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Workers are on strike at all 3 Detroit auto makers for the first time in their union's history

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:45:46 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay. Members of the United Auto Workers union began picketing at a General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Ford factory in Wayne, Michigan, near Detroit; and a Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio.It was the first time in the union’s 88-year history that it walked out on all three companies simultaneously as four-year contracts expired at 11:59 p.m. Thursday.The strikes will likely chart the future of the union and of America’s homegrown auto industry at a time when U.S. labor is flexing its might and the companies face a historic transition from building internal combustion automobiles to making electric vehicles.If they last a long time, dealers could run short of vehicles and prices could rise, impacting a U.S. economy already unde...

Hurricane Lee now threatens New England after heavy rain, flooding and tornadoes

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:45:46 GMT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After a deluge of rain, flooding, sinkholes and tornadoes this week, New England is about to face Hurricane Lee.As the Category 1 system impacted Bermuda, Maine was under its first hurricane watch in 15 years and a state of emergency declared Thursday by Gov. Janet Mills. The water-logged region prepared for 20-foot waves offshore and wind gusts up to 80 mph,, along with more rain.The hurricane watch applied to eastern Maine, while the rest of the state and an area extending south through Massachusetts was under a tropical storm warning. Powerful winds and coastal flooding were expected to arrive Friday afternoon in southern New England and spread north.Although Lee did not contribute to the flooding that hit New England earlier in the week, it threatened to exacerbate conditions in a region that is already waterlogged.This Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, 7:51 a.m. EDT satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hu...

What's at stake as workers go on strike at major auto makers

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:45:46 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — About 13,000 auto workers have walked off the job at three targeted factories after their union leaders couldn't reach a deal with Detroit's automakers.The United Auto Workers union is seeking big raises and better benefits from General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. They want to get back concessions that the workers made years ago, when the companies were in financial trouble. UAW on strike after union negotiations with Big Three fail A small percentage of the union’s 146,000 members walked off the job at a GM assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Ford factory in Wayne, Michigan, near Detroit; and a Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday.Shawn Fain, the combative president of the UAW, says the targeted strikes will give the union leverage in contract talks and keep the auto companies guessing about its next move.It could also make the union’s $825 million strike fund last much longer.A United Auto Workers member strikes...

Deadly multi-vehicle crash closes I-35 northbound in Buda Friday morning

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:45:46 GMT

BUDA, Texas (KXAN) -- Part of Interstate 35 northbound in Buda was shut down early Friday morning after a deadly crash involving three vehicles. The Buda Police Department said the interstate was shut down near exit 220/Main Street. The department posted about the incident on social media at 4:31 a.m. REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MAPS According to BPD, three vehicles were involved in the crash. It's not clear how many people were killed in the crash, or the exact cause, but police said it was potentially due to a driver going the wrong way. Police asked drivers to use alternate routes and plan for delays. The department was not able to provide a timeline on when the interstate would be reopened.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Movie review: Branagh’s rueful ‘A Haunting in Venice’ may prove his best Christie adaptation

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:45:46 GMT

Heard this one before? A detective, a mystery writer and a medium walk into a Halloween party — who’ll come out the winner? The rest of the party include a soprano, a doctor, a nun, a chef, a bodyguard and a very serious little boy. This is the setup for Kenneth Branagh’s “A Haunting in Venice,” loosely based on Agatha Christie’s 1969 novel “Hallowe’en Party.” It’s Branagh’s third outing as the prodigiously mustachioed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, in the trilogy of Christie adaptations he also directs.It’s 1947, 10 years after “Death on the Nile,” and Poirot has sunk into an easy retirement in Venice, Italy, with a bodyguard (Riccardo Scamarcio), a former policeman, to shoo away the locals clamoring for his detecting skills. There’s only one person who can get past his guard, and that’s the fast-talking authoress Ariadne Oliver (Tina Fey, in full gal Friday mode), who talks him into ...

98.3 TRY Social Dilemma: Should I Pay for My 18-year-old daughter's Botox and Lip Fillers?

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:45:46 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Today's 98.3 TRY Social Dilemma is about botox. Here's the email: Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Hey Jaime my name is Lauren and I’m a long-time listener of the show and I have my own dilemma to talk about. My daughter turns 18 next week and I asked her what she wanted for her big day. She told me she wanted a spa day, which included Botox injections and maybe lip filler. I was floored when I heard those words come out of her mouth because she never seemed like the kind of kid that would want such a thing. She told me two of her friends who turned 18 just a few days ago got the same thing and she loves the way their lips look. I didn’t believe her till she showed me pictures. Well now I’m mad at their mothers for allowing such a thing. I told my daughter no way and she’s now not talking to me. Am I the crazy one for not letting my beautiful 18-year-old daughter get lip injections and Botox? I'm looking...

Inside look at Spin Revolution's new Saratoga location

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:45:46 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) - For more than a decade, Spin Revolution has been getting heart rates pumping in the Capital Region! The indoor cycling venue, with locations in Loudonville and Clifton Park, is expanding north with a new location in Saratoga Springs. Loudonville spin studio rides to end cancer The Revolution is located at 30 Gick Road in Saratoga Springs, right off the Northway at Exit 15. The studio opens on September 22. Female-owned fitness studios in Capital Region band together to reopen Ahead of their opening, the new studio is holding an Open House on Saturday, Sept. 16 from 8:15 a.m. to 10: 15 a.m. to allow people to meet the instructors, tour the space and win some goodies! The team will be offering special membership deals and giving out prizes to the first 20 people to arrive.

5 things to know this Friday, September 15

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:45:46 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- It's a great day to have a great day. It's Friday, after all. Happy end of the work week! According to Meteorologist Jill Szwed, we can expect sunshine for the majority of the day and very comfortable temperatures after a cool, crisp morning. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Five Troy firefighters were injured during a training exercise on Thursday at the Colonie Municipal Training Center. Meanwhile, Bethlehem Police are warning residents of a new phone scam where the caller pretends to be a member of law enforcement. These stories, and more, are covered in your five things to know this Friday morning. 1. Push to support cannabis farmers with surplus productLawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to sign a bill relating to marijuana sales.2. Drunk driver sentenced in tow truck driver’s deathThe man convicted of driving drunk on the Northway, then hitting and killing a to...

Ask Amy: Mom’s harsh discipline leads to disrespect

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:45:46 GMT

Dear Amy: I was the disciplinarian while my children grew up.I freely admit that I crossed the line multiple times in disciplining my son, but I have apologized many times.I try to help each of my children, especially in terms of financial assistance.My son is now 51 and lost his father (my husband) two years ago to COVID.Then his wife was in a terrible auto accident. I took care of her for six months before they moved back to their house (which is adjacent to mine).Three months later she went into a coma and never came out of it.He called me to come while the paramedics worked on her.He asked me to take him to the hospital, where we spent several days before she passed.I helped him with his finances and paid his bills (with his money), and set up a system he could maintain.He has a lot of anger issues.He mostly takes out his anger on me. He talks rudely to me, and only comes to my house when my daughter and son-in-law visit to help with projects around my property.Related ArticlesA...

Mergers: Commission authorizes acquisition of Webhelp by Concentrix

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:45:46 GMT

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Webhelp S.A.S., based in France, by Concentrix Corporation, based in the United States. The transaction mainly concerns IT services in which both companies are active, with emphasis on business process outsourcing (BPO) services, in particular BPO services relating to the management of customer experience (“CXM BPO”). The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns, given its limited impact on the market and due to the number of competitors active in the markets where the companies are active. The transaction was examined under the normal merger control procedure.