Boeing prepares layoff notices for thousands of workers as turmoil deepens – 2024

Thousands of Boeing staff will get layoff notices within weeks, a union and industry sources said, as a senior U.S. official flew to Seattle to try to ease a crippling strike and a major airline issued a warning over the planemaker’s deepening turmoil. Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su’s first in-person intervention comes days after … Read more

100 Lewiston mass shooting survivors and victims’ families claim U.S. military negligence – 2024

One year after an Army reservist perpetrated a mass shooting across Lewiston, Maine, lawyers representing survivors and families of the victims said Tuesday they are pursuing negligence claims against the federal government that could pave the way for 100 individual lawsuits. The claimants are serving legal notices of their intent to sue the Defense Department, … Read more

Richard Allen’s trial is set to open after a cellphone video kindled a mystery – 2024

The deaths of Indiana teenagers Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” German while strolling and taking pictures on a trail in early 2017 went without an arrest for more than five years. That was until late 2022, when a pharmacy technician and married father named Richard Allen was charged in the crime that rattled the … Read more

After the Eagles squeak by the lowly Browns, star lineman describes the offense as ‘constipated’ – 2024

After the Eagles’ 20-16 win over the Browns, star right tackle Lane Johnson eloquently described the Eagles’ offense in a way only he could get away with. “We’re a constipated offense,” Johnson said. “That’s what it f—ing feels like.” It’s not like the Eagles were awful on offense in their Week 6 win over the … Read more

Ye’s former assistant alleges sex trafficking, sexual assault in amended suit against rapper – 2024

Ye’s former assistant filed an amended lawsuit against the rapper last week that accuses him of drugging and sexually assaulting her, trafficking others, using job openings to recruit sex partners and tasking her with delivering him “sex honey.” The suit alleges Ye, who legally changed his name from Kanye West, attacked Lauren Pisciotta in a … Read more

Family of missing Broadway dancer Zelig Williams holding faith he will return home safe – 2024

It’s been more than a week since a Broadway dancer who delighted crowds while performing in Tony Award-winning shows such as “Hamilton” went missing, and his family pleaded Sunday for any information that could lead to his safe return. Zelig Williams, 28, was staying with his mother in his hometown of Columbia, South Carolina, since … Read more