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Twitter back online after global outage hits thousands
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc suffered a major outage on Wednesday, with tens of thousands of users around the world accessing the popular social media platform in the hours before the service was brought back online. or use its main functions. The incident marks the social media site’s first apparent widespread service outage since billionaire Elon…
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Milwaukee vehicle break-ins, Marquette fans’ cars damaged
milwaukee – On the night of Tuesday, Dec. 27, many Marquette University basketball fans were left with hundreds of dollars in repairs after Milwaukee police said at least 10 cars had been broken into during the game. When Jeff Hagen left the game, he found the window broken. While fixing the glass, he said downtown…
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Southwest flight upheaval a ‘system failure,’ U.S. says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stepped up pressure on Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) on Thursday, with thousands of canceled flights pointing to a system failure at low-cost airlines. said. “It’s past the time they can say this is a weather issue,” Buttigieg said in an interview published on the ABC News website. “Don’t…
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Dallas car rental companies, hotels cashing in on Southwest flight cancellations
Some choose to drive cross-country due to Southwest Airlines cancellation Southwest Airlines has apologized to its flyers and staff after having to cancel nearly 70% of its scheduled flights on Monday. Many travelers are told they cannot rebook until Thursday or Friday. Dallas – As Southwest Airlines tries to recover from thousands of canceled flights,…
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Inhance Technologies sued over PFAS in plastic food containers
overview enterprise a law office Inhance enhances plastic packaging with ‘fluorination’ to produce PFAS Public health groups say packagers are flouting laws that trigger safety reviews (Reuters) – A Houston-based company that beefs up plastic packaging for food and household items risks being exposed to toxic “forever chemicals,” according to a new lawsuit filed by…
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FTX customers file class action to lay claim to dwindling assets
Dec 27 (Reuters) – FTX customers filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday against the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange and its former chief executive, including Sam Bankman-Fried, alleging that the company’s digital assets I asked for a declaration that it belonged to the customer. The lawsuit is the latest legal effort to claim FTX’s dwindling assets, which…
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Air travel nightmare leaves stranded passengers driving long hours, scrambling for rental cars
Stranded Passenger Lands on Car Rental Company as Flight Canceled FOX 26 reporter Gabby Hart spoke with some travelers who are doing whatever they can to get home. houston – The vacation travel nightmare has put a huge strain on car rental services as hundreds of people chose to drive instead of waiting days to…
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Winter storm, Buffalo snow and flight cancellation news
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks ahead of a planned Thanksgiving trip at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on Nov. 21. (Jim Vondruska/Reuters) Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told CNN that he told Southwest Airlines CEO on Tuesday that the company’s series of flight cancellations was a “meltdown” and an “unacceptable situation.” rice field. Buttigieg told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer,…
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Ringleader in Michigan governor kidnapping plot sentenced to 16 years
(Reuters) – The ringleader of a failed plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer by members of a right-wing militia group was sentenced to 16 years in prison in a U.S. district court on Tuesday, prosecutors said. Stated. Adam Fox was found in August by a federal court jury in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on charges…
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Driver hits 2 people, multiple cars & fatally strikes pedestrian before abandoning car in North Philly
article A 2005 Ford Mustang driver struck multiple people before abandoning the car in North Philadelphia, killing one, police said. Philadelphia – The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating a case involving a driver accused of hitting multiple people and vehicles in North Philadelphia. The incidents occurred in multiple areas on Monday, police said. Authorities say…