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2023 Inspiring Workplaces Awards finalists for North America announced

YoopyaMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

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

The 2022 Top 50 Inspiring Workplaces across North America

YoopyaJun 24, 2022April 7, 20230

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

North America arctic blast creeps east

YoopyaJan 7, 2014December 10, 20230

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

Budget clash intensifies amid hints of short truce

YoopyaOct 9, 2013March 10, 20240

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

Suspect in Texas rapes was charged in ’90s assault

YoopyaSep 11, 2013April 3, 20240

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

Mexico drug kingpin Caro Quintero ordered released

YoopyaAug 9, 2013May 15, 20240

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

Lawyer: Hasan intent on getting death sentence

YoopyaAug 7, 20130

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

Pa. boy dies after serving as parents’ best man

YoopyaAug 6, 20130

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

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

YoopyaJul 9, 20130

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

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

YoopyaJul 7, 20130

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