• 2024 Massey Awards recognize employees’ service to Carolina

    The recipients include two housekeepers, two administrators, two academic staff members and one executive assistant.

  • General Motors stock is rising on strong earnings and sales

    Shares of General Motors increased by nearly 5% Tuesday morning following the announcement of better-than-expected first-quarter earnings. The automotive company also raised its full-year predictions and reported a reduction in the cost of batteries for its electric vehicles. The company announced that its earnings per share for the first quarter increased by 18.5% to $2.62, while its revenue grew nearly 8% to $43.01 billion. Analysts had predicted earnings of $2.13 per share with sales...

  • China's Chery Automobile to set up Thai assembly plant

    The facility is forecast to produce 50,000 electric and hybrid vehicles in the first phase within 2025, and increase production to 80,000 vehicles by 2028, BoI secretary-general Narit Therdsteerasukdi said.Chery Automobile will be the eighth automaker from China to set up a manufacturing plant in Thailand, joining others including BYD, Great Wall Motor and Changan, according to the BoI.Thailand is a regional auto assembly and export hub which has long been dominated by Japanese brands like...

  • Funeral service set for Topeka teacher killed in crash

    TOPEKA (KSNT) - A funeral service will be held for second-grade teacher Ashleigh Boyd who died in a multiple-vehicle crash southwest of Topeka. On April 11, the Shawnee County Sheriff's office was called to a crash southwest of Topeka. Two adults and an infant were involved in the crash. Boyd died at the scene. The []

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    General Motors to leave RenCen headquarters for Hudson's Detroit

    General Motors plans to leave its RenCen world headquarters for Dan

  • Flagger killed on the job will be remembered in Saturday service

    Kathy Ruth will be buried on the family farm.

  • New Restrictions For Vehicle Booting In Tennessee Pass General Assembly

    The General Assembly passed legislation this week sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-Franklin) to prohibit unlicensed individuals from booting vehicles in Tennessee and cap the fee to remove a boot at $75. The legislation ensures owners’ vehicles are not unfairly immobilized by overzealous parking attendants. To further protect vehicle owners, the bill also proposes new regulations for towing and parking.

  • General Motors beats quarterly results targets, raises forecast

    General Motors on Tuesday posted quarterly results that topped Wall Street targets and raised its annual forecast, citing stable pricing and demand for its gas-engine vehicles, sending shares up 3.45% in pre-market trading. “Our consumer has been remarkably resilient in this period of higher interest rates,” GM Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said. While the company started 2024 strong, CEO Mary Barra still has two large challenges ahead: turning around GM's shrinking sales in China, and...

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    Woman hit, killed while walking on I-10 Service Road: NOPD

    Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating a hit-and-run crash that left a woman dead near the West Lake Forest area on Saturday, April 20.

  • Power plant woes spark call for clean energy shift

    Power for People Coalition convenor Gerry Arances said the recent power woes were caused by the country’s “continued addiction to fossil fuels and the government’s refusal to heed civil society’s pleas to properly prepare for El Niño.”

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    Foothills neighbors hoping to prevent fires by cleaning up invasive plants

    Neighbors that live at Viewpointe 2 often remove fountain grass, which is known to be highly flammable and start large fires.

  • Hostin: O.J.’s Acquittal Was Fine Because Cops Kill More Than He Did

    Following the death of former football player and murderer O.J. Simpson, the dumb and racially charged hot takes from the cast of ABC’s The View were inevitable. Of course, it was staunchly racist and anti-Semitic co-host, Sunny Hostin (the descendant of slave owners) who dredged up the unfounded racial aspects of the case applied by race-hustlers. She even argued that Simpson’s acquittal was fine since, collectively, cops have killed more people than he did. According to Hostin, the case “was...