UPS said Friday that the training is a temporary plan that has no impact on current operations.
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House Republicans approve Defense bill that restricts abortion access, halts diversity initiatives
The bill is expected to go nowhere in the Democratic-majority Senate.
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N.Y. architect charged with serial killings that included a Maine woman
Rex Heuermann, 59, is accused of killing Megan Waterman, of Scarborough, and two other women. They were among the 11 people whose remains were found on Long Island in 2010 and 2011 in what became known as the Gilgo Beach murders.
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IRS says it collected $38 million from more than 175 high-income tax delinquents
Federal tax collector’s enhanced ability to identify tax delinquents comes from resources provided by the Inflation Reduction Act.
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U.S. sets grim milestone with record for deadliest 6 months of mass killings
From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns.
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Got Sriracha? The price for a bottle of Huy Fong’s iconic hot sauce gets spicy with supplies short
Prices range depending where you look. As of Thursday morning, for example, ads for a single 17-ounce Huy Fong Foods’ Sriracha on eBay stretched from around $20 to a whopping $150.
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Vermont braces for more rain in wake of historic flooding
Transportation officials were moving equipment to areas that were considered more flood-prone to prepare for the storms as they continued to evaluate damage.
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Soda sweetener aspartame now listed as possible cancer cause. But it’s still considered safe
Aspartame joins a category with more than 300 other possible cancer-causing agents, including things like aloe vera extract, Asian-style pickled vegetables and carpentry work. The guidance on use of the sweetener, though, isn’t changing.
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Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, a key witness at Jan. 6 hearings, has a book deal
‘She risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington and some of the most consequential events in recent American history,’ her publisher said.
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Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more
Nearby, in the occupied region of Zaporizhzhia, other Ukrainian civilians dug mass graves into the frozen ground for fellow prisoners who had not survived.