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Minnesota company and employee cited for reckless driving in Alaska crash that killed 3 sled dogs

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Both a Minnesota man testing a snowmobile for his employer in the Alaska backcountry and the company have been cited for reckless driving after the machine slammed into a sled dog team on a training run in December, killing three dogs. The State of Alaska charged Erik Johnson, of Roseau, Minnesota, and Minnesota-based Polaris Inc. on …

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Wolves: Matheus Cunha sufre lesión ‘importante’ y podría perderse la Copa América

WOLVERHAMPTON, Inglaterra (AP) — El atacante brasileño Matheus Cunha sufrió una lesión “bastante importante” en la corva, según confirmó el miércoles el club inglés Wolverhampton, temiéndose que podría perderse el resto de la temporada de la Liga Premier. El técnico de los Wolves Gary O’Neil no puso un plazo para el retorno de Cunha, pero la gravedad de la lesión …

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Un día después de haber salido del hospital, Austin presiona para enviar más ayuda a Ucrania

WASHINGTON (AP) — Un día después de su hospitalización más reciente por problemas de salud tras recibir tratamiento por cáncer de próstata, el secretario de Defensa, Lloyd Austin, realizó una sesión virtual sobre Ucrania para ayudar a reabastecer las municiones y atrillería urgentemente necesarias para Kiev mientras lidia con escasez en su guerra de casi dos años contra Rusia. En …

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Date night strike: Thousands of US, UK delivery, ride-hailing drivers stop work on Valentine’s Day

Thousands of ride-hailing and delivery workers in the U.S. and the U.K. went on strike on Valentine’s Day, calling for higher pay and other changes to their working conditions. In the U.S., Uber and Lyft drivers planned daylong strikes in Chicago; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Miami; Orlando and Tampa, Florida; Hartford, Connecticut; Newark, New Jersey; Austin, Texas; and Providence, Rhode Island. Drivers …

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Nebraska GOP bills target college professor tenure and diversity, equity and inclusion

Scores of people turned out Tuesday to testify well into the night on bills being considered by Nebraska lawmakers that target diversity initiatives and higher education programs, mirroring proposals by Republicans across the country. The bills before the state Legislature’s Education Committee included one that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion — known as DEI — programs and offices at …

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Here’s the latest on the investigation into the shooting at Joel Osteen’s megachurch

HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly a week after a woman opened fire at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Texas megachurch, there are still questions about a motive behind the attack and scrutiny on how a person with a record of criminal misdemeanors and a history of mental illness was able to obtain her weapons. Police said Genesse Moreno used a legally purchased …

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Judge denies requests to limit evidence ahead of armorer’s trial in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge warned special prosecutors and defense attorneys Wednesday that she will not consider any more motions as the court prepares for the involuntary manslaughter trial of the weapons supervisor on the “Rust” movie set when Alec Baldwin fatally shot the cinematographer during rehearsal. State District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer was stern with …

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