The U.S. Department of Transportation said Southwest failed to ‘provide adequate customer service assistance,’ provide ‘prompt flight status notifications’ and did not give ‘refunds in a prompt and proper manner.’
Steve Ericson
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Statewide initiative recruits employers to combat substance use disorder in the workplace
The goal is to create supportive workplace cultures for employees in recovery by connecting employers to resources, services and training.
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Maine law enforcement officers often lack direction for how to conduct welfare checks
Procedures have come under scrutiny since it was revealed that police tried to reach Robert Card weeks before the Lewiston mass shootings.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Flu is on the rise while RSV infections may be peaking, U.S. health officials say
But COVID-19 continues to cause the most hospitalizations and deaths among respiratory illnesses – about 15,000 hospitalizations and about 1,000 deaths every week, the U.S. CDC says.
Posted inNation & World, News
Report: Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment’s growing isolation in U.S.
In 2023, there were 24 executions in the U.S., with the final one for the year taking place Thursday in Oklahoma, and another 21 inmates were sentenced to death.
Posted inNation & World
For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing
It took 8 years and the #MeToo movement to spur Sam Schultz to tell police they were sexually assaulted by an opera star and his husband.
Posted inNation & World
Biden tells Asia-Pacific leaders U.S. ‘not going anywhere’ as he looks to build economic ties
Presidents Biden and Xi Jinping understand that the complicated ties between the U.S. and China have major global impacts.
Posted inNation & World, News
Climate change is hastening the demise of Pacific Northwest forests
Iconic red cedars – known as the ‘Tree of Life’ – and other tree species in the Pacific Northwest have been dying because of climate-induced drought, researchers say.
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New York judge lifts gag order that barred Donald Trump from maligning court staff in fraud trial
A New York appeals court judge has paused a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting on court staffers in his civil fraud trial.
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Indian rescuers start drilling to reach 40 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel since the weekend
The stranded workers are being provided with food and medical supplies, officials said.