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Union Pacific railroad to renew push for 1-person crews by testing conductors in trucks 07/17/2023 06:12pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific will renew its push for one-person train crews later this summer when the railroad tests out the idea of having a conductor in a truck respond to problems on trains in Nebraska and Colorado. The railroad will continue using two crew members on its trains during the 2 parties on the left of the Dutch political spectrum have agreed to join forces ahead of election 07/17/2023 12:19pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Members of two left-leaning Dutch political parties have overwhelmingly voted to join forces ahead of a November general election in an attempt to unify their side of the Netherlands' splintered political spectrum, they said Monday. Green Left and the Labor Party offi After Phelps, a kinder, gentler Bob Bowman still producing top swimmers 07/17/2023 12:15pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Bob Bowman was coaching the world's greatest swimmer, he'd be the first to concede he was not a very nice person at the pool. Screaming, berating and belittling were an accepted part of the package. Given that Michael Phelps won 23 Olympic gold medals, Bowman had lit Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more 07/17/2023 12:10pm • ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian civilians woke long before dawn in the bitter cold, lined up for the single toilet and were loaded at gunpoint into the livestock trailer. They spent the next 12 hours or more digging trenches on the front lines for Russian soldiers. Many were forced to w A year after trading Soto, the Nationals still need to be patient with the players they received 07/17/2023 05:59am • Almost a year after trading Juan Soto, the Washington Nationals are struggling as expected — and it will still be a while before that deal can be fully evaluated. The Nationals received a massive package of players from San Diego in exchange for the star outfielder, in part because Soto wasn't How to Negotiate Salary and Succeed 07/16/2023 08:00pm • Negotiating a higher salary may make you feel like you're overstepping or asking for too much. But the reality is that standing up for what you deserve is perfectly acceptable and even expected in the workplace. Many employers anticipate job applicants and current employees will negotiate their sala Berberine Benefits, Side Effects and Supplements 07/16/2023 08:00pm • Ozempic and other similar weight loss drugs have recently garnered widespread attention, but these drugs are not always easy to obtain or are cost-prohibitive. As a result, some people are turning to natural alternatives. Touted on social media as "nature's Ozempic," berberine has become a supplemen 8 Best Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy in 2023 07/16/2023 08:00pm • Warren Buffett bought his first shares of stock at age 11 back in 1941. Over the next 81 years, the "Oracle of Omaha" used his value investing prowess to amass a fortune worth about $114 billion, even after donating more than $50 billion to charity. Buffett's discipline and common-sense value invest European Union and Tunisia announce progress in building economic and trade ties, and on migration 07/16/2023 04:17pm • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — European leaders and Tunisia's president announced progress on Sunday in the building of hoped-for closer economic and trade relations and on measures to combat the often lethal smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea. The leaders of Italy, the Netherlands and the Frozen dumpling products made in Md. recalled 07/16/2023 10:42am • More than 1,500 pounds of frozen dumpling products produced in Maryland are being recalled because they were produced without a federal inspection. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said on a release Saturday that the dumplings -- made by Mulan Dumpling, LL Thousands march at Budapest Pride as LGBTQ+ community voices anxiety over Hungary's restrictive laws 07/15/2023 12:44pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of participants of the Budapest Pride march wound through the streets of the Hungarian capital on Saturday with marchers voicing their anxiety over the increasing pressure on the LGBTQ+ community from the country's right-wing government. The 28th annual event co House Republicans push through defense bill limiting abortion access and halting diversity efforts 07/14/2023 05:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a sweeping defense bill Friday that provides an expected 5.2% pay raise for service members but strays from traditional military policy with Republicans add-ons blocking abortion coverage, diversity initiatives at the Pentagon and transgender care that deeply UPS to train nonunion employees as talks stall with union for 340,000 workers and deadline nears 07/14/2023 02:25pm • A little more than a week after contract talks between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of its workers broke down, UPS said it will begin training nonunion employees in the U.S. to step in should there be a strike, which the union has vowed to do if no agreement is reached by the end of this m Dutch voters will go to the polls on Nov. 22 after the fall of Mark Rutte's coalition 07/14/2023 09:14am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch voters will go to the polls on in an early general election on Nov. 22, the caretaker government announced Friday, a week after Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s four-party coalition quit over its failure to agree a package of measures to rein in migration. The vote For some remote Canadian wildfires, best and fastest option is sending in the smokejumpers 07/14/2023 08:04am • FORT ST. JOHN, British Columbia (AP) — When James Bergen steps from a plane and plummets toward fire below, he’s not scared. Instead, he says, he gets a rush from not knowing exactly what he’ll face when he parachutes in as one of the smokejumpers confronting the wildfires that have scorched C