Oct 06 GM-UAW talks take turn for worse; settlement not near By Tom Krisher, Associated Press DETROIT — Contract talks aimed at ending a 21-day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors have taken a turn for the worse, hitting a big snag over product commitments for U.S. factories, a union official wrote in… Continue reading
Oct 06 3 reasons Forever 21’s bankruptcy doesn’t spell the end of brick-and-mortar retailing By Anthony Dukes, The Conversation Three advantages physical stores still have over their online-only rivals. Continue reading
Oct 06 Police look for 2 men in Kansas bar shooting that killed 4 By Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press Two men opened fire inside a bar in Kansas City, Kansas, early Sunday, killing four people and wounding five others in a shooting believed to have stemmed from an earlier dispute, police said. Continue reading
Oct 06 Aide: Perry pushed Trump for Ukraine call, for energy issues By Ellen Knickmeyer, Alan Fram, Associated Press Energy Secretary Rick Perry encouraged President Donald Trump to speak to Ukraine's president — but on energy and economic issues, Perry's spokeswoman said Sunday, addressing Perry's role in a telephone call that's at the center of a congressional impeachment probe… Continue reading
Oct 06 Anger grows at civilian deaths by US, Afghan forces By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Increasing civilian deaths in stepped-up U.S. airstrikes and operations by Afghan forces highlight the conundrum the U.S. military and its Afghan allies face, 18 years into the war: How to hunt down their Islamic State group and Taliban enemies, while… Continue reading
Oct 06 Lawyer: 2nd Trump whistleblower spoke to inspector general By Eric Tucker, Richard Lardner, Jill Colvin, Associated Press A second whistleblower has spoken to the intelligence community's internal watchdog and has information that backs the original whistleblower's complaint about President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, according to the lawyer for the two. Continue reading
Oct 05 Here’s what happened this week in the impeachment inquiry By Colleen Long, Associated Press It was just last week that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. It was triggered by a whistleblower's complaint about a July 25 phone call where Trump prodded Ukraine's new president to dig up… Continue reading
Oct 05 North Korea decries breakdown of talks US says were ‘good’ By Jari Tanner, Matthew Lee, Associated Press North Korea's chief negotiator said Saturday that discussions with the U.S. on Pyongyang's nuclear program have broken down, but Washington said the two sides had "good discussions" that it intends to build on in two weeks. Continue reading
Oct 05 Column: How the US could afford ‘Medicare for all’ By Gerald Friedman, The Conversation There is a simpler and less costly path toward single-payer, and it may have a better chance of success: simply strike the words “who are age 65 or over” from the 1965 amendments to the Social Security Act that created… Continue reading
Oct 05 State Department rattled by impeachment inquiry revelations By Ben Fox, Matthew Lee, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The State Department has been deeply shaken by the rapidly escalating impeachment inquiry, as revelations that President Donald Trump enlisted diplomats to dig up dirt on a political rival threaten to tarnish its reputation as a nonpartisan arm of U.S. Continue reading