A split vote Monday from the 2 biggest railroad unions follows the rejection by 3 other unions of their deals with the railroads that the Biden administration helped broker.
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NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit
It’s the first time a capsule has visited the moon since NASA’s Apollo program 50 years ago.
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Gay bar shooting suspect facing murder, hate crime charges
A law enforcement official said the suspect used an AR-15-style semiautomatic weapon in Saturday night’s attack in Colorado, but a handgun and additional ammunition magazines also were recovered.
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Strong quake topples buildings in Indonesia’s Java, killing at least 162
Emergency workers are treating the injured on stretchers outside main hospitals, on terraces and in parking lots.
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Plea deal reached for missing New Hampshire girl’s stepmother
Her estranged husband, Adam Montgomery, pleaded not guilty to killing Harmony Montgomery, falsifying physical evidence and abuse of a corpse.
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Trump criminal probes will proceed – even while he’s a candidate
Donald Trump enters the race facing federal investigations related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and into the hoarding of top-secret government documents at his Florida estate – plus a separate state probe in Georgia.
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Amazon begins mass layoffs among its corporate workforce
The online retail giant saw sizable profits during the COVID-19 pandemic, as homebound shoppers purchased more items online, but consumers now rely less on ecommerce.
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University of Virginia shooting suspect targeted victims, witness told police
The violence Sunday night left 3 football players dead and 1 player and another student wounded.
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University of Idaho students fleeing campus after slayings of 4 students
The lack of public information about the deaths has left students and the broader community feeling uneasy, according to law enforcement and residents.
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NASA’s mightiest moon rocket lifts off 50 years after Apollo
The Orion capsule was perched on top and, less than 2 hours into the flight, busted out of Earth’s orbit toward the moon.