DOJ: San Francisco Trash Company To Pay $36M For Bribery

The trash disposal companies that serve San Francisco have agreed to pay a $36 million criminal penalty for their role in a wideranging federal public corruption probe involving the city's former public works director.

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Charges For Officer Who Shot Handcuffed Man With Stun Gun

A police officer in metro Phoenix was charged Thursday with aggravated assault for his actions during an encounter four years ago in which he is accused of shooting a handcuffed man in the testicles with a stun gun.

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Flooding North Of Mexico City Leaves Streets Submerged

Two days after flooding claimed at least 14 lives north of Mexico's capital, the streets of Tula remained submerged Thursday as full reservoirs upstream continued releasing more water.

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Kentucky Lawmakers Scrap Statewide Mask Mandate In Schools

Kentucky lawmakers, many not wearing masks, voted Thursday to scrap a statewide mask mandate in public schools and shifted masking decisions to local school boards, acting in a special session as the state's worst COVID19 surge threatens to overwhelm hospitals.

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36% Of Call Centre Agents Have Been Threatened With Violence: Study

As many as 36 per cent of call centre agents have been threatened with violence while 21 per cent of female call centre agents have been sexually harassed by customers, according to a study released on Friday. Not only this, 81 per cent of the agents have experienced customer abuse, while 41 per cent of agents want AI to tackle complex calls and 40 per cent of agents fear AI will take away their jobs, according to ASAPP, the artificial intelligence (AI) research-driven company, which has published the report, CX: The Human Factor.

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California May Require Menstrual Products In Public Schools

California public schools and colleges would have to stock their restrooms with free menstrual products under legislation sent Thursday to Gov. Gavin Newsom as womens rights advocates push nationwide for affordable access to pads, tampons and other items.

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Aaj Ka Panchang, September 10, 2021: Check Out Tithi, Shubh Muhurat, Rahu Kaal and Other Details Ganesh Chaturthi

Aaj Ka Panchang, September 10, 2021: The Ganeshotsav begins from this day and continue till Anant Chaturdashi, which is also known as Ganesh Visarjan day.

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Ganesh Chaturthi 2021: Click Here to Join Ongoing Aarti, Puja at Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai

Live Darshan online: Watch LIVE aarti and puja of Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak Temple here on Ganesh Chaturthi 2021

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Republican Senators Slam Biden For His Afghan Policy

Top Republican Senators on Thursday slammed President Joe Biden for his policy on Afghanistan and said that this has made the country less secure and empowered foes like China. It has long been the policy of the United States to not differentiate between evil terrorists, and the governments who support and harbor them. Under the failed leadership of President Joe Biden, that is no longer the case, Senator Rick Scott said.

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9/11 Changed Us

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Afghanistan LIVE Updates: Taliban Wants Protesters to Seek 'Permission 24 Hrs Before Stir'; Jaishankar Part of US' Afghanistan Meet

Afghanistan-Taliban Crisis Updates: Taliban has issued a new diktat for protesters to 'seek permit' from the Ministry of Justice and the security agencies at least 24 hours before holding a demonstrations.

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Assam Boat Accident: Army to Join Rescue Ops Today as 30 Still Missing; Assam CM in Jorhat | Top Points

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is present at the spot and the team is cutting through the capsized to rescue people.

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EXCLUSIVE | National Pension System 2.0 on Anvil with Big Digital Revamp to 'Protect Subscriber Interest'

An agency will be hired by the NPS Trust to execute the digital platform and the NPS 2.0 project will go live within nine months from the project being awarded later this year.

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