The deal comes after more than a year of negotiations and several work disruptions that snarled shipping traffic at some of the largest ports.
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Protesters drop pants for climate change at Massachusetts state house
The group was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure.
Vermont man charged with killing his mother at sea dies awaiting trial
Nathan Carman was found dead in his New Hampshire jail cell Thursday.
Hope dims for missing migrants amid questions about Greece’s actions in deadly sinking
The trawler may have carried as many as 750 passengers, including women and children who were likely trapped in the hold as the vessel overturned and went down early Wednesday.
A Missouri doctor’s death is steeped in mystery and speculation. Authorities aren’t talking
Many of the people who knew John Forsyth are at a loss to explain the emergency room doctor’s death.
Bus full of senior citizens in Canada collides with truck, killing 15 people
Ten others were injured when a bus carrying senior citizens to a casino collided with a semi-trailer truck in the province of Manitoba Thursday.
Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92
Gottlieb had one of the greatest runs of any editor after World War II and helped shape the modern publishing canon.
Former NYC Mayor de Blasio ordered to pay $475,000 for misusing public funds on failed White House bid
The hefty fine is the largest ever handed out by New York’s Conflicts of Interest Board.
How much prison time could Trump face? Past cases brought steep punishment for document hoarders
The outcome of past cases against defendants accused of hoarding classified documents looms as an ominous guidepost.
Women on a mission to save Mexico City’s bees
They call themselves Abeja Negra SOS – a group of mostly women working hive by hive to relocate bees that would be exterminated if they remained in Mexico’s crowded capital city.