PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s Airbus on Monday set out the terms under which it plans to buy certain loss-making activities of Spirit AeroSystems as part of a planned wider break-up of the supplier between Airbus and rival Boeing. The deal involves Airbus taking over work at loss-making plants that supply key parts for its A220 […]
Two decades before pastor Robert Morris publicly confessed last week to engaging in “sexual behavior” with a child and resigned from Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, his accuser had confronted him and sought compensation, according to copies of emails obtained by NBC News. “Twenty-three years after you began destroying my life, I am still dealing […]
Compensation has been offered to passengers of a Singapore Airlines flight which hit extreme turbulence last month in a rare case that killed one passenger and injured dozens. The Boeing 777 jet carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew from London to Singapore ran into sudden turbulence over the Irrawaddy basin in Myanmar on May 20, […]
Jun. 7—Advocates for New Mexico downwinders and former uranium miners minced no words this week about House leadership not holding a vote to extend a law that provides compensation to people sickened by Cold War-era nuclear testing and production. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was set to expire Friday. “Shame on Speaker Mike Johnson and […]
The Florida High School Athletic Association is set to meet Tuesday to change its by-laws. It could allow student-athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness, known as NIL. The rules say individual schools and districts would not be part of those deals. Read: With revenue sharing coming to college sports, are NIL collectives […]
Jun. 1—1/1 Swipe or click to see more GEORGE F. LEE / AUG. 18 The Maui wildfires killed at least 101 people and destroyed or damaged almost 3,000 structures. Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? to continue reading. Get unlimited access From as low as $12.95 […]
Operation Buster-Jangle – Dog test — with troops participating in exercise Desert Rock I. It was the first U.S. nuclear field exercise conducted on land; troops shown are a mere 6 miles from the blast at the Nevada test site in 1951. (Public domain) Policy, politics and progressive commentary U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office […]
May 29—IDEA — Public Schools, a leading network of tuition-free K-12 public charter schools, is excited to announce a significant commitment to bolster compensation for its dedicated team members. With the approval of over $20 million in compensation increases, the IDEA Texas Board of Directors and IDEA Leadership has maintained a strategic approach to financial […]
A soldier participates in the Norwegian Foot March at Fort Ord National Monument, in Monterey County, California, Oct. 28, 2022. Mounting evidence shows that to kill pervasive poison oak and other weeds at Fort Ord — a former Army base, which closed in 1994 — the military sprayed and experimented with the powerful herbicide combination […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan will pay $2.58 million in compensation to the families of five Chinese engineers who were killed in March when a suicide bomber targeted the vehicle carrying them in the northwest, the finance ministry said. The Chinese were attacked in the town of Bisham as they were heading to Dasu Dam, Pakistan’s […]
LONDON (AP) — Victims of the U.K.’s infected blood scandal, in which tens of thousands of people were infected by contaminated blood or blood products provided by the public health service, will start receiving their final compensation payments this year, the government said Tuesday. Officials announced the compensation plans a day after the publication of […]
A group of Tesla shareholders are asking investors to vote against a compensation package worth more than $40 billion for CEO Elon Musk, saying that it’s not in the electric vehicle maker’s best interest. Tesla is struggling with falling global sales, slowing electric vehicle demand, an aging model lineup and a stock price that has […]