By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press Boeing’s CEO says Boeing cut a bad deal when it agreed to produce two new Air Force One jets. CEO David Calhoun said Wednesday that Boeing probably should not have taken the fixed-cost contract, which makes the company responsible for cost overruns. But, he says, it was a public negotiation
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG Associated Press Boeing’s CEO says Boeing cut a bad deal when it agreed to produce two new Air Force One jets. CEO David Calhoun said Wednesday that Boeing probably should not have taken the fixed-cost contract, which makes the company responsible for cost overruns. But, he says, it was a public negotiation
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Stacker compiled a list of counties with the worst commutes in Oregon using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The Redmond School District announced Wednesday it has selected Cyndi Ganfield as the next principal of Terrebonne Community School.Â
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Browne-Peter, CNN Business Hundreds of Budweiser employees in the United Kingdom could go on strike, threatening to create a shortage of some of the country’s most popular beers. The UK staff of the world’s biggest brewer have refused to accept the company’s new pay package. According to GMB Union, the offer from the
Continue ReadingBy JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Central African Republic has legally recognized the use of cryptocurrency after the president approved a law adopted by deputies last week that has also made bitcoin an official currency alongside the West African CFA franc in the African nation. President Faustin Archange Touadera
Continue ReadingBy JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Central African Republic has legally recognized the use of cryptocurrency after the president approved a law adopted by deputies last week that has also made bitcoin an official currency alongside the West African CFA franc in the African nation. President Faustin Archange Touadera
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say at least eight people were killed and 11 injured when competing groups of workers clashed at a cement plant before dawn in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo. Gov. Omar Fayad has condemned the violence at the Cruz Azul cement cooperative’s plant in the Tula township. The Hidalgo
Continue ReadingCHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A prosecutor says a 14-year-old boy accused of killing a 10-year-old Wisconsin girl knew the girl and planned the attack. The teen, identified at a bond hearing Wednesday only by his initials, faces charges including first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Illiana Peters, who went by the name Lily.
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Changing a question on last year’s census has resulted in a snapshot of Canada’s transgender population, with data released Wednesday showing 0.33 per cent of the country’s 38.3 million people identify as a gender that differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. For the first time, Statistics Canada differentiated between
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Fire managers on the Crescent Ranger District hope to take advantage of favorable conditions Wednesday to ignite 38 acres in the Gilchrist State Forest about six miles southeast of Crescent and east of Highway 97.
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Fueron más de 120 ejecuciones extrajudiciales en medio del conflicto armado de Colombia. Solo una parte de los más de 6.400 casos estimados en todo el paÃs. Y en la audiencia pública de este martes, 10 militares retirados y un civil reconocieron haber participado en ellas. Este caso, que se
Continue ReadingDEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is expanding a data center in northern Illinois and says more than 200 operational jobs will be based there once complete. The company announced the expansion Wednesday. The company announced its initial plan for the DeKalb data center in June 2020, proposing an $800 million
Continue ReadingBy Monica Garrett, CNN Meteorologist New Mexico has seen wildfires burn more acres so far this year (over 173,000) than in seven of the last eight years, according to statistics from the Southwest Coordination Center, which coordinates the mobilization of resources between the twelve Federal and State Dispatch Centers of the Southwest Area. And fire
Continue ReadingCNN, KOAT, KETV, KUSA, LAURA CHADWICK, BECKY KELLY By Monica Garrett, CNN Meteorologist New Mexico has seen wildfires burn more acres so far this year (over 173,000) than in seven of the last eight years, according to statistics from the Southwest Coordination Center, which coordinates the mobilization of resources between the twelve Federal and State
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The NCAA is looking for a new president. Mark Emmert will step down from the job no later than June 2023. Observers say the NCAA should first decide  what they want the function of the NCAA to be. The organization is making sweeping changes and handing more
Continue Readingby PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks fought hard just to make the playoffs. They battled to the very last second against the top-seeded team in the East. But in the end, there’s only one word to describe this season. Disappointing. Coming off a surprising run to the conference final
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The United States will play 13th-ranked Uruguay in a June 5 soccer exhibition at Kansas City, Kansas. That completes the schedule for the first four of six planned World Cup warmups for the Americans. The No. 15 U.S. plays No. 24 Morocco on June 1 in an exhibition at Cincinnati and has
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened a preliminary investigation into the suspected sabotage of fiber optic cables. The damage disrupted the internet in several regions Wednesday around France. Prosecutors moved swiftly to investigate, and in what appeared to be an unusual move, brought in France’s domestic intelligence agency to help.  Authorities suggested
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the dozens of police officers injured during the U.S. Capitol riot has testified that he didn’t punch or instigate a fight with a man in the mob. Metropolitan Police Department officer Noah Rathbun described his encounter with Thomas Webster during the second day of Webster’s
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