Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigns from WWE parent company after former employee files sex abuse lawsuit
Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigns from WWE parent company after former employee files sex abuse lawsuit
Crew extinguish fire on tanker hit by Houthi missile off Yemen after US targets rebels in airstrike
JERUSALEM — The crew aboard a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker hit by a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels extinguished an hourslong fire onboard the stricken vessel Saturday sparked by the strike, authorities said. The attack on the Marlin Luanda further complicated the Red Sea crisis caused by the Iranian-backed rebels’ attacks over Israel’s war on…
German train drivers will end 6-day strike early, resume talks with railway operator
BERLIN — Germany’s train drivers’ union is ending its six-day strike early and is back in talks with the country’s national railway operator, German news agency dpa reported Saturday. The strike by the GDL union on passengers trains, which has brought the country to a near standstill since early Wednesday, will end Monday morning at…
A COVID-era program is awash in fraud. Congress aims to wind it down and expand the child tax credit
WASHINGTON — When IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel met privately with senators recently, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee asked for his assessment of a startling report: A whistleblower estimated that 95% of claims now being made by businesses for a COVID-era tax break were fraudulent. “He looked at his shoes and he basically said,…
Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing Max 9 jetliners again and United flies plane on Saturday
Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners again since they were grounded after a panel blew out of the side of one of the airline’s planes. The airline said in a statement that it has completed its final inspection of their group of the aircraft. They said they resumed flying the Max…
Oregon weekly newspaper to relaunch print edition after theft forced it to lay off its entire staff
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon weekly newspaper that had to lay off its entire staff after its funds were embezzled by a former employee will relaunch its print edition next month, its editor said, a move made possible in large part by fundraising campaigns and community contributions. The Eugene Weekly will return to newsstands on…
Mexico confirms some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable because of gang violence and land conflicts
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government has acknowledged that at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites are unreachable by visitors because of a toxic mix of cartel violence and land disputes. But two tourist guides in the southern state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, say two other sites that the government claims are still…
US condemns ban on Venezuelan opposition leader’s candidacy and puts sanctions relief under review
CARACAS, Venezuela — The U.S. government and nearly 30 conservative world leaders on Saturday condemned the decision of Venezuela’s highest court to block the presidential candidacy of opposition leader María Corina Machado. The Biden administration, however, remained noncommittal about reimposing economic sanctions on Venezuela, which it has threatened to do if the government of President…
Nikki Haley’s ‘sticky’ problem: Will big donors stay?
The Wall Street donor class used to rule elections; today not so much, though the fat-cat money men (and women) will have an outsized role in just how long Nikki Haley stays in her race against GOP front-runner Donald Trump. In Haley’s somewhat strange quest for the GOP nomination, she needs big money more than…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warns US economy heading towards ‘the cliff’ predicts debt ‘rebellion’
JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon says the U.S. is speeding toward a cliff as the nation’s runaway debt continues to mount, sounding the alarm that the situation needs to be tackled before it results in a crisis. The chief executive of the nation’s largest bank issued the warning during a panel discussion at…
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