Associated PressAfter decisive loss at Alabama Mercedes plants, powerful auto union vows to return and winAssociated Press - By TOM KRISHER and KIM CHANDLERTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers union at two Mercedes factories in Alabama on Friday sidetracked the UAW’s grand plan to sign up workers at nonunion plants mainly in the South. But newly elected President Shawn Fain said the union will return to Mercedes and …
Associated PressMan who sought revenge for a stolen phone pleads guilty to fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5Associated Press - By COLLEEN SLEVINDENVER (AP) — A Colorado man pleaded guilty to murder charges on Friday for starting a 2020 house fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family out of misplaced revenge for a stolen iPhone that he mistakenly tracked to the house. Kevin Bui, now 20, was a teenager at the time of the fire but …
Associated PressMan gets 30 years in prison for attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammerAssociated Press - By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man who broke into the home of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seeking to hold her hostage and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. But prosecutors later filed a motion saying the court failed to offer the defendant, David DePape, …
Associated PressScottie Scheffler arrested outside PGA Championship, then returns and climbs leaderboardAssociated Press - By DOUG FERGUSONLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship, with stunning images showing him handcuffed as he was taken to jail for not following police orders during a pedestrian fatality investigation. In a span of four hours, the …
Associated PressTrucks are rolling across a new US pier into Gaza. But challenges remain to getting enough aid inAssociated Press - By LOLITA C. BALDOR and JON GAMBRELLWASHINGTON (AP) — Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hindered the delivery of food and other supplies. The shipment is the …
Associated PressPutin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the cityAssociated Press - By ILLIA NOVIKOVKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a visit to China that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer zone but that there are no plans to capture the city. The remarks were Putin’s first on the offensive launched May 10, …
