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Former Trinity High star & UT shot put champion Eileen Vanisi dies awaiting triple-organ transplant

By Dawn White, Doug Myers Click here for updates on this story     EULESS, Texas (KTVT) — Eileen Vanisi, one of the most decorated Polynesian track and field stars in United States history, died this week while awaiting a triple-organ transplant, her sister announced Friday. Vanisi, a former three-time NCAA shot put champion at the University

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Latest talks between Boeing and its striking machinists break off without progress, union says

NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing Boeing factory workers who are currently on strike in the Pacific Northwest said contract talks “broke off” with the company after their latest bargaining session. In an update posted on social media platforms X and Facebook, a regional district of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

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Latest talks between Boeing and its striking machinists break off without progress, union says

NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing Boeing factory workers who are currently on strike in the Pacific Northwest said contract talks “broke off” with the company after their latest bargaining session. In an update posted on social media platforms X and Facebook, a regional district of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

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Asheville has been isolated after Helene wrecked roads and knocked out power and cell service

Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Floodwaters pushed by the remnants of Hurricane Helene left North Carolina’s largest mountain city isolated Saturday by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service, part of a swath of destruction across southern Appalachia that left an unknown number dead and countless worried relatives unable to reach

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Tech startup uses AI to keep tabs on the grid to prevent wildfires

By Mary Lee Click here for updates on this story     WALNUT CREEK, California (KPIX) — Every fire season, especially under dangerous fire weather conditions, homeowners brace themselves for destructive wildfires and prolonged power outages in their neighborhoods. Tim Barat knows all too well how monster wildfires can devastate a community. He remembers the exact moment

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Russia invokes its nuclear capacity in a UN speech that’s full of bile toward the West

Associated Press Russia’s top diplomat warned against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power.” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke at the U.N. General Assembly on Saturday, three days after Russian President Vladimir Putin aired a shift in his country’s nuclear doctrine. Lavrov’s speech was packed with condemnations of what Moscow sees as Western

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Vance steps into debate spotlight unpopular and unproven but with a knack for seizing the moment

By Steve Contorno, Kristen Holmes and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — In the closing months of a crowded Republican primary for a US Senate seat in Ohio, JD Vance found himself stuck in the middle of the pack. He appeared badly damaged by a barrage of ads painting the venture capitalist and former Donald Trump critic as an anti-MAGA San Francisco liberal.

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