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2023 Inspiring Workplaces Awards finalists for North America announced

YoopyaMarch 18, 2023March 18, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 18, 2023March 18, 20230457

We are delighted to unveil the exceptional finalists for the 2023 Inspiring Workplaces Awards in North America. The calibre of submissions this year has been...

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The 2022 Top 50 Inspiring Workplaces across North America

YoopyaJune 24, 2022April 7, 2023

by YoopyaJune 24, 2022April 7, 20230304

Last night, The Inspiring Workplaces Group announced its first ever Top 50 Inspiring Workplaces list for North America. Now in its eighth year, and reflecting...

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North America arctic blast creeps east

YoopyaJanuary 7, 2014December 10, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 7, 2014December 10, 202303

North America’s brutal cold snap is heading east, ushering in dangerous temperatures not seen in two decades, warn forecasters. From Montana to Maryland, about half...

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Budget clash intensifies amid hints of short truce

YoopyaOctober 9, 2013March 10, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 9, 2013March 10, 202407

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are increasing the pressure on each other to bend in their deadlock over the...

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Suspect in Texas rapes was charged in ’90s assault

YoopyaSeptember 11, 2013April 3, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 11, 2013April 3, 2024017

DALLAS (AP) — A crime-watch volunteer suspected of raping four women in Dallas this summer was implicated in a sexual assault two decades ago, but...

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Mexico drug kingpin Caro Quintero ordered released

YoopyaAugust 9, 2013May 15, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 9, 2013May 15, 202404

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican court on Friday ordered the release of infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero after 28 years in prison, overturning...

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Lawyer: Hasan intent on getting death sentence

YoopyaAugust 7, 2013May 26, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 7, 2013May 26, 2024011

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The standby attorney for the Army psychiatrist accused in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting told a military judge on Wednesday...

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Pa. boy dies after serving as parents’ best man

YoopyaAugust 6, 2013May 26, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 6, 2013May 26, 202404

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A terminally ill 2-year-old western Pennsylvania boy who served as his parents’ best man at their wedding last weekend has died, according...

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Investigators zero in on earlier blaze on runaway train as death toll in Quebec town hits 13

YoopyaJuly 9, 2013August 9, 2024

by YoopyaJuly 9, 2013August 9, 202405

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Investigators searching for the cause of a fiery oil train derailment that wiped out a small town’s center and killed at...

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Quebec police say 5 dead from oil train derailment, 40 missing

YoopyaJuly 7, 2013August 4, 2024

by YoopyaJuly 7, 2013August 4, 202401

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — As firefighters doused still burning oil tanker cars, more bodies were recovered Sunday in this devastated town in eastern Quebec, raising...