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Southwest passengers face delays after nationwide grounding
Apr 19, 2023 by Sam Parsons
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines planes were briefly grounded nationwide Tuesday for what the airline called an intermittent technology issue, leading to more than 2,200 delayed flights just four months after the carrier suffered a…
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CBC 'pausing' Twitter after 'government-funded media' label
Apr 18, 2023 by Sam Parsons
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation paused its use of Twitter on Monday after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped CBC’s account with a label the public broadcaster says is intended to undermine…
Cleanup begins after freight train derailment, fire in Maine
Apr 17, 2023 by Sam Parsons
SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — The railway owner is leading cleanup and track repairs following a freight train derailment and fire in Maine. Officials said Sunday that three rail workers were treated and…
Montana close to becoming 1st state to completely ban TikTok
Apr 14, 2023 by Sam Parsons
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana lawmakers moved one step closer Thursday to passing a bill to ban TikTok from operating in the state, a move that’s bound to face legal challenges but also serve as…
NPR quits Elon Musk's Twitter over 'government-funded' label
Apr 13, 2023 by Sam Parsons
(AP) National Public Radio is quitting Twitter after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped NPR's account with labels the news organization says are intended to undermine its credibility. Twitter labeled NPR's main account last week…
To fight cancer, EPA wants sterilizer companies to emit less
Apr 12, 2023 by Sam Parsons
(AP) The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting the use of the chemical ethylene oxide after finding a higher than expected cancer risk at facilities that use it to sterilize billions of medical devices…
Biden ends COVID national emergency after Congress acts
Apr 11, 2023 by Sam Parsons
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic ended Monday as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan congressional resolution to bring it to a close after three years — weeks before…
Iowa won't pay for rape victims' abortions or contraceptives
Apr 10, 2023 by Sam Parsons
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Attorney General's Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare cases, abortions — for victims of sexual assault, a move that drew…
Few details in SF stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee
Apr 07, 2023 by Sam Parsons
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Details of how tech executive Bob Lee came to be fatally stabbed in downtown San Francisco early Tuesday were scarce as friends and family continued to mourn the man they called…
Bob Lee, Cash App founder, fatally stabbed in San Francisco
Apr 06, 2023 by Sam Parsons
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bob Lee, a technology executive who created Cash App and was currently chief product officer of MobileCoin, has been fatally stabbed in downtown San Francisco. The San Francisco Police Department has…
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