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Union workers at Mack Trucks have voted down a tentative five-year contract agreement reached with the company.
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  • Jobs & the Economy
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Workers at Mack Trucks go on strike after rejecting tentative contract deal

Associated Press October 9, 2023

DETROIT (AP) — Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement...

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File - United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain talks with members picketing near a General Motors Assembly Plant in Delta Township, Mich., Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.
  • Auto
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Auto workers stop expanding strikes against Detroit Three after GM makes battery plant concession

Associated Press October 6, 2023

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union said Friday it will not expand its strikes against Detroit's three automakers after General...

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An emergency alert is displayed on a cellphone, Oct. 30, 2020, in Rio Rancho, N.M.
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The federal government will conduct a nationwide emergency alert test via mobile phones, TV and radio

Associated Press October 4, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — “THIS IS A TEST": If you have a cellphone or are watching television Wednesday, that message will...

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and other House Republicans after Gaetz filed a motion to oust McCarthy from his leadership role, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.
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McCarthy ousted as House speaker in dramatic vote as Democrats join with GOP critics to topple him

Associated Press October 3, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in...

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and other House Republicans after Gaetz filed a motion to oust McCarthy from his leadership role, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.
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  • Politics, Government & Finance

McCarthy to call vote Tuesday on effort to oust him and says he won’t cut a deal with Democrats

Associated Press October 3, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to force a vote Tuesday on the far-right effort to oust him from his leadership...

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  • Politics, Government & Finance

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at age 90

Associated Press September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992...

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FILE - Former Detroit police chief James Craig.
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  • Politics, Government & Finance

Ex-Detroit police chief James Craig will join GOP primary for US Senate in Michigan, sources tell AP

Associated Press September 29, 2023

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who was a leading GOP candidate for governor last year...

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Former President Donald Trump speaks in Clinton Township, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.
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  • Politics, Government & Finance

Trump goes to Michigan to rail against Biden’s electric vehicle push while GOP rivals debate

Associated Press September 28, 2023

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — As his Republican rivals sparred onstage in California at their second primary debate, Donald Trump was in battleground...

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FILE - Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker speaks during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days at Lucas Oil Stadium, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Indianapolis.
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  • Sports

Michigan State fires coach Mel Tucker for bringing ridicule to school, breaching his contract

Associated Press September 27, 2023

Michigan State fired Mel Tucker on Wednesday, saying the suspended football coach failed to present adequate reasons why he should not...

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Hollywood Strikes
  • News

The Hollywood writers strike is over after guild leaders approve contract with studios

Associated Press September 27, 2023

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood's writers strike was declared over after nearly five months Tuesday night when board members from...

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FILE - A demonstrator holds up a sign during a rally outside the Paramount Pictures Studio in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.
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Hollywood’s writers strike is on the verge of ending. What happens next?

Associated Press September 25, 2023

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Hollywood strike of nearly five months appears about to end as a tentative deal has been reached between unionized...

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United Auto Workers march outside the Stellantis North American Headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Auburn Hills, Mich.
  • Auto
  • Jobs & the Economy
  • News

Strikes against automakers spread to 38 locations in 20 states, Stellantis and GM are targeted

Associated Press September 22, 2023

The president of the United Auto Workers said Friday the union will expand its strike against major automakers by walking...

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