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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says NFL Coach Brian Flores can let a jury decide the merits of his discrimination claims against the league, the Denver Broncos, the New York Giants and the Houston Texans, but he must pursue his claims against the Miami Dolphins through arbitration. Judge

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy, France and other nations in western Europe are grappling with a second year of too little rain and snow. In Italy’s case, the upcoming growing season is expected to be the first time in more than 30 years that the country has faced back-to-back years of

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Residents of low-income New Jersey communities that would get a second gas-fired power plant are urging the governor to stop the project. They say it flies in the face of an environmental justice law that Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed over two years ago. The law

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Medical licensing officials in multiple states are scrambling to stop nurses with fraudulent academic credentials from caring for patients, after three Florida schools were accused of selling thousands of bogus diplomas. New York regulators told 903 nurses in recent weeks to either surrender their licenses or

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Shipping companies have agreed to pay nearly $97 million to settle a lawsuit with a pipeline operator over a 2021 oil spill off the coast of Southern California. Amplify Energy, the Houston-based company that operates the pipeline, said Wednesday that companies associated with the M/V Danit and M/V Beijing had

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ATLANTA (AP) — Pilots at Delta Air Lines have a new contract with hefty pay increases. The Air Line Pilots Association said Wednesday that 78% of Delta pilots who voted supported the contract. The union says the deal will raise pay by more than 30% over four years. Delta has about 15,000 pilots. With a

By YURAS KARMANAU, LIUDAS DAPKUS and VANESSA GERA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Burnt-out Russian tanks seized by Ukrainian forces last year have gone on display in recent days in the capitals of the three Baltics states. Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are turning out to view them and snap photos in sympathy with the

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Sen. Bernie Sanders is raising the stakes in his effort to get Starbucks’ interim CEO Howard Schultz to testify at a Senate hearing about an ongoing unionization effort at the company. Sanders, a Vermont Independent and chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said Wednesday that

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has added three executives to its new local media department as it prepares for a possible takeover of broadcasts for 17 teams amid the financial deterioration of the Bally and AT&T SportsNet regional sports networks. Doug Johnson was hired as senior vice president and executive producer of local

By SEUNG MIN KIM and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says his labor secretary nominee, Julie Su, is a “real leader” who has supported unions, enforced worker safety and protected the victims of human trafficking. Su would replace the departing incumbent, former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. In remarks Wednesday at

By The Associated Press A head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train in Greece has killed dozens of people and injured scores more. Rail travel in Europe is a common and relatively affordable and convenient way for many Europeans to travel. It also has a good safety record overall, growing safer in

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer President Joe Biden’s pick to run the Federal Aviation Administration is finally getting a chance to make the case for his stalled nomination. Phillip Washington testified Wednesday before a Senate committee that will eventually vote on his nomination. Senators are divided along party lines, with Republicans saying he doesn’t

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — An ongoing row between the European Union and coastal Indian Ocean nations over sustainable tuna fishing continues to simmer after a resolution in early February temporarily banned the use of destructive driftnets. Civil society organizations sent a petition Wednesday to the EU’s oceans and environment commissioner,

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu has thanked his supporters and appealed to his rivals in remarks after he was declared the winner of last weekend’s presidential election. The announcement on Wednesday by election officials was likely to lead to a court challenge by the No. 2 and

By The Associated Press General Motors is making some performance-related job cuts among some of its salaried employees and executives. The Detroit automaker did not specify how many jobs would be eliminated, but did say it would impact a relatively small number of workers. GM has 81,000 salaried employees worldwide. In January GM Chair and

By ANNIE MILLERBERND of NerdWallet A general contractor who partners with a third-party lender to provide home improvement financing seems like a win-win: You get the renovation done by your contractor of choice, and it simplifies the question of how to pay for it. But contractors specialize in building and repairing, not financing, and they

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s Parliament has given final approval for the Nordic country’s historic bid to join NATO. Lawmakers in the 200-seat legislature voted 184-7 to allow for Finland’s accession to the Western military alliance. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s center-left government initiated the vote, seeking to secure the approval

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