Monthly Archive: April 2018

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CALGARY — The union representing about 3,000 conductors and locomotive engineers at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it has formally served the company with a 72 hour notice of an intent to strike. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference cites a lack of progress at the bargaining table but says talks are set to resume on […]

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Free food pantries are becoming nearly as common as the campus book store at a growing number of colleges. More than 570 campus food pantries nationwide are registered with the College and University Food Bank Alliance, which formed in 2012 and helps colleges set up food pantries and other hunger programs. New […]

NEWARK, Ohio — A woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a thrill ride accident at last year’s Ohio State Fair will receive $1.8 million. A judge this week approved the settlement that calls for the ride’s owner, Amusements of America, and two private inspection companies to pay Jennifer Lambert’s legal fees and medical […]

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led Congress last year revoked more than a dozen Obama-era federal regulations. Now, it’s poised to undo guidance a consumer protection agency issued five years ago to help ensure minority car buyers aren’t charged higher interest rates. Republicans says that rescinding the guidance is necessary because it amounted to a backdoor attempt […]

PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump is seeking to reassure Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of their close alliance ahead of Trump’s planned talks with North Korea. The two-day Trump-Abe summit is playing out amid growing tensions over trade and North Korea. Officials signal Trump is open to considering exempting Japan from new steel […]

LABRADOR CITY, N.L. — Iron Ore Company of Canada workers in Labrador City remain on strike after rejecting the company’s latest offer. United Steelworkers Union Local 5795 says 76.5 per cent of the workers who voted Tuesday rejected the offer. No details about the latest rejected offer were immediately available. The Labrador City strike began […]

NEW YORK — Amazon started Prime Day. Alibaba capitalized on Singles Day. Now another e-commerce company is hoping for success with an invented shopping holiday. Online furniture seller Wayfair is calling April 25 Way Day and will offer discounts that it says are comparable to its Black Friday deals. Those kind of days are a […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Family, friends and community leaders are mourning the death of a bank executive on a Southwest Airlines jet that blew an engine as she was flying home from a business trip to New York. Jennifer Riordan, a mother of two, was well known in New Mexico, where she had built a career […]