By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The special board appointed by President Joe Biden to intervene in stalled railroad contract talks suggested Tuesday that 115,000 rail workers should get 24% raises and thousands of dollars in bonuses as part of a new agreement to avert a strike. Railroads and unions will
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BY TOM KRISHER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of the rollout of a huge new climate, tax and healthcare law, the U.S. government is moving forward with its plan to award new tax credits to electric vehicle purchasers. Several new websites launched Tuesday to help people identify which vehicles qualify
Continue Reading BY TOM KRISHER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of the rollout of a huge new climate, tax and healthcare law, the U.S. government is moving forward with its plan to award new tax credits to electric vehicle purchasers. Several new websites launched Tuesday to help people identify which vehicles qualify
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By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer MASON, Ohio (AP) — Serena Williams has fallen to 0-2 in matches since announcing “the countdown has begun” on her career. She lost 6-4, 6-0 to U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu in the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday night. The 40-year-old Williams said last week in a Vogue
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say two airline ticket agents were hurt when a 33-year-old California man breached security at Harry Reid International Airport on Sunday, sparking panic among travelers, flight delays and cancellations. Neither injury was described as serious in a Las Vegas police report made public Tuesday comparing
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By Raja Razek, CNN The brother of a US service member killed in a terrorist attack outside Afghanistan’s Kabul airport in August of last year has died by suicide, according to his mother Shana Chappell. “The ripple effect! I lost two sons in less than one year, both of them in the month of August!”
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By Christopher Hickey, CNN Tonight’s primary election is a crucial test for Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney. She has been one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest and most outspoken critics in the Republican Party. Today, the three-term conservative congresswoman faces multiple Republican opponents, including the Trump-endorsed attorney Harriet Hageman. Although Cheney voted in line with
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By Matt Egan Interest rates on credit cards are so high these days that consumers with a $5,000 credit card balance could pay an extra $1,000 in interest over the course of a year, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Fed has been aggressively raising interest rates this year in a bid to
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CNN By Matt Egan Interest rates on credit cards are so high these days that consumers with a $5,000 credit card balance could pay an extra $1,000 in interest over the course of a year, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Fed has been aggressively raising interest rates this year in a bid
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EL PASO, Texas — Canutillo ISD is preparing a bond proposal for the school board to vote on, next Monday. The proposals inside the bond include topics are based on growth, equity, facilities, safety and security and school programming, according to Canutillo ISD. One of the largest proposals is the proposal to relocate Jose J.
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Getting to the Tour Championship isn’t all that’s at stake in the second FedEx Cup playoff event. The BMW Championship also is the final event to earn one of six spots on the U.S. team and eight spots on the International team for the Presidents
Continue Reading By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kiké Hernández has returned to the Boston Red Sox after a more than a two-month absence. The infielder/outfielder was activated from the 15-day injured list on Tuesday. Hernández had been out with June 8 with a strained right hip flexor. Hernández revealed before Boston’s game with Pittsburgh
Continue Reading WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — A 12-year-old Little League World Series player from Utah is in critical condition with what his family said was a head injury suffered when he fell off a bunk bed at the dormitory complex in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Easton Oliverson is a pitcher and outfielder for the Snow Canyon team out of
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man is accused of punching a Border Patrol Agent in the face early Sunday morning. According to the FBI, agents arrested 31-year-old Alejandro Morales and changed him with assault. Officials say Morales told a Border Patrol Agent that he didn’t have to follow commands about how to enter
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN A judge in Colorado said that Jenna Ellis, an attorney who represented former President Trump during and after the 2020 election, must appear before the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury investigating Trump’s election schemes. In granting the request from a local Colorado district attorney, on behalf of the Atlanta prosecutors leading
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have juggled their roster before their game against the New York Mets. They called up pitching prospect Freddy Tarnok, added infielder Ryan Goins to the major league roster and placed catcher Chadwick Tromp on the 10-day injured list. Tarnok gives the Braves a
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have replaced a planned Fernando Tatis Jr. bobblehead night with a Juan Soto T-shirt giveaway after the superstar shortstop was banned 80 games following a positive test for a performance-enhancing drug. Tatis, a 23-year-old sensation and one of the brightest stars in all of Major League Baseball,
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN Before July Fourth, Cooper Roberts was almost always active and running around. He loved playing sports — including soccer, baseball and football — and riding his bike, his family has said. Life has looked very different since the 8-year-old was shot in the Highland Park Fourth of July attack, and left
Continue Reading Cooper Roberts was paralyzed after being shot in the July 4th shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. CNN’s Adrienne Broaddus reports on the 8-year-old’s family saying he feels “hopeless, sad and angry.”
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Airbnb says it’s rolling out new technology to spot and block people who try to use the short-term rental service to throw a party. Airbnb said Tuesday that the new system examines the renter’s history on Airbnb, how far they live from the rental listing, and other factors. The system has
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in upstate New York filed a petition for a union election on Tuesday, launching a major labor fight against the company. A spokesperson for the National Labor Relations Board says the petition was filed for a warehouse in the town of Schodack, near
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Actress Tommy Dorfman came out as trans just over a year ago in a triumphant spread in Time. But if she hadn’t appeared on the popular Netflix series “13 Reasons Why,” she said, she may have come out earlier. “I think if I hadn’t booked that job, I would’ve started transitioning
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and backers of universal school vouchers took a victory lap Tuesday over legislation the Republican-controlled Legislature enacted in June giving the state the nation’s most expansive voucher system, and he also used the time to attack backers of public schools who are
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, CNN The fate of the Uvalde school district’s police chief could be decided next week now that the school board has rescheduled a meeting to consider firing Pete Arredondo for August 24, the district announced Tuesday. Arredondo was placed on unpaid leave following his highly criticized handling of the May 24 massacre
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The top prosecutors in a handful of states say a Maryland lender deceived customers by tacking on insurance coverage to loans, but that borrowers didn’t ask for the insurance — or even know about. The lawsuit alleges Mariner Finance pressured its sales force to add the additional insurance coverage. The suit seeks
Continue Reading By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Mekhi Becton’s third season with the New York Jets is officially over before it even started. The starting right tackle was placed on season-ending injured reserve Tuesday with a chip fracture in his right kneecap suffered during practice on Aug. 8. Becton
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, which used to roam the Australian bush. The ambitious project will harness advances in genetics, ancient DNA retrieval and artificial reproduction to bring back the
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN The Biden administration has been planning for how to get past the crisis phase of the Covid-19 pandemic and will stop buying vaccines, treatments and tests as early as this fall, White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said on Tuesday. “One of the things we’ve spent a lot of
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is raising charges on third-party sellers again —- this time adding a holiday fee for merchants who use the company’s fulfillment services to pack and ship items to customers. According to a notice the company sent to merchants on Tuesday, sellers will be hit
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EL PASO, Texas — The party’s over, at least for a few weeks, for a home in far east El Paso that the El Paso County Attorney’s office alleges is being used to host for-profit parties. The County Attorney’s Office obtained a court order to temporarily shut down the so-called “Mansion Party” business. The County
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