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Body of Delta Air Lines worker who died in tire explosion was unrecognizable, son says 08/28/2024 01:11pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The body of a worker who died Tuesday in a tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport was unrecognizable, and the family relied on tattoos and a lanyard to identify him, his son told a news outlet. Mirko Marweg, 58, was among two workers who di Pennsylvania ammo plant boosts production of key artillery shell in Ukraine's fight against Russia 08/28/2024 12:22pm • SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania ammunition plant that makes a key artillery shell in Ukraine’s fight against Russia has managed to boost production by 50% to meet surging demand, with more capacity set to come on line. Government officials revealed the increase in production this week as the Bikinis, surfboards and battle-axes? Hawaii loosens long-strict weapons laws after court ruling 08/28/2024 05:55am • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's tourist hotspot of Waikiki is known for bikinis, shopping and surfboards. But resident Andrew Roberts has recently introduced a different item on evening walks through his neighborhood: a long-poled battle-axe. Roberts, director of the nonprofit Hawaii Firearms Coalition, Traders observe a daylong strike across Pakistan to protest rising costs and new taxes 08/28/2024 03:33am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Traders in Pakistan went on strike Wednesday, shutting down their businesses in all major cities and urban areas to protest a rise in electricity costs and new taxes imposed on shop owners. The government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has steadily raised electricity prices sin Having Orbán in charge of EU's presidency raises key question: Is Hungary for or against the EU? 08/28/2024 03:00am • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union traditionally ends its summer slumber in the dying days of August with an informal meeting of its foreign affairs ministers in a political equivalent of a fireside chat. But with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Hungary holding the presidency of the 27-nation bloc, As the far right rises in eastern Germany, companies struggle to attract skilled foreign workers 08/28/2024 01:28am • JENA, Germany (AP) — When electrical engineer Preetam Gaikwad first moved to Jena in 2013, she was smitten by what the eastern German city had to offer: a prestigious university, top research institutions, and cutting-edge technology companies, global leaders in their field. Eleven years later, th 2 workers killed and 1 injured in tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines facility in Atlanta 08/27/2024 11:11pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Two workers were killed and another seriously injured Tuesday in a tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport. Delta said the explosion occurred while wheel components were being disassembled for maintenance at a wheel and brake shop. The parts Mississippi seafood distributor pleads guilty to decadeslong fish mislabeling scheme 08/27/2024 07:11pm • GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi seafood distributor and two managers pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to mislabel seafood and commit wire fraud by marketing frozen imported fish as more expensive local species, federal authorities said. Quality Poultry and Seafood Inc., the largest seafoo Egypt recovers 3 ancient artifacts, including a mummified head, found in the Netherlands 08/27/2024 06:33pm • CAIRO (AP) — Egypt recovered three ancient artifacts that were smuggled out of the country and found in the Netherlands, where two of the items were for sale in an antiques shop, Egyptian officials said Tuesday. The items retrieved include a mummified head from the Hellenistic period, a ceramic fu How lessons learned from the 2016 campaign led US officials to be more open about Iran hack 08/27/2024 05:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2016 presidential campaign was entering its final months and seemingly all of Washington was abuzz with talk about how Russian hackers had penetrated the email accounts of Democrats, triggering the release of internal communications that seemed designed to boost Donald Trump' Group charged with stealing dozens of firearms in string of Maryland gun shop burglaries 08/27/2024 05:08pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Four people have been charged with breaking into a series of gun stores across Maryland and stealing several dozen guns, officials announced Tuesday. The group, ages 16 to 20, committed three burglaries and seven attempted burglaries between December 2023 and March 2024, steali Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83 08/27/2024 04:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.com, has died at age 83. Riggio died Tuesday “following a vali Editorial Roundup: United States 08/27/2024 04:15pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 25 The Washington Post says the U.S. is correct to weigh in as Mexico's rule of law is danger This clash was long overdue. Last Thursday, the United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, published a statement lamenting Pre EPA takes charge of Detroit-area cleanup of vaping supplies warehouse destroyed by explosions 08/27/2024 03:38pm • CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The federal government is leading a cleanup of the hazardous remains of a Detroit-area storage site for vaping supplies, five months after explosions destroyed the building, sent debris flying for miles and killed a man. Goo Smoke Shop in Macomb County's Clinton Town Smash-and-grab crooks target Glen Echo shopping center 08/27/2024 02:06pm • An overnight string of smash-and-grab burglaries has business owners in Glen Echo, Maryland, repairing damages while continuing to serve their customers. Four businesses in the Glen Echo Shopping Center, along MacArthur Boulevard, were broken into early Tuesday morning, according to Montgomery Co