PARMA, Idaho (AP) — Six construction workers were injured when a building that was under construction collapsed in the southwestern Idaho town of Parma. KBOI-TV reports (https://goo.gl/pUxzRg ) police believe 14 workers were standing on the building when it collapsed Wednesday afternoon. Police say some of the workers were trapped under debris but were able to
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By Joseph Pisani/AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Beware of the stranger on the phone — it could be a scammer. Fraudsters are increasingly picking up the phone and using old-school tricks to steal your money by pretending to be a government worker or a family member in trouble. Impostor scams overtook identity theft last year
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By David Bauder and Jill Colvin/Associated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A new lawsuit lays out an explosive tale of Trump allies, the White House and Fox News Channel conspiring to push a false story about Democratic leaks and an unsolved killing in order to distract attention from the Russia investigation that has been
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By Gillian Wong and Jill Colvin/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated over China’s inability to pressure North Korea over its nuclear program, the Trump administration is weighing plans to punish China for failing to crack down on intellectual property thefts and forcing U.S. and foreign companies to share their technology in return for access to
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By Maria Ines Zamudio and Michelle Minkoff/Associated Press Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. It’s a trend that’s particularly alarming as baby boomers reject the traditional retirement age of 65 and
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By Matt O’Brien/AP Technology Writer FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Hundreds of people showed up Wednesday for a chance to pack and ship products to Amazon customers, as the e-commerce company held a giant job fair at nearly a dozen U.S. warehouses. Though it’s common for Amazon to ramp up its shipping center staff in
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By Tali Arbel/AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For Michael Rizzo, answering the phone is too often a waste of time. His Sports City Pizza Pub in Buffalo, New York, depends on customers calling to order wings, pizza and potato skins. But much of the time, it’s an automated message pushing a scam . “It’s getting
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By Keith Ridler /Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Seniors are snapping up so many lifetime passes good for U.S. national parks and other recreation areas ahead of a steep price increase later this month that some government agencies have run out and started issuing vouchers. The America the Beautiful Lifetime Senior Pass has been
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Press Release BOISE – Idaho wheat growers and industry representatives will host a team comprised of high level executives of the major wheat purchasing and flour producing operations of Wilmar International and its operations in Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia. The Vietnam team will be traveling to Lewiston, Idaho August 12-14, 2017. While in Lewiston, the
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By Kimberlee Kruesi /Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gubernatorial hopeful and Lt. Gov. Brad Little outlined the first details of his economic plan to reduce regulations on Idaho companies and create more job opportunities for Idaho’s young workers if elected governor in 2018. Little delivered his plan Wednesday outside the recently competed $70 million
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