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Nation & World

Published
July 14, 2023

UPS to train nonunion employees as talks with union for 340,000 workers stalls and deadline nears

UPS said Friday that the training is a temporary plan that has no impact on current operations.
Published
July 14, 2023

House Republicans approve Defense bill that restricts abortion access, halts diversity initiatives

The bill is expected to go nowhere in the Democratic-majority Senate.
Published
July 14, 2023

N.Y. architect charged with serial killings that included a Maine woman

Rex Heuermann, 59, is accused of killing Megan Waterman, of Scarborough, and two other women. They were among the 11 people whose remains were found on Long Island in 2010 and 2011 in what became known as the Gilgo Beach murders.
Published
July 14, 2023

IRS says it collected $38 million from more than 175 high-income tax delinquents

Federal tax collector's enhanced ability to identify tax delinquents comes from resources provided by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Published
July 14, 2023

U.S. sets grim milestone with record for deadliest 6 months of mass killings

From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns.

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Published
July 13, 2023

Got Sriracha? The price for a bottle of Huy Fong’s iconic hot sauce gets spicy with supplies short

Prices range depending where you look. As of Thursday morning, for example, ads for a single 17-ounce Huy Fong Foods' Sriracha on eBay stretched from around $20 to a whopping $150.
Published
July 13, 2023

Vermont braces for more rain in wake of historic flooding

Transportation officials were moving equipment to areas that were considered more flood-prone to prepare for the storms as they continued to evaluate damage.
Published
July 13, 2023

Soda sweetener aspartame now listed as possible cancer cause. But it’s still considered safe

Aspartame joins a category with more than 300 other possible cancer-causing agents, including things like aloe vera extract, Asian-style pickled vegetables and carpentry work. The guidance on use of the sweetener, though, isn’t changing.
Published
July 13, 2023

Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, a key witness at Jan. 6 hearings, has a book deal

'She risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington and some of the most consequential events in recent American history,' her publisher said.
Published
July 13, 2023

Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more

Nearby, in the occupied region of Zaporizhzhia, other Ukrainian civilians dug mass graves into the frozen ground for fellow prisoners who had not survived.