YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP | | | | About 13,000 U.S. auto workers walk off the job. | | | |
The United Auto Workers union launched a strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis simultaneously for the first time in its 88-year history. Also in the news: Hurricane Lee is bringing intense rain and wind to New England and what NASA really knows (or doesn't) about UFOs. | | | |
Here's the news to know this Friday. |
UAW launches strike against GM, Ford and Stellantis |
The United Auto Workers launched a historic strike late Thursday targeting all three Detroit automakers at once after contract negotiations failed to land a new deal. |
UAW members at three assembly plants in Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri went on strike after their labor contracts expired at 11:59 p.m. The strike targets specific plants of Ford Motor Co., General Motors and Stellantis, which makes Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Fiat brands. |
| • | In a unique strategy, union leaders say they will select new target plants to take out on strike in various waves if negotiations continue to fail to land new agreements with the auto companies. The method is designed to keep the automakers off-guard and leverage the union's position. | | • | The UAW has been negotiating with all three carmakers separately, yet simultaneously, since late summer. Automakers reacted with disappointment at negotiations breaking down. | | • | The Biden administration is preparing to offer emergency economic aid to auto suppliers to protect them from any long-term damage in the event of a prolonged strike, according to published reports. | |
Eastern New England bracing for onslaught of rain |
Hurricane Lee is expected to bring a nasty mix of heavy rain, strong winds and high seas to the eastern New England region starting later Friday and lasting into Saturday, forecasters said. Even if Lee doesn't officially make landfall in New England, its impacts will still be felt across the region in part because of the increasing size of the storm, risking damaging winds, powerful surf and possible flooding to the area. In Maine, the state is under its first hurricane watch in 15 years. Read more |
Donald Trump's Georgia trial won't start in October |
The Georgia racketeering trials for Donald Trump and 16 co-defendants won't begin in October, a judge ruled Thursday. Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee separated the cases from two co-defendants whose trial will start mid-October. He didn't set a trial date for Trump, but set deadlines early next month for prosecutors to share evidence with Trump's defense lawyers. Four of the defendants who are trying to move their cases to federal court − Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, David Shafer and Shawn Still − asked McAfee to suspend their trials while waiting for a federal appeals decision on their requests. But McAfee denied the request. Read more |
UN says most Libya flood deaths could have been avoided |
The majority of the thousands of deaths in catastrophic floods in Libya could have been avoided, the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization said Thursday. The statement came came as Libyan health officials say the death toll from floods in the eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300. The Secretary General of the aid group the Libyan Red Crescent says a further 10,100 people are reported missing in the coastal city after an unusually strong Mediterranean storm named "Daniel" on Sunday caused deadly flooding in towns across eastern Libya, causing two dams to burst. Read more | Damage from massive flooding is seen in Derna, Libya, Wednesday, Sept.13, 2023. Yousef Murad, AP |
The UFO report comes back empty, but give NASA a call if you see anything |
There's no evidence that UAPs – unidentified anomalous phenomena, previously known as UFOs – are of extraterrestrial origin, a special investigative team said when it announced a 36-page report of NASA's Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Team, which was released Thursday morning. Some UAP can't yet be explained, the team says. In response, NASA is taking a greater role in scientific investigation of the sightings and has named a new director of UAP research. Though most sightings can be identified as planes, balloons, drones and weather events, the independent group says more sophisticated scientific research is needed, along with efforts to remove the stigma of reporting sightings. Read more | NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during a press conference in August. Craig Bailey / Florida Today / USA TODAY NETWORK |
Photo of the day: Vogue World kicks off London Fashion Week 2023 |
New York Fashion Week is over and the fashion world's attention has quickly pivoted across the pond, where an impressive guest list donned stunning looks Thursday night for the Vogue World event at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The magazine's second-annual fashion celebration marked the start of London Fashion Week and featured performances of theater and fashion to raise funds for artistic organizations in London. Read more | Sienna Miller posesat "Vogue World: London," which kicked off London Fashion Week on Sept. 14, 2023. HENRY NICHOLLS, AFP via Getty Images |
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