Humberto strengthens into a hurricane: U.S. NHC
Humberto has strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic and is forecast to strengthen further during the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday.
Trump urges GM, UAW to resolve contract dispute
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that General Motors Co and the United Auto Workers union should “get together and make a deal.” Trump tweeted about five hours before the union is set launch its first nationwide strike at GM in 12 years.
New York to ban flavored e-cigarettes after illnesses, deaths
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday announced a ban on all flavored e-cigarettes besides tobacco and menthol in response to a recent nationwide spate of sometimes deadly lung illnesses that U.S. health officials have linked to vaping.
As talks falter, UAW calls first national strike against GM since 2007
The United Auto Workers (UAW) said on Sunday that its roughly 48,000 hourly workers at General Motors Co facilities would go on strike as of midnight on Sunday after U.S. labor contract talks reached an impasse, the first nationwide strike at GM in 12 …
GM’s UAW workers to go on nationwide strike for first time in 12 years
The United Auto Workers (UAW) said on Sunday that its roughly 48,000 hourly workers at General Motors Co facilities would go on strike as of midnight Sunday after U.S. labor contract talks reached an impasse, the first nationwide strike at GM in 12 yea…
UAW to strike against GM starting Sunday evening
The United Auto Workers (UAW) said that its members will go on strike against General Motors Co as of Sunday evening, after a lack of progress in contract talks on key issues from wages to health care benefits, temporary employees, job security and pro…
UAW walkout turns up heat on GM as contract expires
Leaders of the United Auto Workers (UAW) turned up the pressure on General Motors Co on Sunday, ordering 850 maintenance workers at five GM facilities to walk off the job ahead of a meeting in Detroit on whether to call a wider strike.
Thousands of fetal remains found on Illinois property of deceased doctor
More than 2,200 preserved fetal remains have been found on the Illinois property of a recently deceased doctor who performed abortions, the Will County sheriff’s office said in a statement.
After U.S. court ruling, Honduran newlyweds among migrants clinging to asylum dream
Led by a dream of marrying on U.S. soil, a young Honduran couple traveled thousands of miles from their home in the port city of La Ceiba, narrowly escaping a kidnapping in Mexico before seeking asylum across the border in Texas.
Companies ask judge in U.S. opioid trial to recuse himself
Major drug wholesalers and retailers facing a massive lawsuit for allegedly fostering the nation’s opioid crisis asked the judge hearing the case to recuse himself on Saturday.
