NTSB chair says Norfolk Southern interfered with derailment probe after botching vent-and-burn call (apnews.com)
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that Norfolk Southern repeatedly tried to interfere with the agency’s investigation into the East Palestine derailment and shape its conclusions about the flawed decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the vinyl chloride inside....
Norway starts stockpiling grain again, citing the pandemic, war and climate change (apnews.com)
The Norwegian government on Tuesday signed a deal to start stockpiling grain, saying the COVID-19 pandemic, a war in Europe and climate change have made it necessary....
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends (apnews.com)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga....
Shot in 1.6 seconds: Video raises questions about how trooper avoided charges in Black man's death (apnews.com)
Julian Lewis didn’t pull over for the Georgia State Patrol cruiser flashing its blue lights behind him on a rural highway. He still didn’t stop after pointing a hand out the window and turning onto a darkened dirt road as the trooper sounded his siren....
UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without improved safety, UN officials say (apnews.com)
Tesla is recalling its Cybertruck for the fourth time to fix problems with trim pieces that can come loose and front windshield wipers that can fail | The new recalls each affect over 11,000 trucks (apnews.com)
The company says in the documents that the front windshield wiper motor controller can stop working because it’s getting too much electrical current. A wiper that fails can cut visibility, increasing the risk of a crash. The Austin, Texas, company says it knows of no crashes or injuries caused by the problem....
US is expected to send Ukraine $150 million more in munitions to fight off Russia's attacks (apnews.com)
The U.S. is expected to announce Tuesday it is sending an additional $150 million in critically needed munitions to Ukraine, as Russia accuses Ukraine of using U.S.-provided munitions to strike inside Russia or Russian-held territory, according to two U.S. officials....
India's Prime Minister Modi will visit Russia, the Kremlin says (apnews.com)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Russia, the Kremlin announced Tuesday....
Maui ponders its future as leaders consider restricting vacation rentals loved by tourists (apnews.com)
Alicia Humiston bought her condo in Lahaina after she visited Maui and fell for its rainforests, lava fields and the whales that gather offshore. She travels there about three times a year and rents out her unit for short periods when she’s not in Hawaii....
Veronika Slowikowska worked toward making it as an actor for years. Then she went viral (apnews.com)
When Veronika Slowikowska graduated from college in 2015, she did what conventional wisdom says aspiring actors should do: Work odd jobs to pay the bills while auditioning for commercials and background roles, hoping you eventually make it....
Boebert faces first election Tuesday since switching districts and the vaping scandal (apnews.com)
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert faces voters in Colorado’s GOP primary election Tuesday after she fled a tough reelection race to run in a more Republican-leaning district, harried along the way by accusations of carpetbagging and still bruised by an embarrassing video....
Israel's high court orders the army to draft ultra-Orthodox men, rattling Netanyahu's government (apnews.com)
Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service, a landmark decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza....
Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows (apnews.com)
In the wake of Texas’ abortion ban, the state’s infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows....
Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assets (apnews.com)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and be freed from prison (apnews.com)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and be freed from prison (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden ‘appalled’ by violence during pro-Palestinian protest at Los Angeles synagogue (apnews.com)
Car dealerships in North America revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider (apnews.com)
Car dealerships in North America revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/23769946...
Car dealerships in North America revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider (apnews.com)
Car dealerships in North America continue to wrestle with major disruptions that started last week with cyberattacks on a software company used widely in the auto retail sales sector....
A fire at a lithium battery factory in South Korea kills 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers (apnews.com)
A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital on Monday, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight, officials said....