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- BusinessReuters
Vietnam Airlines to request bids for 50 narrowbody jets next year
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) -Vietnam Airlines will issue requests for proposals to aircraft manufacturers next year to purchase 50 narrowbody jets, its CEO said on Wednesday. The carrier last year signed a provisional deal with Boeing for 50 737 MAX planes that has yet to be finalised. "In Vietnam we have to go through the bidding process, we have to open to others... The door is still open for everyone," Vietnam Airlines CEO Le Hong Ha told Reuters on the sidelines of an Association of Asia
- U.S.The Des Moines Register
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird charges second non-U.S. citizen with voter fraud
Attorney General Brenna Bird will prosecute a Graettinger man who authorities say is a noncitizen for alleged voter fraud.
- U.S.KOLR Springfield
Former Dixon school teacher arrested for allegedly paying students to have sex with her
DIXON, Mo. — A teacher for the Dixon School District was arrested by law enforcement on Tuesday, Nov. 12 on 19 charges, including statutory rape and sexual contact with a juvenile, according to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD). Online court documents state that Carissa Smith is charged with the following: Online court records say […]
- BusinessReuters
Boeing starts issuing layoff notices as planemaker trims 10% of workforce
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing said on Wednesday it is issuing layoff notices starting this week to workers impacted by a broader plan by the heavily indebted planemaker to cut 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce. U.S. staff receiving the notices this week will stay on Boeing's payroll until January to comply with federal requirements that give workers 60 days' notice prior to ending their employment. News that Boeing would send out the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN
- BusinessRams Wire
Odell Beckham Jr. dunks on everyone who laughed at him for taking Rams salary in Bitcoin
When Odell Beckham Jr. signed with the Los Angeles Rams in 2021, he decided to take his $750,000 salary in Bitcoin. It was a bold call by the star receiver, especially after the price of Bitcoin had doubled in the four months before he signed his contract. Three…
- U.S.The Auto Wire
Deadly Crash Involving Bulldozer Becomes More Sinister
We covered before how a father and high-profile CEO along with his teenage daughter were killed in a freak bulldozer accident in a Utah canyon during the summer. Now, new information in that case indicates the driver who was towing that bulldozer lied to police and is now facing felony charges as a result. Someone crashed their Rolls-Royce allegedly in a street race. It was July 6 when Richard Hendrickson, CEO of Lifetime Products, along with his 16-year-old daughter Sally were hit by a bulldoze
- U.S.Associated Press
Subway rider who helped restrain man in NYC chokehold death says he wanted ex-Marine to 'let go'
In a New York City courtroom, Eric Gonzalez recalled encountering the chaotic struggle in progress, after Daniel Penny had already pinned the man, Jordan Neely, to the train's floor and placed him in a firm chokehold. “I made my presence known to Daniel Penny,” Gonzalez told jurors. Penny is facing manslaughter charges in the May 2023 death of Neely, a 30-year-old man who was homeless.
- U.S.Inside Edition
Video Passenger Sees Worker Unscrewing Plane Part Before Takeoff
Before taking off, a plane passenger spotted a mechanic working on the wing. Taylor Hilton says it happened on an American Airlines flight from Dallas to John Wayne Airport in California. Hilton says a flight attendant was also concerned and showed the video to the pilot. She says the pilot came on the intercom and informed everyone that some screws were loose and the dismantled part is for aerodynamic purposes and not required to fly safely.
- U.S.KTLA articles
Southern California high school closed due to ‘unspecified threat’
A high school in Orange County closed Wednesday following an “unspecified threat,” and now school officials are looking for information surrounding it. According to a release sent out to parents of students at Brea Olinda High School in Brea, the school stated that officials were first notified of the threat on Tuesday evening. The threat, […]
- BusinessAssociated Press
Supreme Court seems likely to allow class action to proceed against tech company Nvidia
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to keep alive a class-action lawsuit accusing Nvidia of misleading investors about its dependence on selling computer chips for the mining of volatile cryptocurrency. The justices heard arguments in the tech company's appeal of a lower-court ruling allowing a 2018 suit led by a Swedish investment management firm to continue. It’s one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies.
- U.S.Idaho Statesman
‘Extreme risk’: Owner of Boise rock and gem shop charged with rape, attempted strangulation
“I find, if these allegations are accurate, that you pose an extreme risk to the public — in particular this victim.”
- U.S.Charlotte Observer
War over windows: Charlotte homeowner wins 5-year fight with HOA, gets $75K settlement
Homeowners rarely win battles against their HOAs. Sherry Loeffler is an exception. She sued after her HOA fined her $12,000 and put a lien on her Lake Wylie home.
- BusinessReuters
Analysis-India's middle class tightens its belt, squeezed by food inflation
India's city dwellers are cutting spending on everything from cookies to fast food as persistently high inflation squeezes middle class budgets, threatening the country's brisk economic growth. Slowing urban spending over the past three to four months has not only hurt the earnings of largest consumer goods firms, it has raised questions about the structural nature of India's long-term economic success. Since the end of the pandemic, India's economic growth has been driven in large part by urb
- U.S.CNN
This US couple moved to Costa Rica. Then they found a Central American country they liked even better
“We can figure this out somewhere else,” CoCo Bates told her husband, Deitrick, after he went on unpaid medical leave from his job as an air traffic controller in 2021. They found peace in Costa Rica, but they recently made another move to Panama City, Panama — and they’re liking it even better.
- U.S.Jalopnik
Fiery Tesla Crash Traps And Kills Four After Electric Doors Couldn’t Open
Four people were killed in a fire after a Tesla Model Y lost control and hit a pillar in Toronto last month. The four people were reportedly unable to open the doors of the car after it caught fire and a fifth passenger only survived the crash after onlookers smashed a window and dragged them from the wreckage.
