Massive flooding and mudslides in northeastern India’s Assam state have claimed eight more lives, taking the death toll to 62 from weeks of heavy rains that caused one of Asia’s largest rivers to overflow GAUHATI, India — Massive flooding and mudslides in northeastern India’s Assam state have claimed eight more […]
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Apple workers vote to unionize at Maryland store
TOWSON, Md. — Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin Saturday, a union said, joining a growing push across U.S. retail, service and tech industries to organize for greater workplace protections. The Apple retail workers in Towson, Maryland, voted 65-33 to seek […]
Yellowstone National Park to partly reopen after floods
FILE – In this Jan. 5, 1997 photo, Bill Stamps of Fresno, Calif., steps out of a washed-out section of roadway near Happy Isles Nature Center in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Yellowstone National Park, the home to soaring geysers and some of the country’s most prolific wildlife is facing its […]
19 million bottles’ worth of baby formula set to arrive next month
Over a million pounds of baby formula is set to ship into the United States sometime next month, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. Approximately 750,000 cans of Danone formula — equivalent to 1.3 million pounds of formula or roughly 19 million 8-ounce bottles — will be imported from […]
Ex-Pence aide gets GOP nod to run for secretary of state
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Secretary of State Holli Sullivan failed to get the Republican Party’s nomination to run in the fall election, losing to a challenger Saturday who has called for more voting restrictions and embraced former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen. GOP delegates nominated Diego […]
Georgia city official resigns after Confederate shop reopens
KENNESAW, Ga. — A city councilman in Georgia has resigned to protest the reopening of a Confederate souvenir shop that sells images with racial slurs and dolls and statues that caricature Black people, news outlets reported. Kennesaw Councilman James “Doc” Eaton said he wanted no part of the city’s decision […]
4 buildings at observatory in Arizona lost in wildfire
Four non-scientific buildings at the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson have been lost in a wildfire, but early indications show other buildings on the property don’t appear to be damaged TUCSON, Ariz. — Four non-scientific buildings at the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson were lost in […]
Brazil: police arrest 3rd suspect in Amazon deaths
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s federal police said Saturday that a third suspect in the deaths of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira has been arrested. The pair, whose remains were found after they went missing almost two weeks ago, were shot to death, according to an autopsy. […]
CDC gives go-ahead on COVID vaccines for kids as young as 6 months
The Centers for Disease Control has greenlit the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for kids as young as 6 months old, finding them both safe and effective. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky issued a recommendation for how doctors, nurses and pharmacists should administer the shots on Saturday. The CDC panel’s reviewed […]
Warren Buffett’s final charity lunch draws record $19M bid
OMAHA, Neb. — An anonymous bidder has shelled out a record $19 million for a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffet at a steakhouse in New York City. The meal with the Berkshire Hathaway CEO was offered on an eBay auction to benefit the San-Francisco-based charity GLIDE, which helps homeless […]