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Month: September 2024

Latest talks between Boeing and its striking machinists break off without progress, union says

NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing Boeing factory workers who are currently on strike in the Pacific Northwest says contract talks “broke off” with the company after another bargaining session. A regional district of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said late Friday that Boeing “would not engage substantively” on a demand

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Asheville has been isolated after Helene wrecked roads and knocked out power and cell service

Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Floodwaters pushed by the remnants of Hurricane Helene left North Carolina’s largest mountain city isolated Saturday by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service, part of a swath of destruction across southern Appalachia that left an unknown number dead and countless worried relatives unable to reach

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Tech startup uses AI to keep tabs on the grid to prevent wildfires

By Mary Lee Click here for updates on this story     WALNUT CREEK, California (KPIX) — Every fire season, especially under dangerous fire weather conditions, homeowners brace themselves for destructive wildfires and prolonged power outages in their neighborhoods. Tim Barat knows all too well how monster wildfires can devastate a community. He remembers the exact moment

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SpaceX lanza una misión para traer de regreso a los astronautas del Starliner, cuyo regreso ha sido largamente retrasado

Julia Hernández (CNN) — Una misión de SpaceX destinada a unir a los astronautas del Boeing Starliner con la nave espacial que los traerá de regreso a casa ha despegado. Suni Williams y Butch Wilmore, de la NASA, han estado en la Estación Espacial Internacional más de 100 días más de lo esperado. La misión de

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Biden and Harris call the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah’s Nasrallah a ‘measure of justice’

Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah was a “measure of justice” for victims of a four-decade “reign of terror,” President Joe Biden said Saturday. The comments came after Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed earlier Saturday that Nasrallah, one of the group’s founders, was killed in an Israeli

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Russia invokes its nuclear capacity in a UN speech that’s full of bile toward the West

Associated Press Russia’s top diplomat warned against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power.” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke at the U.N. General Assembly on Saturday, three days after Russian President Vladimir Putin aired a shift in his country’s nuclear doctrine. Lavrov’s speech was packed with condemnations of what Moscow sees as Western

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WeightWatchers CEO who oversaw diet company’s move into weight loss drugs abruptly leaves role

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — WeightWatchers is shaking up its leadership. WW International announced Friday that CEO Sima Sistani would leave her role effective immediately. Tara Comonte, a WeightWatchers board member and former Shake Shack executive, was made interim chief executive. The New York-based weight loss company didn’t reveal the reasons behind the

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Billie Jean King becomes first individual female athlete to receive Congressional Gold Medal

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Legendary tennis player and women’s rights advocate Billie Jean King became the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, she announced in an Instagram post on Friday. The award honored the 80-year-old’s trailblazing achievements both on and off the court and recognized a “remarkable life

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Massachusetts police gather at funeral for trooper recruit who died during training

Associated Press A large law enforcement presence has turned out in Worcester to honor a state police recruit who died after becoming unresponsive during a training exercise. Twenty-five-year-old Enrique Delgado-Garcia died at a hospital on Sept. 13 a day after becoming unresponsive during a defensive tactics exercise in a boxing ring and suffering what authorities

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