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Seattle schools suspending over 100 bus routes
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Public Schools is suspending 142 school bus routes beginning Monday. District officials said the cuts are necessary because of a national bus driver shortage and because some drivers are choosing not to follow the state-mandated COVID-19 vaccine...
After Alitalia's demise, ITA airline launches with new look
ROME (AP) — Italy’s new national airline, ITA Airways, flew its inaugural flights Friday and unveiled its brand and logo, recycling the red, white and green of its Alitalia origins as it tries to chart a new future while competing with low-cost airlines. ITA, or Italy...
Man gets probation for obstructing probe in oil field death
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former oil company maintenance manager was sentenced to 1 1/2 years of probation after pleading guilty to obstructing a federal investigation into the 2014 death of an oil field worker. Stephen Reisinger, 51, was sentenced Thursday by U.S....
Bus tips into sinkhole as deadly storms lash Greece
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A bus transporting oil refinery workers fell into a sinkhole in the center of Greece’s second-largest city Friday as storms continued to batter the country, damaging roads, closing schools and causing the deaths of at least two people. ...
Cyprus: U.N. checks plane suspected of Libya embargo breach
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — United Nations inspectors have completed their examination of a small aircraft stored in Cyprus that was reportedly suspected of violating a U.N. arms embargo on Libya, an aviation official in the east Mediterranean island nation said Friday. ...
Former Boeing pilot involved in Max testing indicted
DALLAS (AP) — A former Boeing pilot was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges of deceiving safety regulators about the 737 Max jetliner, which was later involved in two deadly crashes. The indictment charges Mark A. Forkner with giving the Federal...
Svechnikov, Hurricanes beat Islanders 6-3 to open season
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour felt good about the way his new-look roster played together on the opening night of the season. The familiar faces from three straight playoff appearances — led by Andrei Svechnikov — were pretty sharp, too. ...
Michigan governor orders urgent response to lead crisis
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday ordered a “whole-of-government” response to elevated levels of lead in tap water in the southwestern Michigan city of Benton Harbor and vowed to accelerate the replacement of its lead pipes. Her directive that...
Mexico City: criminal charges brought in subway collapse
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City prosecutors announced Thursday they will bring criminal charges shortly against “several people and companies” for construction and design defects that caused an elevated subway line to collapse in May, killing 26 people. Ernestina...
Man sentenced to probation for stealing metal from shipyard
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — A Maine man has been sentenced to a year of probation for stealing scrap metal from a naval shipyard. A federal judge sentenced Michael Gamash, 65, of Old Orchard Beach on Thursday. The judge also ordered Gamash to pay more than $62,000...
