An Air Europa flight from Spain to Uruguay was diverted after encountering severe turbulence. A video appears to show a man being helped down from the overhead luggage bins. “He flew and got stuck in the roof, in the bin,” a passenger sat close to him told Uruguayan TV. An Air Europa passenger appeared to […]
Apple’s new iOS 18 will make iPhone 14s and later models less reliant on WiFi and cell connectivity. The company is expanding an emergency satellite-messaging feature introduced with the iPhone 14. While free, it could become a source of profit as Apple grows its services business. Several of Apple’s iOS 18 software features will make […]
Goodwill Manufacturing, Inc., is laying off 136 employees from its commercial laundry and linen services in Milwaukee. The layoffs will take effect Aug. 3 and stem from the company permanently closing its laundry and linen services facility at 6055 N. 91st St., according to a notice submitted Tuesday to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. […]
PARIS/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Bird flu vaccines for laying hens are effective in practice, the Dutch government said on Tuesday, while confirming plans to vaccinate poultry against the virus that ravaged flocks around the world and is raising fears about human transmission. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has killed or caused the culling […]
One of the largest healthcare systems in Massachusetts is reportedly laying off nearly 200 workers due to ongoing financial difficulties. A Tufts Medicine spokesperson told The Boston Globe that it’s cutting 174 employees or about 1.3 percent of its 13,000-person workforce. The “vast majority” of those who are being let go are “administrative and non-direct […]
Walmart has sent notice of mass layoffs at its e-commerce distribution facility at Edgerton’s sprawling industrial park in southwestern Johnson County. The company will lay off 318 employees at the warehouse, at 30801 W. 191 St., according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice filed on Friday. The federal law requires employers […]
Donald Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork to contest a potential loss in November, stoking doubts about the US election’s legitimacy even as opinion polls show the Republican presidential candidate leading in battleground states. In recent interviews, Mr Trump has refused to commit to accepting the election results. At his rallies, he has […]
By Nathan Layne and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) – Donald Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork to contest a potential loss in November, stoking doubts about the election’s legitimacy even as opinion polls show the Republican presidential candidate leading in battleground states. In recent interviews, Trump has refused to commit to accepting the election […]
GRAFTON, Wis. (WFRV) – An industrial plant in Wisconsin announced it will lay off over 25% of its workforce after a massive production loss. Pace Industries, one of North America’s leaders in full-service aluminum die casting, zinc die casting, and magnesium die casting, has submitted a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter to the […]
Tesla has joined the litany of companies that have conducted sweeping layoffs in recent times. According to Reuters, the company is firing “more than 10 percent” of its workforce; the company had more than 140,000 employees as of December 2023. The publication saw an internal memo noting the percentage, though it didn’t state the exact […]
VIENNA (AP) — Austria faces its biggest espionage scandal in decades as the arrest of a former intelligence officer brings to light evidence of extensive Russian infiltration, lax official oversight and behavior worthy of a spy novel. Egisto Ott was arrested March 29. The 86-page arrest warrant, obtained by The Associated Press, alleges among other […]
President Joe Biden will begin to lay out a second-term agenda Thursday night in his State of the Union address to Congress, shifting to a campaign footing ahead of his expected rematch with former President Donald Trump this November. White House aides said Biden will highlight the post-Covid economic recovery and lay out the administration’s […]