stocks
Continue ReadingBy Monica Garcia, Jessica Goodman Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO) — A Phoenix mother is warning other parents about the dangers that come with bounce houses and bounce pads, especially at local events and festivals, after her little girl was trampled in one. This is the time of year when the
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By Eric Levenson, CNN An armed paramedic who was shot by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year testified Monday that he pulled out his own firearm because he believed Rittenhouse was an active shooter. Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, testified that he unholstered his handgun on August 25, 2020, as he and a crowd followed Rittenhouse,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Over the weekend, eight people were killed and many more injured during rapper Travis Scott’s Houston music festival Astroworld. Authorities are investigating what led to the tragedy. While there have been horrific mass casualty concert events, such as the 2017 terrorist attack at the Ariana Grande performance at Britain’s Manchester
Continue ReadingCNN, KHOU By Lisa Respers France, CNN Over the weekend, eight people were killed and many more injured during rapper Travis Scott’s Houston music festival Astroworld. Authorities are investigating what led to the tragedy. While there have been horrific mass casualty concert events, such as the 2017 terrorist attack at the Ariana Grande performance at
Continue ReadingCNN By Jim Sciutto and Natasha Bertrand, CNN CIA Director Bill Burns held a rare conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week, to convey “serious” US concerns about Russia’s military buildup along the Ukrainian border and to attempt to determine Russian intentions, two sources with direct knowledge told CNN. Putin’s spokesperson also
Continue ReadingCNN By Phil Mattingly, CNN When President Joe Biden worked the phones for hours late into Friday night to push through his massive infrastructure bill, what he really wanted was to show Democrats what it felt like to win. After months of missed deadlines, simmering distrust and political fallout, White House officials now hope success
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Gun maker Remington Firearms will move its headquarters from upstate New York to Georgia, with plans to open a factory and research operation there. The company announced Monday that it would invest $100 million in the operation in LaGrange, Georgia, southwest of Atlanta, hiring 856 people over
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Gun maker Remington Firearms will move its headquarters from upstate New York to Georgia, with plans to open a factory and research operation there. The company announced Monday that it would invest $100 million in the operation in LaGrange, Georgia, southwest of Atlanta, hiring 856 people over
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Barack Obama is expressing confidence that the Biden administration will ultimately get its $555 billion climate package through Congress and says that bill will be “historic.” At the U.N. climate talks Monday, he also faulted U.S. rivals China and Russia for
Continue Reading By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota lawmaker and an organizer of rally to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates is infected with the coronavirus and won’t attend the event. Republican Rep. Jeff Hoverson says he is “quarantining.” He told The Associated Press Monday that he is taking the deworming drug ivermectin
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