BNSF train engineers offered paid sick time and better schedules in new deal
Roughly 7,500 BNSF train engineers may get up to eight days of paid sick time and more predictable schedules if they approve a deal with the railroad announced Tuesday
2023-08-02 06:26
An accomplice to convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh's financial misdeeds gets seven years in prison
The former CEO of a respected South Carolina bank will spend seven years in federal prison for helping Alex Murdaugh steal nearly $2 million from clients' legal settlements
2023-08-02 04:51
X marks the lawsuit: Elon Musk's social media company sues nonprofit highlighting site's hate speech
A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been sued by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter
2023-08-02 04:16
Michigan prosecutors charge Trump allies in felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’
Prosecutors in Michigan have filed criminal charges against individuals they say took and tampered with voting machines
2023-08-02 03:48
Vintage computer that helped launch the Apple empire is being sold at auction
A vintage Apple computer signed by company co-founder Steve Wozniak is being sold at auction
2023-08-02 02:58
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Minnesota but the state is still working out retail sales
Minnesota’s legalization of recreational marijuana went into effect Tuesday
2023-08-02 02:29
Amazon adds video telemedicine visits nationwide to its virtual clinic
Amazon is adding video telemedicine visits in all 50 states to a virtual clinic it launched last fall, as the retail giant takes a deeper step into care delivery
2023-08-02 02:20
Pfizer 2Q numbers tumble and COVID-19 vaccine, treatment sales dry up
Crumbling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment sales chopped Pfizer’s second-quarter earnings, but both the drugmaker and Wall Street expect a rebound in the back half of 2023
2023-08-02 00:57
Thermo Fisher Scientific settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine
The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of improperly profiting from her cells
2023-08-01 22:18
Dutch ministry says a fire that blazed for nearly a week on a cargo ship appears to have burnt out
The Dutch government says a fire that had been burning on board a cargo ship carrying thousands of new cars appears to have burnt itself out after nearly a week
2023-08-01 21:24
US opens safety probe into complaints from Tesla drivers that they can lose steering control
U.S. auto safety regulators have opened another investigation into safety problems with Tesla vehicles
2023-08-01 19:56
German beer sales resume their downward trend after a post-COVID pickup
Official figures show that German beer sales resumed a long-term downward trend in the first six months of this year after rallying in 2022 thanks to the end of most COVID-19 restrictions
2023-08-01 18:21