Новости за 31.10.2023

From generous pay and benefits to stronger job security, the United Auto Workers union won significant concessions in tentative settlements that have ended their strikes against Detroit’s automakers. Now, General Motors, Ford and Stellantis are facing sharply higher labor costs, estimated by some analysts at exceeding $1 billion per year, per company. The automakers will try to absorb those cost increases through expense reductions and efficiencies while still aiming to post strong enough profits to please Wall Street. Читать дальше...

TGL is the tech-infused golf league created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. And now they're sharing exactly what it is and how it works. The league says each match will be 15 holes involving three players from the four-man teams. The first nine holes will be alternate shot. The last six holes will be singles. Each player will compete for two holes. The long shots will be from real grass, rough or sand to a screen that is 20 times the size of a standard simulator. Get to within 50 yards and the shots are real toward an adaptable green.

FBI Director Christopher Wray is warning that Hamas’ rampage inside Israel could inspire violence in the U.S. He told lawmakers on Tuesday that multiple foreign extremist groups have called for attacks against Americans and the West in recent weeks. In his testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Wray gave his most detailed and ominous assessment of potential threats to the U.S. since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israeli soldiers and civilians. He says it is a dangerous period and... Читать дальше...

The country’s largest Christian university is being fined $37.7 million by the federal government amid accusations that it misled students about the cost of its graduate programs. Grand Canyon University, which has more than 100,000 students mostly in online programs, faces the largest fine of its kind ever dealt by the U.S. Education Department. The university previously denied any wrongdoing and says it’s being unfairly targeted in retaliation for an ongoing lawsuit. An Education Department investigation... Читать дальше...

The Supreme Court is wrestling with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts. The issue first arose in a case involving former President Donald Trump. The justices heard arguments Tuesday in two cases involving lawsuits filed by people who were blocked after leaving critical comments on social media accounts belonging to school board members in southern California and a city manager in Port Huron, Michigan, northeast of Detroit. The cases force the... Читать дальше...

Gallaudet University and AT&T developed a football helmet for Deaf and hard-of-hearing players that they hope can make the sport more accessible. The innovation is the latest example of the private university being an incubator for technology that can have much wider applications beyond the Deaf community. Experts and advocates hope the tech can one day help firefighters, construction workers and first responders while giving the Deaf and hard of hearing better access to jobs and everyday activities.

The Israel-Hamas war has plunged Israel’s agricultural heartlands into crisis. Near Gaza, the military has banned all farming within 4 kilometers of the border fence and tightly monitors farmers whose lands lie just outside the no-go zone. In the north near the Lebanese and Syrian borders, entire communities have been evacuated because of rocket fire from Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group. Before the war, most of the produce consumed by Israelis was grown in Israel. But as foreign laborers flee and farming towns have emptied out... Читать дальше...

Toyota will invest an additional $8 billion in the hybrid and electric vehicle battery factory it’s constructing in North Carolina. The investment more than doubles the company's prior investments and expected number of new jobs. The Japanese automotive manufacturer projects the new investment will bring the job creation total to more than 5,000 when the plant begins operations in 2025. The location near Greensboro will serve as Toyota’s epicenter of lithium-ion battery production in North America. Читать дальше...

Domestic violence victims believe that ‘red flag’ laws that remove firearms from people in crisis can save lives. And new research suggests they can reduce related homicides by 10 percent or more. But critics question whether Americans should be forced to give up their guns before a conviction. The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the issue in a Texas case next month. The outcome could affect red flag laws in 21 states. Former Georgia prosecutor April Ross has been a quadriplegic since her estranged... Читать дальше...

Books were about as abundant as candy at a trick-or-treating event that President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden hosted at the White House on the eve of Halloween. Gray skies and drizzle added a spooky element. The White House says it expected 8,000 people to participate in Monday's event. Most of the guests are local public school students and children from military families. The event was dubbed “Hallo-READ!” because books were given away and the first lady and others read story books. President... Читать дальше...

Children have returned to school and planned to go trick-or-treating in Lewiston, Maine, after the deadliest mass shooting in the state's history. Area residents spent days locked in their homes while police searched for the man who fatally shot 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar last week. He was found dead on Friday. On Tuesday, hundreds of students returned to a high school that had been transformed into a law enforcement command post. Inside, students petted therapy dogs and were signing... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wages and benefits grew at a slightly faster pace in the July-September quarter than the previous three months, a benefit for workers but a trend that also represents a risk to the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

An alliance of nations that push for more solar power worldwide are set to announce nearly $35 million for projects such as mini grids and rooftop installations, mainly in Africa, according to the group’s director general. Ajay Mathur said the International Solar Alliance expect a $25 million investment from the Indian government, alongside its own cash injection of $10 million for smaller solar power infrastructure, at the sidelines of the group’s annual meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday. Officials... Читать дальше...

Massachusetts is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft. The latest push comes from a group dedicated to clearing the names of all those accused, arrested or indicted for witchcraft in the state. This is whether or not the accusations ended in death. Hundreds of individuals were accused of witchcraft in Massachusetts, home of the infamous Salem witch trials, between 1638 and 1693. Most escaped execution but have... Читать дальше...

Curbing climate change — and extreme weather for future generations — depends squarely on society’s ability to rapidly build new clean energy infrastructure despite the messy puzzle of local, state and federal reviews projects must overcome. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is offering a first-of-its-kind course that trains students to be mediators in conflicts over clean energy projects. Supervised by a professional mediator, students work directly with developers, local officials and community members. Читать дальше...

Two pastors are each worried for their congregants safety. One believes the right to bear arms undermines the freedom to worship in peace. The other believes that the right to carry a gun is an essential means of protecting fragile religious liberty. As the Supreme Court has adopted an increasingly expansive interpretation of the Second Amendment, the right to guns is casting a shadow over many other freedoms Americans hold dear. That tension is becoming visceral in some houses of worship because, more and more, they feel like targets.

Anheuser-Busch Inbev said Tuesday that revenue growth in most of its global regions was offset by a drop in North American sales, in a sign of continuing fallout from a promotion with a transgender influencer that cost it sales.

The Biden administration and JetBlue Airways are facing off in court over the Biden administration's effort to stop JetBlue from buying Spirit Airlines. The trial over the government's antitrust lawsuit is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Boston. JetBlue is trying to buy Spirit for $3.8 billion, saying it needs to grow to compete against bigger airlines like American, United, Delta and Southwest. But the government says if JetBlue gobbles up low-cost Spirit, it will hurt consumers, especially ones on a tight budget. Читать дальше...

Israeli forces are attacking Hamas militants and infrastructure in northern Gaza as warplanes strike across the sealed-off territory. Buoyed by a successful rescue of a captive held by Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected calls for a cease-fire and vowed to crush the militant group’s ability to govern Gaza or threaten Israel. The Palestinian death toll in the war has reached 8,306, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, more than 110 Palestinians have been killed. Читать дальше...

Maine’s authorities are trying to piece together the events that led to the worst mass shooting in the state’s history. A sheriff's office reported Monday that the shooter's family had expressed concerns about his deteriorating mental health five months before the rampage. The Sagadohoc County Sheriff’s Office reached out to officials of Robert Card’s Army Reserve unit, which assured deputies that they would speak to Card and make sure he got medical attention. The gunman shot 18 people and wounded... Читать дальше...

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Tuesday as investors looked ahead to a week that could see more swings in financial markets, including key reports on U.S. consumer confidence and the job market.

Lawyers on day two of a hearing in Colorado will argue whether the infamous events of Jan. 6, 2021 constitute an insurrection under a clause of the U.S. Constitution that they are trying to use to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot. The hearing in Colorado is one of two this week — with the second before the Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday — that could end up before the U.S. Supreme Court, which has never before ruled on the Civil War-era provision in the 14th Amendment. Читать дальше...

Actor Robert De Niro says the legal claims by a former personal assistant who worked for him are nonsense. The 80-year-old De Niro testified in Manhattan federal court on Monday in a lawsuit brought by the assistant, Graham Chase Robinson. Robinson is seeking $12 million in damages for what her lawyers say was severe emotional distress and reputational harm resulting from abusive decadelong employment as De Niro’s personal assistant. De Niro’s attorney says Robinson was demeaning, abusive and controlling during her years working for De Niro. Читать дальше...

A trial of New Zealand tourism operators accused of safety breaches after 22 people died in a 2019 volcanic eruption has ended with the last remaining defendant found guilty on one count. The three-month, judge-only trial against 13 groups already saw six plead guilty and six have charges against them dismissed. The charges were brought by regulators and carried fines as a maximum penalty. White Island, the tip of an undersea volcano also known by its Indigenous Māori name Whakaari, had been a popular... Читать дальше...

Communities that were sheltering in place in the aftermath of Maine's shootings are beginning to move forward, with kids returning to school and residents celebrating Halloween. But dozens of family members are struck with loss, including a Maine woman who's still waiting for the arrival of her husband's body. Elizabeth Seal says she hopes to start finding closure. Her husband Josh Seal was a father of four and an American Sign Language interpreter who appeared during Maine’s daily pandemic briefings. Читать дальше...