The United Auto Workers (UAW) union expanded its strike against major carmakers Friday, Sept. 22, walking out of 38 parts-distribution centers operated by General Motors
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers, union leaders and truck drivers are trying to steer Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom toward signing into law a proposal that
DES MOINES, Iowa — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads
CAPE SANDY, Ind. — Divers recovered the body of a driver on Wednesday, Sept. 13, the day after his dump truck plunged hundreds of feet
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. —Â 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
