United Auto Workers union reaches a tentative contract agreement with Mack Trucks (abcnews.go.com)
The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative contract agreement with Mack Trucks that covers about 4,000 workers in three states....
Russell Brand: Thames Valley Police investigates allegations (www.bbc.com)
Thames Valley Police says it is looking into a woman's complaint of harassment and stalking.
US agency sues Tesla as Black workers report “swastikas, threats, and nooses” (arstechnica.com)
‘We are not in the business of ice cream’: Big Oil CEOs defend themselves against climate criticism (www.cnbc.com)
Chief executives of some of the world’s largest energy companies on Monday sought to defend themselves from criticism, saying it is not possible to keep everyone happy amid the planned energy transition....
Tim Wakefield, who revived his career and Red Sox trophy case with knuckleball, has died at 57 (apnews.com)
Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win its curse-busting World Series title the following year, has died. He was 57....
13 truck drivers parked side by side in the middle of the night to save a life (www.upworthy.com)
Russian Kh-59 missile factory struck by multiple drones: Ukraine (www.newsweek.com)
Ukraine war: Russia warned EU not weary over war support (www.bbc.com)
Grizzly bear kills couple and their dog at Banff National Park in Canada (www.cbsnews.com)
A contract for 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers expired. Historic US health care strike could start Wednesday (www.cnn.com)
A coalition of eight unions representing 75,000 employees of Kaiser Permanente said late Saturday that is has not reached an agreement with the company, setting the stage for the largest healthcare strike in US history on Wednesday....
Pinal Sheriff Mark Lamb’s office spent $200K on guns and ammo from an ‘inmate welfare' fund (azluminaria.org)
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office run by U.S. Senate candidate Sheriff Mark Lamb has spent at least $217,000 from a jail commissary fund that Arizona lawmakers mandated be used “for the benefit and welfare of inmates” to instead buy a cache of weapons, ammunition and ballistic vests....
California Gov. Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler to fill Feinstein’s Senate seat (www.cnn.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’s List, to fill the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat, his office confirmed Sunday evening....
Minneapolis poised to give $145k settlement to MPD officer involved in beating - Minnesota Reformer (minnesotareformer.com)
In the two years following Floyd’s murder, 144 MPD officers were awarded workers’ compensation settlements totaling over $22.2 million....
In Yalta, because of criticism of the Russian Federation, a couple from the Dnepropetrovsk region was brutally killed (video) - Ukraine Today .org (ukrainetoday.org)
In Yalta, because of criticism of the Russian Federation, a couple from the Dnepropetrovsk region was brutally killed (video) Lyudmila Zhernovskaya 21:40, 01.10.23...
Migrants Booted from NYC Shelter Into Pummeling Rain (www.thecity.nyc)
At the Jefferson Street shelter, migrants were left to face the deluge while carrying what possessions they could, before the city eventually reversed course
Harvard University inaugurates Claudine Gay as school’s first Black president (www.cnn.com)
In a historic first, Harvard University inaugurated new president Claudine Gay on Friday, the first Black person and second woman to lead the university....
Donald Trump expected to attend civil fraud trial opening (www.bbc.co.uk)
Mr Trump, his two adult sons, and the Trump Organization, are accused of inflating the value of their properties by more than $2bn (£1.65bn)....
Redonda: Tiny Caribbean island’s transformation to wildlife haven (www.bbc.com)
Now the tenacious Antiguans and Barbudans who led the metamorphosis of the country’s little known third isle of Redonda are celebrating another impressive feat....
Biden worries ‘extreme’ supreme court can’t be relied on to uphold rule of law (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden worries that the “extreme” US supreme court, dominated by rightwing justices, cannot be relied upon to uphold the rule of law....
James Webb telescope makes 'JuMBO' discovery of planet-like objects in Orion (www.bbc.com)
What’s intriguing about the discovery is that these objects appear to be moving in pairs. Astronomers are currently struggling to explain them....
Tom Hanks says AI version of him used in dental plan ad without his consent (www.theguardian.com)
Tom Hanks has warned fans that an ad for a dental plan that appears to use his image is in fact fake and was created using artificial intelligence....
Nobel Prize Awarded to Covid Vaccine Pioneers (www.nytimes.com)
The physiology or medicine prize for Hungarian and American Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman recognized work that led to the development of vaccines that were administered to billions around the world.
Just five western oil firms, including BP and Shell, set to spend $15 million every hour until 2030 producing oil and gas | Global Witness (www.globalwitness.org)
UN Global Stocktake shows countries failing Paris Agreement climate goals 2023, London – Just five of the world’s biggest fossil fuel firms, BP, Chevron, Exxon, Shell and TotalEnergies, are set to spend $15 million every single hour between now and 2030 producing more oil and gas, according to new analysis of Rystad Energy...
France to quit making cigarettes as last factory prepares to close (www.rfi.fr)
France to quit making cigarettes as last factory prepares to close The last remaining factory making cigarettes in France is set to close by the end of 2023, the site’s owner told its employees this week....
Ukraine to build underground school in Kharkiv (euromaidanpress.com)
Ukraine to build underground school in Kharkiv The school will become a bomb shelter, allowing children to continue safe full-time education even during Russian air raids....
