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By TOM KRISHER and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers union at two Mercedes factories in Alabama on Friday sidetracked the UAW’s grand plan to sign up workers at nonunion plants mainly in the South. But newly elected President Shawn Fain said the union will
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Kate Sullivan and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris has agreed to debate Donald Trump’s future running mate, a Biden campaign official told CNN Thursday. The Biden campaign informed CBS News it had accepted the network’s invitation to participate in a vice presidential debate in studio on
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press Meteorologists say exceptional windstorms that could leave some Houston residents without power for weeks were a once-in-a-generation event and the damage left in their wake is comparable to that caused by a hurricane. Janice Maldonado, a National Weather Service meteorologist, says the storms that barreled through Houston Thursday are the
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Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Una investigación penal que el Ministerio Público de Costa Rica inició en 2013, es el primer eslabón en el recorrido de US$ 6,6 millones, que se le decomisaron a una sociedad en la que participaba el exmandatario de Perú Alejandro Toledo y que ahora, con el visto bueno del Congreso,
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man who broke into the home of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seeking to hold her hostage and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. But prosecutors later filed a motion saying the court failed to offer the
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man who broke into the home of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seeking to hold her hostage and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. But prosecutors later filed a motion saying the court failed to offer the
Continue ReadingCASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature” on a cat named Max who has become a beloved member of its community. Vermont State University’s Castleton campus is honoring the feline ahead of students’ graduation Saturday for his friendliness. The school says in a Facebook post that
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say South Sudan is close to securing a $13 billion loan from a company in the United Arab Emirates, despite the oil-rich country’s difficulties in managing debts backed by its oil reserves. The panel of experts says in a report to the U.N.
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Charlie Cooper, a wheelchair tennis professional who suffers from spina bifida, unexpectedly found his passion for tennis. “It wasn’t until I met someone at a guitar store with the same disability as me, and they said, try wheelchair tennis at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden,” Charlie said. “I gave it a go on a Friday
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El nuevo documento del Dicasterio para la Doctrina de la Fe ha actualizado sus normas sobre el procedimiento que se debe seguir cuando en una diócesis hay presuntos hechos sobrenaturales o apariciones. Las normas sustituyen las de 1978 y la principal novedad es que a partir de ahora la Iglesia
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — An independent panel has rescinded the one-game suspension and fine handed to San Jose Earthquakes defender Bruno Wilson for a red card issued during a match at the Portland Timbers. The decision of the three-person panel, which includes representatives from U.S. Soccer and Canada Soccer along with a Professional Referee Organization
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department renewed a global security warning Friday for Americans overseas, adding to it that LGBTQ people and events in particular face an “increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence.” The alert is a standard renewal of travel advice telling Americans to exercise increased caution against possible attacks by violent extremist groups while
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The trial of a woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend is finishing its third week. The highly anticipated trial in Massachusetts involves a woman accused of striking her officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank. Karen
Continue ReadingSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans are bundling up for their coldest autumn in more than 70 years mere days after sunning in T-shirts — a dramatic change of wardrobe brought on this week by a sudden cold front gripping portions of South America unaccustomed to bitter wind chills this time of year. Temperatures broke records
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest teachers union on Friday turned up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom, announcing a public campaign aimed at blocking part of his plan to balance the budget because they say it “would wreak havoc on funding for our schools.” Newsom says his plan —
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest teachers union on Friday turned up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom, announcing a public campaign aimed at blocking part of his plan to balance the budget because they say it “would wreak havoc on funding for our schools.” Newsom says his plan —
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” has died. He was 92. Coleman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, said
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” has died. He was 92. Coleman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, said
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — After 73 years and a long fight with the Army, a Korean War veteran from Minnesota who was wounded in combat finally got his Purple Heart. The U.S. Army notified 96-year-old Earl Meyer last month that it had granted him the medal,
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