A California teacher died in a hiking accident on a steep and difficult mountain trail near Sedona, Arizona, this week, authorities said. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office identified the woman as Zaynab Joseph, 40, of California, who it said was staying with her family at an Airbnb in Sedona. Joseph was hiking with her husband … Read more
The United Auto Workers said late Friday that Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have overwhelmingly voted to join the union — marking a major milestone for the labor organization and its first successful organizing drive of an automaker outside of Detroit’s Big Three. Union organizing passed with 73% of the vote, or 2,628 workers, in support … Read more
HELENA, Mont. — BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors Friday that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program. Attorneys for the Warren Buffett-owned company say the railroad’s corporate … Read more
A Maryland teenager wanted to carry out two school shootings and outlined those plans in a 129-page document that a tipster flagged to authorities, officials said Thursday. Alex Ye, 18, of Rockville, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of threats of mass violence, the Montgomery County Police Department said in a statement on Thursday. Central … Read more
The rights of LGBTQ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday by the Biden administration. The new provisions are part of a revised Title IX regulation issued by the Education Department, fulfilling a campaign pledge by President Joe Biden. He had … Read more
The Federal Aviation Administration is instituting new rest rules for U.S. air traffic controllers to address fatigue issues that may be degrading air safety. Controllers will now be required to take 10 hours off between shifts and 12 hours off before a midnight shift. The mandate will take effect in 90 days, FAA Administrator Michael … Read more
Law enforcement agencies across four states were left scrambling following reports of major 911 outages that saw millions unable to contact authorities late Wednesday. Many of the outages — reported in Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota and Texas — were restored by the late evening, but the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said its investigation is … Read more
A jawbone discovered two decades ago in Arizona by a boy with a rock collection was positively identified decades later as that of a Marine who died in a 1951 training accident. Last year, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office turned the piece of bone over to the Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center in New … Read more
The Berkshire County District Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts confirmed Thursday that it is investigating a former student’s allegations of “child sex abuse” at the hands of a teacher at the private Miss Hall’s School. The development came after Matthew Rutledge, 62, resigned amid allegations that he groomed at least three students for sex during the … Read more
A Northern California school administrator, who lost a city post four years ago over controversial Covid remarks, was accused of workplace bullying for putting his subordinate’s desk on a roof, officials said Thursday. The allegations against Kenneth Turnage II, director of maintenance, operations and facilities at the Antioch Unified School District, could end up costing … Read more