DETROIT (AP) — Factory workers at Tesla have been told to expect pay raises this year, a move that comes as the United Auto Workers union tries to organize the electric vehicle maker’s U.S. plants. The UAW said Thursday that Tesla workers have told the union about company statements on the raises, which did not
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot, Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona, CNN Hardline conservatives are ramping up pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson to walk away from a topline spending deal struck with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a move that threatens to derail bipartisan negotiations with Congress just days from a partial government
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals senior personnel executive Trey Brown and Denver Broncos executive director of football operations Kelly Kleine Van Calligan have interviewed for the Las Vegas Raiders’ general manager position. Champ Kelly is the Raiders’ interim general manager and is considered a strong candidate for the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump reached an estimated 4.3 million viewers during his live town hall on Fox News Wednesday night. The Nielsen company says the event outpaced CNN’s live debate between GOP presidential rivals Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, which aired at the same time. CNN’s debate was seen by just
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Investigators long thought a 5-year-old South Carolina boy found strangled in 1989 had been killed by his father and stepmother. But a sheriff says it took 34 years of scientific advancement to link microscopic fibers on the boy’s shirt to a ligature found in the parents’ home. Berkeley County deputies
Continue ReadingBy Ali Main, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday he would vote for Donald Trump if he’s the GOP nominee – even if he’s a convicted felon. “I think most of us are all going to support the Republican nominee – there’s no question,” he told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins when
Continue ReadingCNN By Ali Main, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday he would vote for Donald Trump if he’s the GOP nominee – even if he’s a convicted felon. “I think most of us are all going to support the Republican nominee – there’s no question,” he told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Factory workers at Tesla have been told to expect pay raises this year, a move that comes as the United Auto Workers union tries to organize the electric vehicle maker’s U.S. plants. The UAW said Thursday that Tesla workers have told the union about company statements on the raises, which did not
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Defender Naomi Girma was named U.S. Soccer’s Female Player of the Year for 2023 on Thursday, becoming just the second Black player to win in the award’s 39-year history. Olivia Moultrie was named the federation’s Young Female Player of the Year. The 23-year-old Grima was on a U.S. defense that allowed just
Continue ReadingBy Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story SPARTANBURG, South Carolina (WYFF) — A South Carolina couple was found dead in their house over the weekend after police said the home heater reached 1,000 degrees, according to a police report. Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said Monday officials were still investigating the deaths
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot, Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona, CNN Hardline conservatives are ramping up pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson to walk away from a topline spending deal struck with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a move that threatens to derail bipartisan negotiations with Congress just days from a partial government shutdown.
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will cringe when he turns on the TV — or perhaps even looks at the other Gillette Stadium sideline — and sees Bill Belichick wearing a ratty sweatshirt with another team’s colors. But he has bigger things to worry about now. The Patriots
Continue ReadingQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A bomb threat has sent an anti-explosives unit into a bustling area of Ecuador’s tense capital as the South American nation staggers under a spike of violence blamed on drug gangs. Police say they evacuated people from the area around a bus station in Quito after being alerted about a backpack
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs acquired power-hitting third baseman Michael Busch and reliever Yency Almonte from the Los Angeles Dodgers for two minor league prospects on Thursday. The Dodgers received pitcher Jackson Ferris and center fielder Zyhir Hope. The 26-year-old Busch was the Pacific Coast League player of the year last season with Triple-A
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president says he has started the process to once again pardon two politicians who were arrested earlier this week. The case is at the center of a standoff between Poland’s new centrist government and its conservative predecessor. The move Thursday came as thousands of supporters of Poland’s former governing Law
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer The 19-year-old daughter of NFL Hall of Famer and “Good Morning America” co-anchor Michael Strahan is undergoing treatment for brain cancer. Isabella Strahan appeared on a prerecorded videotape segment sitting next to her father while discussing her diagnosis of medulloblastoma, a cancerous brain tumor, with fellow GMA co-anchor Robin
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer The 19-year-old daughter of NFL Hall of Famer and “Good Morning America” co-anchor Michael Strahan is undergoing treatment for brain cancer. Isabella Strahan appeared on a prerecorded videotape segment sitting next to her father while discussing her diagnosis of medulloblastoma, a cancerous brain tumor, with fellow GMA co-anchor Robin
Continue ReadingTERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A federal inmate already serving a life sentence has been sentenced to a second life term after pleading guilty to fatally strangling a fellow inmate and stabbing a second inmate at a federal prison in Indiana. The U.S. Attorneys Office says 58-year-old Rodney Curtis Hamrick was sentenced to life in
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting in mixed trading Thursday after an update on inflation forced some investors to push back forecasts for when the Federal Reserve will deliver long-sought cuts to interest rates, but not to abandon them. The S&P 500 was basically flat in late
Continue ReadingBRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN has apologized to the organization that administers the Sports Emmy Awards after it was found several on-air personalities on “College GameDay” were given award statues they were ineligible to win. The Athletic revealed the scam, which ESPN said may have gone back to 1997. The network said “some members of
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