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Union workers at Labor Day rally sound alarm over automation, job losses, affordability

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LOS ANGELES — Thousands of union workers, their family members and supporters marched through the streets of industrial Wilmington on Monday, taking part in a Labor Day parade whose festive mood overshadowed their serious concerns about the future.

Jesse Munoz, a 63-year-old longshoreman, who belongs to International Longshore and Warehouse ...Read more

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UK's Burnham risks Trump anger with new sanctions on Israel

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U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government is expected to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesday as he seeks to adopt a stronger policy on an issue that’s important to his governing Labour Party but may anger U.S. President Donald Trump.

A new sanctions regime targeting Israel, but limited to Jewish settlements in...Read more

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NTSB says Amazon cargo jet hit van, car after runway overrun

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The Boeing Co. 767 cargo jet that crashed at Miami International Airport overran the runway, and plowed through two vehicles before stopping roughly a quarter-mile past the paved surface, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its first detailed federal account of Sunday’s fatal accident.

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy described the ...Read more

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu sticking with center bus lane for Blue Hill Avenue over opposition: 'Not safe'

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BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s latest positive spin on the city’s $163 million redesign of Blue Hill Avenue didn’t do much to tamp down the community’s fierce opposition to a center-running bus lane that highlights the project.

Wu held an invite-only virtual press conference last week, which the Herald was not invited to attend ...Read more

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Climber dies from fall on Castle Peak, a 14er south of Aspen

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A climber on Castle Peak died Sunday after falling while climbing the 14,274-foot peak between Aspen and Crested Butte.

The Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that it was notified Sunday that a climber had fallen on the north face of Castle Peak. The agency requested assistance from the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office ...Read more

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US turns diplomatic screws on Iran for atomic non-compliance

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. is increasing diplomatic pressure on Iran by proposing that Tehran be referred to the United Nations Security Council over its stonewalling of nuclear inspectors, who have been unable to verify the location of the country’s stockpile of near-weapons-grade uranium.

The maneuver is expected to unfold at the ...Read more

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Canada set to hit back at Trump tariffs, risking wider trade war

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Canada is poised to impose tariffs of 15% to 50% on hundreds of products from the U.S. on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Mark Carney bets that standing up to President Donald Trump will eventually help Ottawa’s negotiating position with its biggest trading partner.

Barring a last-minute reprieve, Carney’s government will increase the import tax...Read more

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Nearly 24 hours after cargo plane crash, cancellations, delays plague MIA

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MIAMI — Flights out of Miami International Airport are slightly delayed, and flights into MIA remain extremely delayed Monday, 24 hours after Sunday’s cargo plane crash that killed five people and injured five others.

According to the FAA’s National Airspace System Status updates, the departure delay for flights out of MIA was “30 ...Read more

Serbs head to snap vote, testing strongman president's rule

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Serbia’s prime minister called for the dissolution of parliament, paving the way for a snap election that may enable embattled President Aleksandar Vucic to switch to the role of premier.

The government “accepts that part of the public is demanding early elections,” Djuro Macut told reporters Monday, refering to calls from opposition ...Read more

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Canada set to hit back at Trump tariffs, risking wider trade war

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Canada is poised to impose tariffs of 15% to 50% on hundreds of products from the U.S. on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Mark Carney bets that standing up to President Donald Trump will eventually help Ottawa’s negotiating position with its biggest trading partner.

Barring a last-minute reprieve, Carney’s government will increase the import tax...Read more

Plane crash near Space Coast Regional Airport kills pilot

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Emergency crews responded to a fatal plane crash near the Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville on Monday morning.

The Titusville Fire Department confirmed the 10:16 a.m. crash killed the lone passenger, the pilot who had yet to be positively identified Monday because of the severity of the fire.

“Witnesses reported that the aircraft ...Read more

Plane crash near Florida's Space Coast Regional Airport kills pilot

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Emergency crews responded to a fatal plane crash near the Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville on Monday morning.

The Titusville Fire Department confirmed the 10:16 a.m. crash killed the lone passenger, the pilot who had yet to be positively identified Monday because of the severity of the fire.

“Witnesses reported that the aircraft ...Read more

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore raises BWI union workers' pay to keep airport competitive

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BALTIMORE — Maryland’s minimum wage for unionized workers at BWI Marshall Airport will be raised from $17 per hour to $18 per hour, Gov. Wes Moore said Monday.

The new rate will affect roughly 120 employees represented by bargaining agreements between their union and the state, according to the governor, who said his administration will ...Read more

A Kentucky county put a pause on data centers. One small city could revive a $1 billion project

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BURGIN, Ky. — When Diane Floyd moved her family from Lexington in 2020, she was looking for something that felt increasingly hard to find — a place where farmland, history and small-town life still shaped the landscape.

Rural Mercer County, home to a rich frontier life history and a few quiet, tight-knit towns dotted across rolling fields, ...Read more

A South Carolina death row inmate died of illness, prison officials say

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A S.C. Death Row inmate Louis Michael Winkler Jr. died Monday morning at Kirkland Correctional Institution.

Louis Michael Winkler, 66, of Horry County, was pronounced dead 8:49 a.m. in Kirkland’s infirmary after an extended illness, prison officials said in a press release on X, formerly known as Twitter. They did not identify the illness.

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Judge slams county counsel's 'obvious conflict of interest' in opposing a suit seeking use-of-force records

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LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge is calling on the county to show that it is acting ethically and professionally in a lawsuit by the L.A. County Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission seeking Sheriff's Department records related to three use-of-force incidents.

In a five-page tentative ruling on Aug. 24, Judge Jerrold ...Read more

Iran says Strait of Hormuz deal with Oman just days away

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Iran said a deal with Oman to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is imminent, a move that could tighten Tehran’s control over the waterway and raise questions over how the U.S. would respond.

The agreement, which the two countries have been negotiating for several weeks, is in the final stages and will include details on a ...Read more

Putin's shadow across Europe grows as German far right wins

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The Alternative for Germany’s record election victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday marked a milestone not just for the far right but for Europe’s tilt toward Vladimir Putin.

The anti-immigration party known by its German acronym, AfD, has openly sympathized with the Russian president’s attempt to batter Ukraine into ...Read more

Kremlin plans to press on with war in Ukraine despite US talks

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President Vladimir Putin remains committed to continuing Russia’s war in Ukraine after his latest meeting with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, according to people familiar with the discussions.

There was no breakthrough at the Kremlin talks, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is sensitive. Putin is ...Read more

Trump posts Space Force uniforms derived from fascist-inspired 'Starship Troopers' outfits

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President Donald Trump posted an image of dark “next generation” U.S. Space Force uniforms on Sunday that the text claims were “inspired by the discipline and functionality of the Starship Trooper uniform” — a design the director of the 1997 film “Starship Troopers” said was directly meant to evoke Nazis.

Trump also posted an AI-...Read more