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Oct 11 2023
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Auto workers add to Ford's pain by walking out of its largest and most profitable plant as part of a plan to create 'industrial chaos'
The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its strikes against Detroit’s Three automakers Wednesday when 8,700 workers walked off their jobs at Ford’s Kentucky truck plant. The surprise move about 6:30 p.m. took down the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world. The sprawling factory makes pricey heavy-duty F-Series pickup trucks and large Ford and Lincoln SUVs. UAW
Fortune
Oct 19 2023
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Explosion at Gaza hospital spurs uproar
U.S. and Israeli officials have provided evidence a misfired Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket caused the blast. The world reacted in horror to the deaths of hundreds of people at the al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City after an explosion rocked the premises. Palestinian militant group Hamas immediately accused Israel of carrying out an airstrike and committing a “massacre” of its people, with
The Hill
Oct 06 2023
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Auto workers won’t expand strikes for now
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union said Friday it will not expand its strikes against Detroit’s three automakers after General Motors made a breakthrough concession on unionizing electric vehicle battery plants. Union President Shawn Fain told workers in a video appearance that additional plants could be added to the strikes later. The announcement of the pause in expanding the strikes
The Columbian
Oct 18 2023
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Biden Embraces Netanyahu: 'Deeply Saddened' by Hospital Blast
President Joe Biden vowed to show the world that the U.S. stands in solidarity with Israelis during his visit there Wednesday, and offered an assessment that the deadly explosion at a Gaza Strip hospital apparently was not carried out by the Israeli military. “Based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you,” Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Newsmax (News)
Oct 18 2023
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Israel-Hamas war: Biden lands in Tel Aviv as crisis escalates
President Biden is visiting Israel on Wednesday in the wake of a strike on a Gaza hospital that left hundreds dead. Palestinian and Israeli officials are exchanging blame for the attack, which has already impacted Biden’s trip, with Jordan calling off a four-way summit with Biden and regional leaders. Biden is still planning to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other
The Hill
Oct 04 2023
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Culinary Union in middle of negotiations with Las Vegas Strip properties as threat of strike looms
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Culinary Union’s threat to strike intensifies as negotiations between Las Vegas Strip properties continue. Contracts for the 53,000 culinary workers are still up in the air. They want MGM, Caesars, and Wynn Resorts to meet them in the middle, otherwise, they are ready to strike. This week the union and the properties have back-to-back negotiations with the Strip’s
KLAS 8
Oct 19 2023
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U.S. forces thwart drone strikes headed for bases in Syria
The American military thwarted two separate drone strikes in Syria, hours after U.S. forces shot down three unmanned aerial systems targeting troops in Iraq early Wednesday, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the incidents. U.S. forces intercepted a number of UAVs headed toward their positions at two separate bases: Al Tanf in the south and Conoco in the northern
Politico
Sep 09 2023
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LSU Board of Supervisors approves historic deal for Kim Mulkey
The LSU Board of Supervisors has approved a new ten-year, 36-million dollar contract for Lady Tigers basketball coach Kim Mulkey. It’s the richest contract in women’s college basketball and board member Remy Starns was happy to vote for it. “I am tickled beyond all measure that Kim Mulkey is our basketball coach,” said Starns. Only one board member voted against it and that was Jay Blossman,
Louisiana Radio Network
Oct 19 2023
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In a boon for Senate GOP leaders, Trump backs Jim Justice in West Virginia Senate primary
Former President Donald Trump is backing West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice in the state’s Republican Senate primary, the latest sign that Trump remains mostly aligned with Senate GOP leaders in regard to candidate selection as the party seeks to avoid the pitfalls of the 2022 midterms. “Big Jim Justice, the Governor of the Great State of West Virginia (I LOVE WEST VIRGINIA!), is BIG in every way
CNN (Online News)
Oct 30 2023
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Biden blasted Times’s Gaza coverage
President Joe Biden raged against The New York Times in a private White House meeting early last week, after the Times amplified a Hamas claim that an Israeli airstrike was behind the Oct. 17 bombing of a Gaza hospital.
The news of the deadly explosion scuttled a planned presidential trip to Jordan, but the White House now believes a stray Palestinian rocket, not Israel, was to blame. (
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