By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers union members have voted to approve a new contract with General Motors, making the company the first Detroit automaker to get a ratified deal that could end a contentious and lengthy labor dispute. A vote-tracking spreadsheet on the union’s website shows that with
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday made America’s case to national leaders and CEOs attending the Asia-Pacific summit that the United States is committed to high standards in trade and to partnerships that will benefit economies across the Pacific. “We’re not going anywhere,” he
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A new report says progress against childhood cancers has stalled in recent years for Black and Hispanic youth. Thursday’s report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at cancer death rates for children and teens over two decades. The rates for white, Hispanic and Black children
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Infants born to mothers who used marijuana during pregnancy were twice as likely to be underweight and nearly twice as likely to be premature than infants who were not exposed to cannabis, a new study found. Cannabis-exposed infants were 2.5 times as likely to be admitted to a neonatal
Continue ReadingBy BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Rescuers in northern India supplied food and medicine to 40 construction workers on Thursday as officials prepared to start drilling through the rubble to reach the men who have been trapped since a portion of the tunnel they were working on collapsed over the weekend. Rescuers
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported that its exports increased by 1.6% in October from a year earlier, as auto and ship shipments increased. Government data released Thursday showed that exports to the rest of Asia fell, while exports to the U.S. and Europe surged. Japanese imports fell 12.5%,
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement clashed with protesters calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war outside of the Washington headquarters of the Democratic National Committee Wednesday night, the latest eruption of tensions across the country over the Israel-Hamas war. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A 6-year-old Texas boy who was allegedly beaten by his neighbor with a baseball bat in his home has died after two months in a hospital, according to a GoFundMe post from the child’s father. Jeremy Diaz was hospitalized September 11 after suffering skull fractures and
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Tencent rushed to build up “one of the largest inventories of AI chips in China” before US export restrictions took hold, an executive said Wednesday. Martin Lau, president of the Chinese tech giant, told analysts on an earnings call that it had purchased components from Nvidia (NVDA)
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Stacker put together a slideshow of 20 photos highlighting reproductive rights demonstrations from 1970 through today.
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Experian surveyed 1,024 student loan borrowers about their views on repaying student loans now that the federal loan repayment pause has ended.
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Edmunds dives into catalytic converter theft—why it happens, which vehicles are common targets, and where in the US it is most prevalent.
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SD Bullion researched five places for you to start your glittering, gold-seeking adventure using travel and prospecting sites.
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Edmunds breaks down the top luxury vehicle brands of 2023.
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Using Department of Education data, HeyTutor investigated U.S. federal funding allocations to support education for youth experiencing homelessness.
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Many people want to travel with their pets, so CitizenShipper explored the pet policies of the five largest U.S. airlines to better prepare travelers.
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s attorney general is investigating six Republican electors who submitted paperwork to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential election. It was not immediately clear if the ongoing probe was a criminal or civil matter. But the probe adds to official scrutiny
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Raids on storage facilities in New York City turned up a huge haul of counterfeit handbags, shoes and other luxury merchandise that could have been worth more than $1 billion if the knockoffs had been real, federal authorities announced. Roughly 219,000 items were seized from Manhattan storage facilities in recent enforcement
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN Español) — Apenas unas horas después de que el Senado de México aprobó la renuncia de Arturo Zaldívar al cargo de ministro de la Suprema Corte de Justicia, el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador envió al mismo órgano legislativo su terna de candidatas a ocupar el asiento que quedó vacante en el
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The Bend Swim Club is celebrating four athletes who have committed to swim at the collegiate level, all Division I.
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