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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A federal jury in South Dakota has convicted two men on charges related to the 2022 kidnapping of an FBI employee. The jury in Rapid City on Tuesday found 29-year-old Deyvin Morales and 25-year-old Juan Alvarez-Soto guilty of kidnapping, carjacking and other counts, the Rapid City Journal reported. The Expedition was chased by a South Dakota trooper at one point before getting away. When the group stopped to buy gas and zip ties at the town of Hermosa, South Dakota, about 22 miles (35 kilometers) from Red Shirt, the victim was able to escape.

Persons: Deyvin Morales, Juan Alvarez, Soto, Alvarez, Karla Lopez, Gutierrez, ”, Morales, Lopez, Prosecutors, Alecia Fuller, Fuller, Jonathan McCoy Organizations: —, Rapid City Journal, Ford Expedition, South, FBI, Expedition Locations: South Dakota, Rapid City, El Salvador, Greeley , Colorado, Dodge Durango, Durango, gunpoint, Hermosa , South Dakota, Greeley, Loveland , Colorado

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure during an event at the Amtrak maintenance facility in Bear, Delaware, U.S., November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday will meet with United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and tout the decision of Chrysler-parent Stellantis to reopen a shuttered assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois, a White House official said. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker will attend Thursday's event, where Biden will make remarks, the official said. The new Stellantis investments include $1.5 billion in the Toledo Jeep operations, including building an EV Jeep Wrangler in 2028. The UAW said Stellantis wanted to cut 5,000 jobs going into the talks.

Persons: Joe Biden, Leah Millis, Shawn Fain, Stellantis, Fain, Biden, White, J.B, Pritzker, David Shepardson, Nandita Bose, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Amtrak, REUTERS, Rights, United Auto Workers, Chrysler, White, UAW, Detroit Three, Illinois, Toledo Jeep, EV, Dodge, Jeep, Thomson Locations: Bear , Delaware, U.S, Belvidere , Illinois, Illinois, Michigan, Belvidere, Toledo, Detroit, Dodge Durango

Ford envisions at least three new electric vehicles that will preserve jobs at several factories. Those and other closely held production plans by Detroit's automakers have emerged in details of the tentative contract agreements that ended the six-week strikes by the United Auto Workers union. The UAW's success in gaining commitments from the companies to build new electric vehicles at several factories represented a particular achievement. The automakers have all embraced the transition to electric vehicles as a large-scale and long-term commitment. And not all the companies’ production plans under the contract, of course, involve electric vehicles.

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☆ Stellantis to give big raises, invest billions in UAW deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Stellantis declined to comment, saying it would wait for workers to vote first before discussing the deal. Stellantis will also offer $50,000 buyouts in 2024 and 2026 to UAW production workers, allowing it to cut costs by hiring fresh workers who start at lower wages. The UAW said the Stellantis investment commitments total about $19 billion, but that includes some previously announced plans. Stellantis has slightly longer than rival Ford to convert current temporary workers to permanent employees. That is on top of the $5,000 bonus hourly workers will get on ratification along with an 11% immediate pay hike.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Joe Biden, Stellantis, Ford, David Shepardson, Paul Lienert, Chris Reese, Diane Craft, Jamie Freed Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, Chrysler, U.S, Ford, Toledo Jeep, EV, Dodge, Jeep, General Motors, Thomson Locations: Belleville, Wayne County , Michigan, U.S, Illinois, Belvidere , Illinois, Belvidere, Toledo, Michigan, Detroit, Dodge Durango, North America, Washington

☆ An Amazon manager who stole almost $10 million with fake invoices and used the money to buy a house, a Tesla, and a Lamborghini was jailed for 16 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An Amazon manager was sentenced to 16 years in jail for running a fraud worth close to $10 million. Kayricka Wortham created fake vendors and invoices, with funds sent to bank accounts she controlled. She spent the proceeds on a $1 million Georgia home, as well as Tesla and Lamborghini cars. Kayricka Wortham, worked as an operations manager at an Amazon warehouse in Smyrna, Georgia between August 2020 and March 2022. She used her position to create fake vendors, passing them on to unknowing subordinates to process, per the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia.

Persons: Kayricka Wortham, Wortham, Brittany Hudson, Hudson, Lamborghini, Lamborghini Wortham, Nick Lotito, Steven R, Ryan K, Buchanan Organizations: Georgia, Lamborghini, Service, Amazon, US, Office, Northern, Northern District of, Tesla, CRUS, Company, The New York Times, Wortham, Chief, Judge, Hudson Locations: Wall, Silicon, Smyrna , Georgia, Northern District, Northern District of Georgia, Smyrna, Dodge Durango, Atlanta, Wortham

☆ Dodge Durango, Jeep SUVs push Stellantis second-quarter sales up 6.4%
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

DETROIT – Higher sales of the Chrysler Pacifica minivan and Jeep Compass and Dodge Durango SUVs pushed Stellantis' second-quarter U.S. new vehicle sales up 6.4% from a year earlier. Stellantis reported second-quarter sales of 434,648 vehicles, up from 408,521 cars and trucks a year earlier. Stellantis' results come after other legacy automakers reported second-quarter sales increases, and electric vehicle makers Tesla and Rivian reported deliveries that topped analyst quarterly expectations. Honda Motor and Nissan Motor on Monday both reported double-digit second-quarter sales increases of roughly 45% and 33%, respectively, compared to a year earlier. Other automakers such as General Motors and Ford Motor are expected to report second quarter sales later this week.

Persons: Stellantis, Jeff Kommor Organizations: DETROIT –, Chrysler Pacifica minivan, Jeep Compass, Dodge Durango, Pacifica, Cox Automotive, Honda Motor, Nissan, Hyundai Motor, Motors, Ford Locations: Durango

☆ NFL player says he’s ‘blessed’ after escaping vehicle fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Wayne Sterling | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —NFL free agent running back Leonard Fournette said he’s “blessed” after escaping a vehicle fire in Florida on Tuesday. But I am still blessed.”The NFL six-year veteran played the last three seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where he won the Super Bowl with the team in 2020. Last season, Fournette rushed for 668 yards and caught 73 passes for 523 yards in 16 games, nine of which were starts. Fournette holds the Buccaneers’ franchise record for most postseason rushing yards (362) and postseason yards from scrimmage (572). In six seasons with the Buccaneers and Jacksonville Jaguars, Fournette rushed for 4,478 yards with 34 rushing touchdowns.

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A man upset about an unavailable flight Friday went on a carjacking spree and crashed into several vehicles in Utah while heading toward his planned destination, authorities said. John Joseph Thomas Green, 20, will be booked into jail in Summit County, Utah, based on multiple felony allegations that were not specified, according to Salt Lake City police. The carjacking spree began about 5 a.m. after airport police told city officers a man at a ticket counter was upset that he couldn't get a ticket for a same-day flight to Denver, the Salt Lake City department said in a statement. The suspect took an SUV by physical force from a motorist in the airport's passenger pickup area, Salt Lake City police said. While using on Interstate 80, the Durango hit as many as five cars in Summit County, east of Salt Lake City, according to the Utah Department of Public Safety.

☆ Stellantis's good-bye special edition Chysler 300 could have had 707 horse
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —As the big Chrysler 300 sedan, with its trademark large square grille, approaches the end of an 18-year production run, the brand unveiled a special edition model in Detroit last Tuesday night. This special edition will be the most powerful 300 offered by a wide margin. The bigger, more powerful 6.2-liter engine used in the limited edition 300C is used in the sportier Dodge Charger R/T Scat Pack, which is not a limited edition model. But the Dodge Charger and the closely related Challenger are offered with those far more powerful supercharged engines. Those models are using all the supercharged engines the Mexican factory can make, said Elshoff.

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