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6 days ago | 
au.news.yahoo.com | Steve Barrett
The Melbourne Mavericks have snapped a four-game losing streak and kept the Queensland Firebirds anchored to the bottom of the Super Netball ladder with a 65-54 win at Nissan Arena. After galloping to a 20-0 quarter-time lead in Brisbane on Sunday, the Mavericks saw their buffer scaled right back to three at half-time, before recapturing their early momentum in a clinical second half.
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1 week ago | 
au.news.yahoo.com | Steve Barrett
The Melbourne Vixens have shaken off a slow start to notch their fifth consecutive Super Netball victory, downing Sunshine Coast Lightning 68-65 at UniSC Arena. The Vixens seized control by going 38-24 across the middle two terms on Saturday before surviving a late rally to leapfrog the Lightning into third place on the ladder.
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2 weeks ago | 
au.news.yahoo.com | Steve Barrett
The Adelaide Thunderbirds' bid for a Super Netball title three-peat is back on track, moving into the top four with a gritty 65-58 victory over the Queensland Firebirds. The two-time reigning champions were made to sweat at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Saturday night, the result not sealed until the final two minutes.
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4 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Steve Barrett
Executives at a Los Angeles freight forwarding company smuggled billions of dollars in goods into Mexico from the U.S. for over a decade in a lucrative scheme involving drug cartels and corrupt customs agents, federal prosecutors say.
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1 month ago | 
freightwaves.com | Steve Barrett
Executives at a Los Angeles freight forwarding company smuggled billions of dollars in goods into Mexico from the U.S. for over a decade in a lucrative scheme involving drug cartels and corrupt customs agents, federal prosecutors say.
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1 month ago | 
au.news.yahoo.com | Steve Barrett
The Boomers have clinched the inaugural Trans-Tasman Throwdown with an emphatic 92-67 win over New Zealand at a sold-out UniSC Arena. Australia's defence was all over the Tall Blacks early on the Sunshine Coast on Friday night, before the Boomers finished with a flurry on offence, scoring 15 of the last 16 points. Sydney Kings captain Xavier Cooks (16 points, eight rebounds) stepped up impressively after he was well held in Wednesday's series opener in Adelaide.
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1 month ago | 
freightwaves.com | Steve Barrett
A former sergeant with the Massachusetts State Police is to be sentenced July 24 after he was found guilty in a scheme to accept bribes in exchange for providing CDL applicants passing test scores. Gary Cederquist, 59, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, was convicted on Friday by a federal jury. He had accepted bribes ranging from a new $10,000 driveway to a granite post and mailbox to cases of bottled water, The Boston Herald reported.
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1 month ago | 
freightwaves.com | Steve Barrett
A group of about 100 truck drivers has won a $10.46 million judgment in federal court in Michigan against a carrier that they said shorted them on payments related to cross-border freight. The judgment Wednesday by Judge Gershwin A. Drain of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan put actual damages in the class action at about $3.5 million.
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1 month ago | 
freightwaves.com | Steve Barrett
Layoffs and bankruptcies hit multiple sectors of the supply chain throughout April, as new or soon-to-be-imposed tariffs continue to weigh on freight markets. Truck & Trailer Leasing AvenueTruck & Trailer Leasing Avenue of Joliet, Illinois, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 16 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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2 months ago | 
freightwaves.com | Steve Barrett
A fiery crash in Tacoma, Washington, early Tuesday morning killed a truck driver, and part of Interstate 5 in the city remained closed hours later. The driver struck a barrier, Trooper John Dattilo, Washington State Patrol District 1 public information officer, said in a post on X. I am saddened to announce that the truck driver has died as a result of this crash. Expect an extended closure as we investigate. We are working to determine details that led to the crash.
