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By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union appears to be headed for defeat. The union hasn’t posted final vote totals yet, but workers at five large factories who finished voting in the past few days have turned down the four
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story MILLS RIVER, North Carolina (WLOS) — Early morning package drop-offs have led to safety concerns for some drivers who work independently for Amazon. The program, Amazon Flex, allows for independent contractors to sign up to deliver Amazon packages. But, when these packages are delivered in
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — For years, the Houthi rebels controlling northern Yemen have chanted slogans at their mass rallies calling for the destruction of Israel. But they never acted on it until the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7. Since then, the Iran-backed Shiite Muslim force has launched at least six
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Una mujer de Florida fue arrestada y acusada de homicidio y otros delitos por el asesinato a tiros de su exyerno en 2014, una semana después de que su hijo fuera declarado culpable de los mismos cargos en el caso. Donna Adelson, de 73 años, fue arrestada este lunes por la
Continue ReadingBy BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Édgar Barrera is one of the most in-demand people in music. He’s worked with everyone from Madonna and Shakira to Peso Pluma and Karol G. He has one Grammy and 18 Latin Grammys already to his name, and is the top nominee at Thursday’s 2023 Latin
Continue ReadingBy Ed DiOrio Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Community members have contacted the Henderson County Board of Education, claiming racial slurs are being used toward students at Hendersonville Middle School. “I brought something to their attention, and now my kid’s getting targeted,” Xavier Mackey said. Mackey, who contacted
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When Gloria Fila was a kid, airplanes were a home away from home. The daughter of an Austrian Airlines flight attendant and pilot who met on the job, Fila often tagged along on her parents’ work trips. There are photos of her playing happily while in an airplane seat.
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By Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — The Osage Ballet overlooks a creek in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on the Osage Indian reservation. Before class, students can be found warming up with plies and battements, battering pointe shoes or learning about America’s first prima ballerina, who inspired the school’s founding: Elizabeth Marie Tallchief. Tallchief, an Osage woman who
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A top Ukraine official says its troops have established a foothold on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River near Kherson. Andriy Yermak, head of the president’s office, provided no details but confirmed the development that has been widely discussed in military forums for the past
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A suspected anti-government extremist has been convicted of attempted murder in Germany for firing at police who had come to search his home for an unauthorized weapon. The Stuttgart state court sentenced the 55-year-old German citizen to 14 1/2 years in prison. He was convicted of several counts of attempted murder, along
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Last year, Dolly Parton was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She didn’t think she deserved the honor. She’s a country musician, after all. When the Hall brought her in anyway, she decided to earn her keep and release a rock ‘n’
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Ruben Flowers stumbled across the photo by accident. It was early 2023 and he was thumbing through photo albums at his grandmother’s house. Suddenly, there it was: a snapshot from 1994, taken in an airplane flight deck, depicting him as a toddler, sitting next to his pilot dad. In
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — US wholesale inflation cooled off in October, reversing a three-month trend that had seen the cost of energy push up prices, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Producer Price Index, which measures the average price changes that businesses pay to suppliers, fell
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Manchester City posted a Premier League record of £712.8 million ($888 million) in revenue for the 2022-23 season following the club’s historic Treble-winning success. That figure surpasses the previous record of £648.4 million ($808 million) posted by Manchester United last month, while City also nearly doubled its profits from
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan will take part in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in San Francisco this week, a rare opportunity for the self-governing island democracy of 23 million people and its high-tech economy to break the diplomatic embargo on it imposed by authoritarian China. Taiwan will be represented
Continue ReadingBy Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story LOUISBURG, Kansas (KMBC) — Uvalde, Texas, was devastated by a mass shooting in 2022 that saw 21 people, most of whom were children, killed at Robb Elementary School. A Louisburg teen saw coverage of the shooting on the news and wanted to do something to
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Robinson Click here for updates on this story WINTER GARDEN, Florida (WESH) — Bodycam video shows the moment Orange County deputies were called to remove an alligator from a hotel bathtub back in September. Officials say a 25-year-old woman was cited months back after Florida Fish and Wildlife officials said she was caught
Continue ReadingSTANDARD, Ill. (AP) — A magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattled parts of northern Illinois early Wednesday, awakening some residents and spurring reports to 911 about homes shaking, the U.S. Geological Survey and police said. The small earthquake was detected about 4:41 a.m. local time and was centered about sixth-tenths of a mile (1 kilometer) south-southeast of
Continue ReadingBy Pamela Comme Click here for updates on this story DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (WESH) — A Detroit woman is now behind bars after Daytona Beach police reported she left her 1-year-old son on the beach alone. Shamika Mitchell is charged with child neglect and aggravated child abuse after her baby was found unresponsive. Mitchell’s teenage
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The votes are in for New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll and the winner by a significant margin, getting more than 290,000 votes, is the Australasian crested grebe, better known as the pūteketeke or the ‘puking’ bird championed by comedian and talk show host John Oliver. “It began as
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