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Jul 31 2023
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Trucking firm Yellow shuts down, leaving 480 Minnesota union workers hanging
Workers at Minnesota's six Yellow Corp. terminals are in flux as the trucking company completes a plan to cease operations. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters leaders said the trucking giant will file for bankruptcy any day now and start liquidating assets and laying off workers. The Teamsters represent 480 workers in Burnsville, Coon Rapids, Duluth, St. Cloud, Owatonna and Jackson. It
Star Tribune
Mar 13 2023
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New Atmospheric River Storm Expected To Arrive In Union City Overnight
The expectation of another round of heavy rains prompted the NWS to issue a region-wide flood watch scheduled to go into effect from 10 p.m. Monday to 4 a.m. Wednesday. The incoming #AtmosphericRiver will bring more heavy rain and flooding concerns beginning tonight. Make sure you are prepared for flooding and potential road closures. Remember to NEVER drive through flooded roadways. Turn
Patch.com
Jul 17 2018
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How teachers unions can survive
After the shock of the Supreme Court’s Janus decision, the unions should emphasize how they can help teachers’ professional development.
Vox
Nov 17 2023
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DC’s Union Station blocked off; Metro service disrupted due to protest calling for cease-fire in Gaza
Hundreds of protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza gathered at Union Station in D.C. on Friday night, drawing a massive police presence and disrupting Metro service to the train station. WTOP’s Scott Gelman reported Union Station was completely blocked off around 6:30 p.m. and that the demonstration began at the front of Union Station, but later moved to the side on First Street NE. “It
WTOP
Jul 17 2024
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Taoiseach dines with Keir Starmer at Chequers after promising to ‘reset’ Anglo-Irish relations
The Taoiseach Simon Harris has met Britain’s new prime minister Keir Starmer at Chequers, the UK leader’s official country residence in Buckinghamshire, to “reset” the Anglo-Irish political relationship that had become strained under the previous Tory administration. Mr Harris was welcomed by the prime minister to the opulent 16th century country manor estate for dinner on the eve of Thursday’
The Irish Times
Jun 17 2024
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Austria Politics
FILE - The Chancellor of Austria, Karl Nehammer speaks at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, at Federal Chancellery Ballhausplatz in Vienna, during a visit to Austria, Tuesday May 21, 2024. Nehammer said Monday, June 17, 2024, that his conservative Austrian People's Party would continue the current government coalition with its Green party junior partner even though his
The Daily Reflector
Jun 15 2024
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Sweden frees an Iranian man convicted over 1988 mass executions in exchange for 2 men held by Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and Sweden carried out a prisoner swap Saturday that saw Tehran release a European Union diplomat and another man in exchange for an Iranian convicted in Stockholm of committing war crimes over his part in 1988 mass executions in the Islamic Republic. The arrest of Hamid Nouri by Sweden in 2019 as he traveled there as a tourist likely sparked the
Washington Times
Jul 10 2024
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Students visit D.C. on electric cooperative youth tour
Approximately 1,800 high school students gathered in Washington, D.C., from June 15-21 as delegates to the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour. Forty-one students from North Carolina, including three local delegates sponsored by Union Power Cooperative, participated in a week-long opportunity. Evan Keith of Union County, Sarah Hinson of Stanly County and Felicia Charles of Cabarrus County were
The Stanly News and Press
Oct 19 2023
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Denver police officer shoots at suspect waving knife inside Whole Foods Market by Union Station
Denver police say an officer opened fire inside a Whole Foods Market store near Union Station on Thursday night.
The incident happened inside the store at 17th and Wewatta Streets after a man brandished and waved a knife.
DPD says when officers made contact with the suspect one round was shot inside the store, but no one was struck. A taser was also deployed and the suspect was
CBS News (Online)
Jul 16 2024
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First Minister of Wales Vaughan Gething resigns after months of turbulence
Vaughan Gething has resigned as First Minister of Wales after months of turbulence in the Senedd. His resignation comes after four Welsh ministers stepped down from their posts in an apparently calculated move to force his hand. Gething (50), the first Black leader of a European country, refused to resign in June despite losing a vote of no confidence. The Senedd vote was called by the
The Irish Times