Today: September 22, 2024
Today: September 22, 2024

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Chairman of federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico finances to step down

The chairman of a federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances has announced he is stepping down as the U.S. territory struggles to restructure more than $9 billion in debt held by its troubled power company

Economy|Environment|News

Canada ends cod moratorium in Newfoundland after more than 30 years

The Canadian government has ended the Newfoundland and Labrador cod moratorium, which gutted the Atlantic-coast province’s economy and transformed its small communities more than 30 years ago

Canada ends cod moratorium in Newfoundland after more than 30 years
Business|Environment|Technology

Tesla ordered to stop releasing toxic emissions from San Francisco Bay Area plant

Tesla must fix air quality problems at its electric vehicle manufacturing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area after racking up more than 100 violations for allegedly releasing toxic emissions into the atmosphere over the last five years

Tesla ordered to stop releasing toxic emissions from San Francisco Bay Area plant
News|Political|World

President Luis Arce's career has mirrored Bolivia's economic trajectory from boom to bust

The president of Bolivia is a 60-year-old leftist whom many see as an opponent of Washington-backed free-market and neoliberal policies

President Luis Arce's career has mirrored Bolivia's economic trajectory from boom to bust
Science|Technology

NASA taps Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring International Space Station out of orbit in a few more years

NASA has awarded SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will bring the International Space Station out of its longtime orbit of Earth when its operating lifespan ends in a few more years

NASA taps Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring International Space Station out of orbit in a few more years
Business|Economy|Travel

Southwest Airlines says a key measure of pricing power will be weaker than expected in 2Q

Southwest Airlines says a key revenue ratio will be weaker than expected in the second quarter because of changes in how consumers book travel

Southwest Airlines says a key measure of pricing power will be weaker than expected in 2Q
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Bolivian official says general wanted to take power, navy vice admiral also arrested

A high-ranking Bolivian official says the army general arrested in Wednesday’s apparent failed coup attempt was out to seize power and a second top officer was also arrested

Bolivian official says general wanted to take power, navy vice admiral also arrested
Business|News

A mechanic for a Boeing subcontractor says he was fired after complaining about poor repair work

A mechanic for a Boeing subcontractor claims he was fired after complaining about poor repair work on planes in a Boeing factory near Seattle

Environment

Florida's balloon ban will protect sea turtles, birds and other marine life

Intentionally releasing a balloon will soon be illegal in Florida

Florida's balloon ban will protect sea turtles, birds and other marine life
Health|News

The collapse of a cable car in Colombia kills 1 person and injures 20

Officials in Colombia say at least one person has been killed and 20 were injured when a cable car in the city of Medellin failed and plunged onto a sidewalk next to a station platform

The collapse of a cable car in Colombia kills 1 person and injures 20
Business|Economy

Amazon joins exclusive club, crossing $2 trillion in stock market value for the first time

Amazon has joined the exclusive $2 trillion club after Wall Street investors pushed the value of the e-commerce giant’s stock past that threshold

Amazon joins exclusive club, crossing $2 trillion in stock market value for the first time
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Correction: US-Girl-Killed-Houston story

In a story published Jun

Correction: US-Girl-Killed-Houston story
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Transgender prison inmate assaulted by cellmate in Arizona gets $10K judgment in civil rights suit

A transgender woman who was assaulted by a male inmate while housed in a men’s unit at an Arizona penitentiary has won a $10,000 judgment in a federal civil rights lawsuit

Sports

Belgium advances to last 16 at Euro 2024 after 0-0 draw, Ukraine eliminated

Belgium advanced to the last 16 of the European Championship after a 0-0 draw with Ukraine and the Ukrainians became the first team with four points in a group to be eliminated

Belgium advances to last 16 at Euro 2024 after 0-0 draw, Ukraine eliminated
News|Opinion|Political

He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000

Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018

He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000
Sports

Ollie Robinson makes unwanted history by conceding 43 runs in one over, Louis Kimber on fire

Ollie Robinson has re-written the English Championship record books in the wrong way after the test cricketer conceded an astonishing 43 runs off one over

Business|Travel

Aer Lingus pilots launch work-to-rule actions, tossing travel plans of passengers into disarray

Aer Lingus pilots say they will resume talks with the Irish airline after they launched an industrial action that led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and tossed the travel plans of tens of thousands into disarray

Aer Lingus pilots launch work-to-rule actions, tossing travel plans of passengers into disarray
News|Political|World

NATO appoints outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general

NATO has appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organization at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine

NATO appoints outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general
News|Opinion|Political

Judge strikes down Montana law defining sex as only male or female for procedural reasons

A judge has struck down a Montana law that defined sex as only male or female, finding that it was unconstitutional

Judge strikes down Montana law defining sex as only male or female for procedural reasons
News|Political

Guatemalan appeals court revokes order to grant house arrest to journalist José Rubén Zamora

A Guatemalan appeals court has revoked a judge’s order to give house arrest to journalist José Rubén Zamora, known for railing against corruption in the Central American country

News|Sports

NCAA council votes to remove cannabis from banned drug list, removes limits on on-field coaches

The NCAA Division I Council voted Tuesday to remove cannabis products from the banned drug substance list and end limits on how many football staffers can work with players on field

News|Technology

New Jersey man flies to Florida to attack another player over an online gaming dispute, deputies say

Authorities say an online gaming dispute made its way to the real world when a New Jersey man flew to Florida to attack another player with a hammer

News|Political|World

Suspected North Korean hypersonic missile exploded in flight, South Korea says

South Korea's military says a suspected hypersonic missile launched by North Korea has exploded in flight

Suspected North Korean hypersonic missile exploded in flight, South Korea says
Economy|Health|News|Opinion|Political

Detroit is banning gas stations from locking customers inside, a year after a fatal shooting

The city of Detroit is taking steps to ban gas stations from locking people inside the store

Detroit is banning gas stations from locking customers inside, a year after a fatal shooting
News|Political

4 men arrested for allegedly trespassing on grounds of British prime minister's country estate

Police in northern England say four men have been arrested on suspicion of trespassing on the grounds of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s home

4 men arrested for allegedly trespassing on grounds of British prime minister's country estate

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