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Canada airline WestJet cancels more than 400 flights after a surprise strike by mechanics union
TORONTO — Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, said it canceled 407 flights affecting 49,000 passengers after the maintenance workers union announced it went on strike. The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association said its members started to strike Friday evening because the airline’s “unwillingness to negotiate with the union” made it inevitable. The surprise strike affecting international and domestic…
‘A Quiet Place’ prequel box office speaks volumes as Costner’s Western gets a bumpy start
By LINDSEY BAHR “ A Quiet Place: Day One ” is making noise at the box office. The prequel earned an estimated $53 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It’s both a franchise best and significantly more than expected. Going into the weekend, prerelease tracking had “Day…
Andy Murray is still not sure whether he will be able to compete at Wimbledon
By HOWARD FENDRICH WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray said Sunday “it’s impossible” to know yet whether he will be able to compete at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament, even if he is “feeling better every day” as he recovers from surgery to remove a cyst from his spine. The 37-year-old Murray…
Whole Foods CEO: AI is going to fundamentally change every part of our business
When I say that I have an obsessive fascination with cashiers, Jason Buechel, CEO of Whole Foods Market, laughs. He understands my niche (and admittedly nerdy preoccupation). Cashiers have been the target of automation for decades, long before the mass application of generative AI. The role was first disrupted by James Ritty, a saloonkeeper from…
Two injured in shooting on Coursey Boulevard early Sunday morning
BATON ROUGE – Two people were injured in a shooting on Coursey Boulevard early Sunday morning, according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office. The shooting happened at Coursey Boulevard and Jones Creek Road around 2 a.m. after deputies received a complaint of individuals in two vehicles shooting at each other. Shortly after deputies arrived,…
I-10 Westbound near Port Allen closed due to overturned semi trailers; 40,000 pounds of candles on road
PORT ALLEN – I-10 westbound at mile marker 149 near Port Allen is closed due to several overturned semitrailers, Louisiana State Police said. A detour is set up from Highway 415 to 190 West. Congestion has now reached the Mississippi River Bridge. Images from the accident showed candles scattered across I-10. According to Louisiana State…
Ten Commandments. Multiple variations. Why the Louisiana law raises preferential treatment concerns
Christians and Jews believe in the Ten Commandments — just not necessarily the version that will hang in every public school and state-funded college classroom in Louisiana. The required text prescribed in the new law and used on many monuments around the United States is a condensed version of the Scripture passage in Exodus containing…
Capital Gazette 2024 boys outdoor track and field All-County: Old Mill’s Tsedeke Jakovics named Athlete of the Year
What a difference a year makes. Tsedeke Jakovics was not even a second team All-County selection following the 2023 outdoor track and field season. One year later, the Old Mill High distance runner is the Capital Gazette Athlete of the Year. Jakovics went from being a non-factor in the spring postseason meets in 2023 to…
Hagerstown man arrested in connection with bomb threat at MVA
A Hagerstown man and Maryland Vehicle Administration employee was arrested Friday after threatening to bomb his workplace, according to police. The 38-year-old employee faces one count of making a threat of mass violence and one count of arson threat after other MVA employees told Maryland State Police that the suspect said he was going to…
Maryland weather: Storms, 100-degree heat index to start the week
Thunderstorms and high temperatures are expected to kick off the week with Sunday remaining mostly cloudy and seeing a heat index as high as 100 degrees in Baltimore, according to the National Weather Service. Rainfall amounts ranging from a 10th and a quarter of an inch are expected mainly after 5 p.m. The temperature high…