Biden offers support to striking autoworkers, says ‘record profits’ should be shared
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday, Sept. 15, dispatched two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike by unionized autoworkers, expressing
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday, Sept. 15, dispatched two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike by unionized autoworkers, expressing
DETROIT — Nearly one in 10 of America’s unionized auto workers went on strike Friday, Sept. 15, to pressure Detroit’s three automakers into raising wages
BAR HARBOR, Maine — New England harbors and fishing villages were being emptied of boats — and some were becoming ghost towns — as commercial
PORTLAND, Maine — After a deluge of rain, flooding, sinkholes and tornadoes this week, New England is about to face Hurricane Lee. As the Category
WASHINGTON — Inflation jumped last month largely because of a spike in fuel prices but other costs rose more slowly, suggesting price pressures are easing
BISMARK, N.D. — The last of four men charged in a scheme to steal millions of dollars worth of crude oil in western North Dakota has
LONDON — Global energy giant BP is scurrying to find a new chief executive after CEO Bernard Looney became the latest corporate leader to step
ATLANTA — Georgia’s governor is again suspending state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel, declaring a legal emergency over higher prices. Gov. Brian Kemp signed
BENGALURU, India — India, the current president of the Group of 20 (G20) industrialized and developing nations, has proposed a global biofuel alliance that seeks
MANCHESTER, Conn. — A tractor-trailer carrying more than 8,000 gallons of gasoline along Interstate 84 overturned and burst into flames after an accident, shutting down
NEW YORK — Labor Day is right around the corner, along with the big sales and barbecues that come with it. But the activist roots
PERRY, Fla. — Tropical Storm Idalia descended on the Carolinas on its way out to the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, Aug. 31, leaving a trail
CEDAR KEY, Fla. — Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida’s west coast as a dangerous Category 3 storm on Wednesday and was unleashing life-threatening storm
TAMPA, Fla. — Idalia became a hurricane on Tuesday, Aug. 29, threatening to bring deadly storm surge and dangerous winds to Florida’s Gulf Coast after
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Idalia intensified
CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — At least one tornado touched down in Michigan as part of severe storms powered by winds of up to 75 mph
AUSTIN, Texas — Deadly heat that has gripped Texas for much of the summer has spread into other parts of the central U.S. this week
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The union representing 340,000 UPS workers said on Tuesday, Aug. 22, that its members voted to approve the tentative contract agreement reached
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The estate of late NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins has reached a “partial settlement” in its lawsuit against the driver, the owner
LOS ANGELES — Tropical Storm Hilary drenched Southern California from the coast to the desert resort city of Palm Springs, forcing rescuers to pull several