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Ford will build an electric truck in Louisville, but the new assembly process requires fewer workers
Ford Motor Company plans to invest nearly $2 billion in the Louisville Assembly Plant to expand and build a new midsize electric truck. Its plans will require an expansion and retooling of the entire factory, but will mean fewer jobs.
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Philip Miller's sinister thriller is set in a Great Britain that's lost its bearings. But even when she's terrified, fictional journalist Shona Sandison will always risk everything to get the story.
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Statehouses across the U.S. are addressing long-standing bathroom disparities for female lawmakers. In Kentucky, there is limited restroom access for women in the Statehouse, who risk missing debates or votes if they have to stand in line to answer the call of nature. A $300 million renovation, expected to be finished by at least 2028, will add more bathrooms for women. -
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More than 90 Muslim scholars, community leaders and institutions are calling on Muslim nations to leverage their influence to end what they described as escalating genocide in Gaza by Israeli forces.
