Sep 15 Union votes to strike at General Motors’ US plants By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The United Auto Workers union announced that its roughly 49,000 members at General Motors plants in the U.S. will go on strike Sunday night because contract negotiations with the automaker had broken down. Continue reading
Sep 15 Iran dismisses US allegation it was behind Saudi oil attacks By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Iran denied on Sunday it was involved in Yemen rebel drone attacks the previous day that hit the world’s biggest oil processing facility and an oil field in Saudi Arabia, just hours after America’s top diplomat alleged that Tehran was… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 12:04 Convicted of murder, but a police officer pulled the trigger By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman In 2015, an Alabama police officer shot and killed a teenager burglarizing a home. While the officer was cleared, four other teens who were involved in the crime were all charged with their friend’s murder. But how can that be?… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 4:29 Trump to propose ‘narrower definition’ for water protection By PBS NewsHour The Trump administration this week rolled back Obama-era regulations on the Clean Water Act, which was established to limit the amount of pollution in U.S. bodies of water and to protect sources of drinking water. Critics called the regulations an… Continue watching
Sep 14 AP Fact Check: Trump, Dems and their tale of 2 countries By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press The country described by the Democrats running for president is mired in child poverty, riven with economic unfairness and broken in its approach to health care, crime and guns. The country presented by President Donald Trump is roaring and ascendant. Continue reading
Sep 14 Zimbabwe’s Mugabe honored at state funeral, burial delayed By Andrew Meldrum, Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe — African heads of state joined thousands of Zimbabweans at a state funeral Saturday for Zimbabwe’s founding president, Robert Mugabe , whose burial has been delayed for at least a month until a special mausoleum can be built for… Continue reading
Sep 14 Are you mentally well enough for college? By Nicholas Joyce, The Conversation A campus psychologist explains why so many students ask him for help after they've failed courses. Continue reading
Sep 14 Climate change protests hit Frankfurt as auto show opens By Associated Press Thousands of people are demonstrating in Frankfurt to demand more action against climate change as the German city's auto show opens to the public, with some cycling into the city along highways that were temporarily closed for the occasion. Continue reading
Sep 14 NY finds $1B in hidden transfers by family behind OxyContin By Adam Geller, Associated Press The family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma used Swiss and other hidden accounts to transfer $1 billion to themselves, New York's attorney general contends in court papers filed Friday. Continue reading
Sep 14 Death toll rises to 6 in torrential rains in southeast Spain By Joseph Wilson, Associated Press Record rainfall claimed two more lives in southeastern Spain as it caused widespread flooding, raising the overall death toll to six from the storms, authorities said Saturday. Continue reading