Category Archives: National
UAW, automakers resume talks as US strike stretches into second day
(Reuters) -Talks between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three automakers resumed on Saturday, a day after the union initiated the most ambitious U.S. industrial labor action in decades with s...
Sep 16, 2023 United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain and UAW members march in the street in support of striking UAW members in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Lee weakens to post-tropical cyclone as it nears New England and Canada
SHELBURNE, NOVA SCOTIA (Reuters) -After churning for more than a week over the Atlantic Ocean, Lee turned into a post-tropical cyclone as the weather system closed in on New England and Atlantic Canad...
Sep 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A composite image shows Hurricane Lee churning towards the Caribbean after intensifying into a major storm, September 8, 2023. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Handout REUTERS
Mexican capo Ovidio Guzman extradited to US in win on fentanyl war
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Ovidio Guzman, a son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was extradited to the United States on Friday to face fentanyl trafficking charges, in a boost fo...
Sep 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Ovidio Guzman, son of kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is briefly captured by Mexican military police in a residential compound near the centre of Culiacan in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico October 17, 2019 in this still image taken from a helmet camera footage obtained October 30, 2019. Mexican Government TV/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
UAW says Stellantis boosts wage-hike offer to 19.5% - Detroit News
(Reuters) -Stellantis' latest offer to the striking United Auto Workers includes raising wages 19.5% and making salaried workers hourly, the Detroit News reported on Friday, citing the union. The offe...
Sep 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Stellantis sign is seen outside its headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
UPDATE: Hurricane Lee nears New England, Canada
UPDATED 6:46 A.M. 9/16/23 (Reuters) - After churning for more than a week over the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Lee closed in on New England and Atlantic Canada on Saturday, and is likely to make landfal...
Sep 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A composite image shows Hurricane Lee churning towards the Caribbean after intensifying into a major storm, September 8, 2023. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Handout REUTERS
Special counsel seeks limits on Trump's statements in elections case
(Reuters) -U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith is asking a judge to impose limits on statements from former President Donald Trump regarding a Washington, D.C., court case over his attempt to overturn his...
Sep 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, U.S., in 2023. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis, Kevin Wurm
UPDATE: UAW, automakers to resume talks as strike starts to create parts shortage
UPDATED 7:16 a.m. 9/16/23 DETROIT (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers said it plans to resume bargaining on Saturday after launching its first simultaneous strikes at General Motors, Ford Motor and Chr...
Sep 15, 2023 United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain and UAW members march in the street in support of striking UAW members in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Mogul Byron Allen makes $10 billion bid for Disney's ABC, other networks
(Reuters) -Media entrepreneur Byron Allen has made a $10 billion bid to buy Walt Disney's ABC television network and assets including the FX and National Geographic cable channels, a spokesperson for ...
Sep 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A logo for ABC is pictured atop a building in Burbank, California February 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden urges carmakers to give UAW workers more in strike talks
Updated 12:16 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said "no one wants a strike" but that car companies have enjoyed record profits in recent years without sharing them fairly ...
Sep 15, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his economic agenda at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Maryland, U.S. September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File photo
Biden attacks Republicans for 'MAGAnomics' as government shutdown looms
LARGO, Maryland (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday warned that Republican-backed spending cuts would take a toll on the U.S. economy and voters, as the clock ticks down to a possible governmen...
Sep 14, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his economic agenda at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Maryland, U.S. September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
