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UAW's new contract helps other car companies' workers — but what about Tesla?
Monday, November 13, 2023
Tentative deals with Detroit's Big 3 will push up wages at rivals as firms try to avoid unionization. How will Tesla, the famously anti-union electric carmaker, respond to the union's ambitions?
Morning news brief
Monday, November 13, 2023
Israel's military says it has been battling Hamas fighters around Gaza's hospitals. President Biden this week attends a summit of Asian leaders. U.S. government funding is set to run out on Friday.
Federal trial begins for David DePape, who's accused of attacking Paul Pelosi
Friday, November 10, 2023
The federal trial of David DePape started this week. He faces federal charges over an alleged assault on Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Morning news brief
Friday, November 10, 2023
Israel gives civilians four-hours a day to flee fighting in North Gaza. Are Democrats reenergized after a strong showing in Tuesday's elections? Crossings at the U.S. southern border are at a high.
Regulators are alarmed by conditions inside a federal prison in Florida
Thursday, November 09, 2023
The Justice Department's inspector general's office in May conducted an unannounced inspection at the facility in Tallahassee.
Tentative deal ends actors' 118-day historic strike against Hollywood studios
Thursday, November 09, 2023
SAG-AFTRA and the heads of major studios have come to a tentative deal, to end one of the strikes that shut down Hollywood for months.
International efforts to end the war in Sudan have waned
Thursday, November 09, 2023
Over six months of war has brought Sudan to its knees. Many thousands have been killed and more than two million people have fled the country.
Morning news brief
Thursday, November 09, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu faces calls to resign. Five GOP presidential candidates met Wednesday night for a third debate in Miami. Striking actors reach a tentative deal with Hollywood studios.
An American family trapped in Gaza for nearly a month makes it back home
Wednesday, November 08, 2023
Abood Okal, Wafaa Abuzayd and their son Yousef made it out of Gaza and arrived in Massachusetts this week. They were visiting their families in Gaza when war broke out. For 27 days they was trapped.
Morning news brief
Wednesday, November 08, 2023
Ohio votes to amend state constitution to enshrine abortion rights. Five candidates will face off in third GOP debate. The number of babies born with syphilis is ten times what it was a decade ago.
Book tells the story of a bus crash that embodies the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Thursday, November 02, 2023
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Nathan Thrall about his book — A Day in the Life of Abed Salama — which explores the Israeli-Palestinian relationship through the story of a tragic bus accident.
For a 20-year-old engineering student in Gaza, everything has changed
Thursday, November 02, 2023
As Israel expands its war in Gaza, we hear from a college student, one of Gaza's more than 1.4 million displaced people, who sent us voice messages about the loss of her home and her daily fears.
Morning news brief
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
How Israel's plan to destroy Hamas will unfold is unclear. Speaker Johnson believes a stand-alone aid package for Israel will pass the House. It's Google turn to call witnesses in its monopoly trial.
UAW president calls tentative deals with Ford and Stellantis big wins
Monday, October 30, 2023
Over the weekend, the strike against General Motors expanded to a huge engine plant in Springhill, Tenn. Workers at Ford and Stellantis are returning to their jobs after tentative deals.
Morning news brief
Monday, October 30, 2023
Israel presses ahead with attacks along Gaza's eastern border, and it has been trading fire with a militia over its northern border. President Biden to take some big steps Monday to try to rein in AI.
Gaza was in a near total blackout as Israel expanded its ground and air campaign
Monday, October 30, 2023
Voices from Gaza in the midst of a communication blackout as Israel forced continue airstrikes on the enclave.
The suspect in Maine is still at large after 2 mass shootings killed 18 people
Friday, October 27, 2023
When communities suffer trauma they often come together, sharing their grief. That's not possible in Lewiston, Maine — the suspect is still on the loose, so the community is locked down.
Americans in Gaza feel abandoned by their government
Friday, October 27, 2023
For nearly three weeks, a Massachusetts couple have been begging for a way home. They're living under bombardment and running out of supplies. They ask why the U.S. government can't get them out.
Now that Rep. Mike Johnson is House speaker, what's that mean for Louisiana?
Friday, October 27, 2023
The election of Mike Johnson to House speaker means two Louisianans hold two of the top spots in House leadership. That could mean issues important to the state could get more attention in Congress.
Hurricane Otis leaves Acapulco, the popular Mexican tourist destination, in ruins
Friday, October 27, 2023
Acapulco is a scene of widespread destruction — two days after being hit by a Category 5 hurricane.