A nail salon owner will serve jail time for her role in a plot to set her competitor’s business on fire, Ohio officials announced. Kim Lien Vu, 46, of Liberty Township, and her employee, Cierra Marie Bishop, 30, of Hamilton, devised a plan to set a competing nail salon on fire after Vu “developed animosity” […]
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Tesla Semi trucks in short supply for PepsiCo as its rivals use competing EV big rigs
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) – Key Tesla customer PepsiCo made initial payments for 100 Tesla Semis in 2017, intending to use the electric-truck fleet to haul its Cheetos, Lays potato chips and Pepsi soda pop to retailers. But according to the food-and-drinks maker and one of its executives with knowledge of the deal, […]
Mexican presidential hopefuls trade competing visions, barbs in first debate
By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican voters took measure of their presidential hopefuls on Sunday night at a feisty first debate, with the two leading candidates both pledging to make history as the Latin American nation’s first woman president. In the inaugural televised debate ahead of June’s election, ruling party frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum […]
Outdoor rec a must at Centre County jail; Competing visions
Outdoor rec a must at Centre County jail For a community that prides itself on being enlightened, it continues to be very disappointing that access to outdoor space by people incarcerated in the Centre County prison is still under debate. We should keep in mind, some of the people who are in the prison will […]
ABQ BioPark penguin competing in international contest
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The ABQ BioPark’s Macaroni penguin is on a mission and needs the public’s help. Out of hundreds of submissions around the world Minnow the Macaroni penguin was chosen as one of 47 contestants for the annual Penguin’s International March. City of Albuquerque unveils new rideshare program starting March 18 In total, there […]
Meet the Arizonan competing in Ms. Wheelchair America
June Malone said she knew her daughter Sharon Malone was going to survive her injuries after she put her contacts in by herself. Her daughter had just injured her spine after being involved in a car accident. “You know, they had her where she couldn’t speak, and she had just remembered she had contacts, and […]
Biden to juggle competing political demands in State of the Union address
WASHINGTON — In his State of the Union speech this week, President Joe Biden will pose a question that he hopes will answer itself: Whose side are you on? Are Americans, as he’ll frame it, on the side of lower health care costs, democratic freedoms and Ukraine’s fight to keep itself from being swallowed up […]
Two Republicans competing in N.C. 01 race
Mar. 1—HENDERSON — Two Republicans are vying to unseat incumbent Democratic Rep. Don Davis in Tuesday’s primary — Sandy Smith and Laurie Buckhout. The race is the only congressional election in the state considered a toss-up — it’s not strongly blue or red. Buckhout, a former Army colonel and combat commander from Edenton, is making […]
Biden, Trump make competing election-year visits to southern US border
By Steve Holland and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, his likely Republican opponent in the November election, will make dueling visits to the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday as a large influx of immigrants has become a dominant issue for voters.Biden, who has been on the defensive on the […]
Biden and Trump to hold competing trips to the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday
President Joe Biden will make a rare visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday, the same day that former President Donald Trump is also expected to visit the southern border. “Biden will travel to Brownsville, Texas to meet with U.S. Border Patrol agents, law enforcement officials and local leaders,” the White House said in a […]
‘Totally cold’ is not too cold for winter swimmers competing in a frozen Vermont lake
NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — Plunging into a frozen lake and swimming laps may not be everyone’s good time but for winter swimmers who return year after year to a northern Vermont lake near the Canadian border, there’s nothing better. The 10th annual Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival kicked off Friday with the 200-meter (218-yard) freestyle race […]
JEA competing with utility crews from all over the state to see who is best in an emergency
Opening ceremonies for the Florida Lineman competition started at Metropolitan park in Downtown Jacksonville Saturday morning. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE