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Chiefs signing wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster to provide veteran depth, AP source says

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to a contract with Juju Smith-Schuster, adding a veteran wide receiver familiar with the team one day before all NFL teams must reach the 53-player limit, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The person, confirming multiple reports, spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Monday because the deal was pending a physical. Smith-Schuster was released from the Patriots earlier this month, one year into […]

todayAugust 26, 2024

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What to stream: Adam Sandler, John Legend, ‘Only Murders in the Building’ and Star Wars Outlaws

“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” returning for its second season and Adam Sandler’s first comedy special since 2018 are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: John Legend offers his first-ever children’s album, season four of “Only Murders in the Building” shifts to Los Angeles and DJ and dance producer Zedd is […]

todayAugust 26, 2024

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Milan airport diverts flights after rainstorm

ROME (Reuters) – Milan’s main airport, Malpensa, delayed or diverted numerous flights for safety reasons on Monday after a heavy rainstorm, a spokesperson said. More than 60 millimeters (2.4 inches) of water fell in an hour in the area around Malpensa, causing 27 incoming flights to be diverted to airports serving nearby cities including Bergamo, Turin, Bologna and Venice. Videos posted on the websites of Italian newspapers showed the rains had flooded the halls of the Malpensa hub, the second […]

todayAugust 26, 2024

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Aviation regulators press for global efforts to tackle turbulence

By Allison Lampert and Maki Shiraki MONTREAL/TOKYO (Reuters) – Aviation officials from Asia are making a case for global action to reduce injuries from turbulence, with recent high-profile incidents driving calls to improve forecasting across borders at a Montreal gathering of regulators starting Monday. While turbulence does not frequently cause fatalities, it is the leading cause of accidents, according to data from the U.N.’s aviation agency, and severe weather patterns brought about by climate change could lead to more incidents, […]

todayAugust 26, 2024

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Trial opens for man charged with killing 10 people at Colorado supermarket

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) – Jury selection was set to begin on Monday in the long-delayed trial of a man charged with murdering 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021, a case in which the suspect was ruled mentally unfit to face prosecution before pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. The outcome hinges on whether the defense can convince jurors that Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 25, was so mentally ill at the time of the mass shooting […]

todayAugust 26, 2024

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Dozens feared dead after dam bursts in eastern Sudan

CAIRO (Reuters) – Surging waters have burst through a dam, wiped out at least five villages and left an unknown number of people dead in eastern Sudan, officials said on Monday, devastating a region already reeling from months of civil war. Torrential rains caused floods that overwhelmed the Arbaat Dam on Sunday just 40km (25 miles) north of Port Sudan, the de facto national capital and base for the government, diplomats, aid agencies and hundreds of thousands of displaced people. […]

todayAugust 26, 2024

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Shell to shut-in portions of Zydeco oil pipeline off Louisiana

HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil major Shell on Monday said it plans to shut-in different portions of its Zydeco pipeline system for maintenance for three to four days starting Sept 24. The Zydeco pipeline system, which spans over 350 miles and has a mainline capacity of about 375,000 barrels per day, has four segment and ships crude oil from Houston, Texas to St. James, Louisiana. The pipeline shut-in will reduce the amount of light crude supplied into Louisiana, where it becomes a […]

todayAugust 26, 2024

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Care.com reaches $8.5 million US FTC settlement over job listings, renewals

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Care.com, a platform for providing in-home care services to children, older adults and pets, agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges it grossly inflated the number of available jobs and made it difficult to cancel memberships. The settlement with the unit of IAC Inc was filed on Monday in the federal court in Austin, Texas, and requires a judge’s approval. It followed tens of thousands of complaints from Care.com customers, including […]

todayAugust 26, 2024

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Canada to reduce number of temporary foreign workers

By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada is reducing by tens of thousands the number of temporary foreign workers it brings in, reversing some expansions to the program it made in 2022 as the government struggles to bring down numbers of temporary residents. The temporary foreign worker program brings non-Canadians to the country to work on a short-term basis. Meant to fill labor shortages, it has grown dramatically and has come under fire for suppressing wages and leaving workers […]

todayAugust 26, 2024

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