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Chemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills 2 people and sends 30 more to hospitals, officials say
INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) — A chemical leak at a West Virginia silver recovery business on Wednesday killed two people and sent about 30 others to hospitals, including one in serious condition, authorities said.The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant in Institute as workers were preparing to shut down at least part of the facility, Kanawha County Commission Emergency Management Director C.W. Sigman said.
A chemical gas reaction occurred at the plant involving nitric acid and another substance, Sigman said at a news briefing. He added that there was "a violent... Read More
MrBeast employee alleges she was harassed for years and fired after maternity leave in a new lawsuit
A former Beast Industries employee is suing MrBeast's media production company after she was allegedly fired from her social media manager job upon returning from maternity leave and following years of what she described as sexual harassment and workplace gender bias.The lawsuit, filed by Lorrayne Mavromatis in federal court in North Carolina on Wednesday, accuses MrBeastYouTube, LLC and GameChanger 24/7, LLC of violating federal law that entitles eligible employees to take unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons, including childbirth. Mavromatis... Read More
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art's new central building is a 'machine of discovery'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It looks like a freeway on-ramp as it hovers over Wilshire Boulevard, but people behind the new building anchoring the Los Angeles County Museum of Art define it with aquatic imagery.The free-flowing sections of the David Geffen Galleries housing the museum's permanent collection are named for the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, and they're meant to run together physically and culturally in the way bodies of water do.
Technically, the Geffen Galleries represent the third phase of a two-decade series of... Read More
Mexico's government keeps contradicting itself over role of CIA agents in Chihuahua operation
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities on Wednesday continued to muddle the official account over the role of two CIA agents in a counternarcotics operation in northern Mexico and the extent to which Mexico's federal government was aware of the U.S. involvement in the incident, which has started to ignite tensions with the White House.The incident has increasingly fueled speculation in the Latin American nation as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum for more than a year has repeatedly underscored her country's sovereignty and publicly turned down offers by U.S. President Donald... Read More
Water to surge into drought-depleted Lake Powell but at costs elsewhere
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Canyons in eastern Utah will churn this spring with huge volumes of water — as much as 50,000 toilets flushing constantly at the same time — in a desperate attempt to maintain electricity generation for thousands of homes across much of the Western U.S.The Green and Colorado river flows might seem like a bounty of moisture in a parched desert of sandstone arches and prickly cacti, but in fact it's just the opposite.
After the driest winter on record, officials this spring want to raise the level of badly depleted Lake Powell on the... Read More
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- Chemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills 2 people and sends 30 more to hospitals, officials say
- Pentagon says Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving, in latest departure of a top defense leader
- Democrats win in Virginia but it won't be the final say in a national redistricting competition
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- Celeste Rivas Hernandez, girl who singer D4vd is charged with killing, died from penetrating wounds
- More kids than ever are attending state-funded preschool, with California's surge leading the way
- Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz as US maintains blockade and diplomacy stalls
- RFK Jr. is facing the Senate. One lawmaker's competing loyalties are on display
- Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat seeking his 13th term in Congress, dies at age 80
- New study finds 'alarming' high flood risk for 17 million Americans on Atlantic and Gulf coasts
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