S&P Global Ratings warned it may cut the planemaker’s credit grade to junk.
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Amazon unveils AI to help delivery drivers find packages faster
The technology projects a green circle on packages to be delivered at each stop and red Xs on those to be delivered later.
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How Waffle House helps Southerners – and FEMA – judge a storm’s severity
For some residents of storm-prone Southeastern states, the best indicator of a hurricane’s severity can be found at the local Waffle House.
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Bathroom break at work? Swiss court upholds watchmaker’s rule to do it on your own time
A court in Switzerland has ruled that a manufacturer was justified in telling workers: If you need a bathroom break, clock out and take it on your own time.
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Climate change made Helene more intense. Scientists say the same is likely for Milton
World Weather Attribution calculated that human-caused climate change boosted the rainfall of Helene by about 10% and intensified its winds by about 11%.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to 3 scientists for work on proteins, the building blocks of life
Their work used advanced technologies, including machine learning, and holds the potential to transform how new drugs are made.
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Millions without power as Hurricane Milton slams Florida, causing deaths, flooding
Before Milton even made landfall, tornadoes were touching down across the state. The Spanish Lakes Country Club near Fort Pierce, on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, was hit particularly hard, with homes destroyed and some residents killed.
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FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the U.S.
The arrest comes as the FBI confronts heightened concerns over the possibility of extremist violence on U.S. soil.
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Harris can’t point to anything she would have done differently than Biden in ‘The View’ appearance
Later in the show, the Democratic nominee identified one thing that she would do differently: She would put a Republican in her Cabinet.
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What to know about Hurricane Milton as it churns toward Florida’s Gulf Coast
Hurricane Milton is churning through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida as an ‘extremely dangerous’ storm that could wallop one of the state’s major population centers just two weeks after Hurricane Helene.