Business and government officials are bracing for the possibility of a nationwide rail strike at the end of this week while talks carry on between the largest U.S. freight railroads and their unions.
A prehistoric human skeleton has been found in a cave system that was flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, according to a cave-diving archaeologist on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Archaeologist Octavio del Rio said he and fellow diver Peter Broger saw the shattered skull and skeleton partly covered by sediment in a cave near where the Mexican government plans to build a high-speed tourist train through the jungle.
MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell said Tuesday that federal agents seized his cell phone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology used across the country.
The Lansing Board of Education has approved a budget for the 20222023 school year that exceeds what is referred to as the district’s revenue neutral rate. Board members unanimously approved the $39.56 million budget Monday.
When they met this week, Leavenworth city commissioners approved contracts for work related to road improvement projects. Street repair projects currently are under way in the city.
Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, her coffin borne to the Houses of Parliament by a horse-drawn gun carriage and trailed by grieving family members. The coffin will lie in state for four days until the late monarch’s funeral on Monday, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to file past.
A package exploded on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston late Tuesday, and the college said a staff member suffered minor injuries. Authorities said another suspicious package was found near a prominent art museum and the FBI was assisting with the investigation.
A Basehor-Linwood High School student has beennamed a semifinalist in the National Merit ScholarshipProgram. BreannaM.
Wire reports Twitter whistleblower brings his A formersecurity chief at Twitter told Congresson Tuesday that the social platform is plaguedby weak cyber defenses, privacy threatsand the inability to control millions of fakeaccounts. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a respected cybersecurityexpert, appeared before the Senate JudiciaryCommittee to lay out his allegations.