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Auto Strike Looms, Threatening to Shut Detroit’s Big 3
The United Auto Workers union and the three Detroit automakers have less than two weeks to negotiate a new labor contract, and a strike of some sort seems increasingly likely. The union’s president, Shawn Fain, has primed rank-and-file members to be prepared to walk off the job if the union’s long list of demands for improved wages and benefits are not met.
An Unexpected Hotbed of YA Authors: Utah
PROVO, Utah — American book-reading habits have been in decline for decades, but you wouldn’t know it from sitting in on a young adult literature class held in the winter at Brigham Young University. The professor, Chris Crowe, arrived with a box full of books. When he announced they were free for the taking, some two dozen students rushed to the table.
DeSantis and Biden Won’t Meet in Florida During Tour of Hurricane Damage
President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would meet with Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida on Saturday during a visit to tour the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia, the Category 3 storm that hit the state’s Gulf Coast and swept across the Southeast this week.
One of the Biggest Cable Companies Says Cable TV Isn’t Working
One of the biggest cable companies in the United States has a message for media companies: The traditional cable-TV model is broken, and it needs to be fixed or abandoned. Cable TV is too expensive for consumers and providers, Charter Communications, which has nearly 15 million pay-TV subscribers, said in a 11-page presentation to investors Friday. It added that cord-cutters and rising fees are contributing to a “vicious video cycle.”
After Hitting Southeastern U.S., a Newly Threatening Idalia Approaches Bermuda
The remnants of Hurricane Idalia were forecast to regain strength and become a tropical storm again over the weekend as it approached Bermuda, days after the storm made landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast and swept across the Southeast.
Why Can’t a Cemetery Have the Hottest Painting in Town?
GLENDALE, Calif. — Small armies of landscapers tend to lush grass and rolling hills, where private roads with names such as “Memory Lane” and “Baby Land” lead upward past maximalist mausoleums, columbaria and replica Renaissance statuary.
Weed at the U.S. Open? Some Players Swear They Can Smell It
NEW YORK — Those familiar with New York City know it’s a place where you will occasionally be confronted with the smell of marijuana. But when some of the world’s most elite tennis players caught a whiff of weed during opening day of the U.S. Open in Queens, an investigation was launched to find the possible source.
Water Is Essential to Life. How Could It Ever Go Out of Style?
In preparation for her head-turning appearance at the 2019 Met Gala, Kim Kardashian met with fashion designer Thierry Mugler to conceptualize her look. “Who are you, actually?” the designer asked her, according to Mugler’s manager at the time. “How would you define yourself?”
China’s Biggest Homebuilder Raises Capital in Scramble to Pay Debts
Embattled Chinese homebuilder Country Garden said Wednesday it planned to raise $34 million by issuing new shares, its latest effort to get a handle on its debt problems and contain a deepening property crisis that is weighing on China’s economy.
As Teens Take to E-Bikes, Parents Ask: Is This Freedom or Danger?
BOULDER, Colo. — With e-bikes soaring in popularity, regulators have been unable to keep up with the quickly-evolving market. Safety and law enforcement officials note that many models marketed to children and teenagers exceed legal speed limits and more closely resemble motor vehicles, which require a license and registration to operate.
The AI Revolution Is Coming. But Not as Fast as Some People Think.
Lori Beer, the global chief information officer of JPMorgan Chase, talks about the latest artificial intelligence with the enthusiasm of a convert. She refers to AI chatbots like ChatGPT, with its ability to produce everything from poetry to computer programs, as “transformative” and a “paradigm shift.”
Five Takeaways From Our Investigation Into America’s Groundwater Crisis
A New York Times investigation has found that America is depleting its invaluable reserves of groundwater at a dangerous rate. The practice of overpumping water from vast aquifers is already having consequences nationwide. The majority of U.S. drinking-water systems rely on groundwater, as does farming, one of the nation’s most important industries.
Samuel Wurzelbacher, Celebrated as ‘Joe the Plumber,’ Dies at 49
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who briefly became “Joe the Plumber,” the metaphorical American middle-class Everyman, by injecting himself into the 2008 presidential campaign in an impromptu nationally-televised face-off with Barack Obama over taxing small businesses, died Sunday at his home in Campbellsport, Wisconsin, about 60 miles north of Milwaukee. He was 49.
There’s a Vast Source of Clean Energy Beneath Our Feet. And a Race to Tap It.
BEAVER COUNTY, Utah — In a sagebrush valley full of wind turbines and solar panels in western Utah, Tim Latimer gazed up at a very different device he believes could be just as powerful for fighting climate change — maybe even more.
Americans Still Put Their Trust in Juries. Will Trump’s Trials Break That Faith?
At a time when trust in institutions is at an all-time low, Americans still seem to have faith in their fellow citizens serving on juries. Nearly 60% of Americans say they have at least a fair amount of trust in juries, according to a new survey — higher than for any other group in the judicial system.
Novak Djokovic, Back in New York and Loving it as Never Before
NEW YORK — For two years, Novak Djokovic has been dreaming about New York City. He has had plenty of success here, winning the U.S. Open three times. It’s where he made one of his most famous shots, returning Roger Federer’s serve with a walloping forehand when he was down double-match point in their semifinal in 2011.
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