The United Auto Workers union on Wednesday said it had struck a tentative contract agreement with Dauch Corp. to end a 10-day strike at the axle supplier's Three Rivers plant that had threatened to disrupt General Motors Co. truck production.

Nearly 1,000 workers at the plant in southwest Michigan walked out at the start of last week, demanding...Read more

The city of Mackinac Island, Michigan, Hoffmann Family of Companies' Arnold Transit Company and Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry have agreed to enter mediation regarding ferry service in 2027 and beyond, according to the Fair Access to Mackinac Island coalition.

The coalition praised the decision to pursue mediation, saying it is encouraged that...Read more

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission unveiled a proposal for prediction markets Wednesday that would crack down on bets related to war, terrorism and assassination.

The CFTC plan also proposed narrowly defining some “gaming” — the category that helped launch the surge of sports-related prediction markets 18 months ago - to be games ...Read more

Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei said the government should have the power to block artificial intelligence developers from deploying new AI models if they present certain risks.

In a lengthy essay on Wednesday, Amodei argued that AI models should undergo mandatory testing by third parties to assess the risk they pose across ...Read more

Thousands of Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivans are being recalled because of a battery that can catch fire even when the minivan is turned off.

The recall affects 17,277 Pacificas made between Aug. 5, 2020 and May 2, 2022. Until a repair is finalized, and "out of an abundance of caution," Chrysler owner Stellantis NV warns owners to ...Read more

One injury and 72 fires have been linked to a recall of more than 1 million of Jeep's best-selling Wrangler and Gladiator models, according to the automaker and national safety officials.

Owners of Wrangler and Gladiators from model years 2021 through 2025 should park their vehicles outside and away from buildings in case of fires, federal ...Read more

WHITING, Indiana — United Steelworkers Local 7-1 workers will have to spend more time without work at the BP Whiting refinery after an unsuccessful return to negotiations Wednesday.

However, union members are prepared to continue picketing outside the refinery.

“I hope we’re going back soon, but they keep stalling,” said Steven Kallies...Read more

My last review was a robot vacuum. This week, we let the robots outside to let it cut the grass.

Years ago, my first experience with robot mowers required a wire to be buried around the perimeter of the yard. When the manufacturer offered to come have a wire buried at my house for testing, it was more than I wanted to deal with, as I’m a ...Read more

When confronted with an enormous labor strike this January in California and Hawaii, Kaiser Permanente spent an additional $1 billion to buck union demands and operate its facilities with temporary workers, a spokesperson said.

While Kaiser management and striking workers with the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care ...Read more

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, filed confidentially for a public listing on Monday, following a similar filing by rival Anthropic last week, as AI developers compete to cash in on surging investor interest in artificial intelligence.

It is the first step to start gauging investor interest in what would probably be one of the biggest IPOs in ...Read more

Electric-vehicle maker Rivian began delivery of a cheaper SUV on Tuesday as it aims to take customers from Tesla and others.

The long-anticipated R2, which will eventually be available for less than $45,000, could help boost the market share of the Irvine company better known for vehicles priced around $77,000.

The first R2s to roll off the ...Read more

Buoyed in the Pacific, small sea vessels have traveled autonomously from San Diego shores to locate Chinese ghost fleets in Taiwanese waters.

These small skiffs, created by San Diego-based startup Seasats, are vital to reconnaissance, intelligence, and surveillance missions at sea. In the middle of the ocean, dependable internet is hard to come...Read more

Mayo Clinic is developing a smartwatch app that can head off or shorten temper tantrums by monitoring children for clinically meaningful changes in heart rate and restlessness.

Researchers recently found the smartwatches could cut the length of tantrums in half by using biometric data to identify agitated children and alert parents to step in. ...Read more

More than 92,000 Illinois consumers lost or dropped their Affordable Care Act health insurance in recent months — an unusually large number — following the expiration of generous tax credits that had helped to curb the plans’ costs.

Initially, 448,568 Illinois residents enrolled in health insurance plans sold on the state’s exchange, ...Read more

The Boeing Co. needs to fix a lingering defect with its aerial refueling tankers before the U.S. Air Force buys dozens of pricier versions of an aircraft that’s crucial for long-range military missions, according to budget and service documents.

Before it places an order for 75 more expensive KC-46 Pegasus tankers, the Air Force wants Boeing ...Read more

As war in the Middle East pushes up fuel prices, Costco is seeing more demand than ever for its discounted gas.

In the third fiscal quarter, which runs from mid-February to mid-May, Costco said its gas sales set successive records, with the final five weeks of the quarter being the highest in the company’s 50-year history.

Costco stations ...Read more

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX will go public this week in what is expected to be the largest initial offering of stock ever.

Financially, the IPO also looks like one of the craziest ever.

Most companies turn to the public market when they are much smaller. But SpaceX is coming out when it has $18.7 billion in revenue, and working from ...Read more

General Motors Co. on Tuesday announced it is developing a lower-cost way to store energy to be used by massive AI-powering data centers.

GM developers are working on sodium-ion battery chemistry at the Detroit automaker's Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center in Warren, Michigan, GM Vice President of Battery and Sustainability Kurt Kelty said...Read more

Major global automotive supplier Magna International is open to putting together Chinese vehicles in Canada, if plans are long term, the CEO said Tuesday.

Asked about whether Canada-headquartered Magna would consider assembling Chinese vehicles in its home country, CEO Swamy Kotagiri told The Detroit News that the supplier is open to partnering...Read more