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All have been hit by a boycott campaign over Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip since the deadly Hamas attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7. Western brands are feeling the impact in Egypt and Jordan, and there are signs the campaign is spreading in some other Arab countries including Kuwait and Morocco. Videos have circulated of what appear to be Israeli troops washing clothes with well-known detergent brands which viewers are urged to boycott. In Kuwait City on Tuesday evening, a tour of seven branches of Starbucks, McDonald's and KFC found them nearly empty. Previous boycott campaigns in Egypt, the Arab world's most populous nation, had less impact, including those advocated by the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Persons: Mohamed Abd, Reham Hamed, Ahmad al, McDonald's, Jordan, Hossam Mahmoud, Sameh El Sadat, executive's, Issam Abu Shalaby, Farah Saafan, Sarah El Safty, Mai ShamsElDin, Suleiman Al, Ahmed Hagagy, Jonathan Spicer, Aidan Lewis Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Gaza, U.S, Kuwait City, McDonald's, KFC, McDonald's Corp, Reuters, BDS, Starbucks, TBS Holding, Malaysian, Cola, Nestle, Turkish, Israel, United Arab, Thomson Locations: Kentucky, Egypt, Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Cairo, CAIRO, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Amman, Rabat, BDS Egypt, Egyptian, Malaysia, Putrajaya, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Khalidi, Danial Azhar, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait City, Istanbul

☆ US weekly jobless claims fall; business spending on equipment softening
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Though the weekly jobless claims report from the Labor Department on Wednesday also showed unemployment rolls declining for the first-time since mid-September, they remained near the highs for this year. The claims data covered the period during which the government surveyed businesses for the nonfarm payrolls component of November's employment report. Continuing claims fell 22,000 to 1.840 million during the week ending Nov. 11, the claims report showed. Non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, dipped 0.1% last month, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said. Business spending on equipment spending contracted in the third quarter.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Nancy Vanden Houten, Unadjusted, Lucia Mutikani, Paul Simao Organizations: REUTERS, Labor Department, Oxford Economics, Reuters, Fed, Bank of America Institute, Commerce Department, Commerce, Data, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S, WASHINGTON, New York, California, Kentucky , Oregon , Kentucky, Illinois, Texas, Commerce Department's

[1/5] Taiko Nakamura samples whisky barreled in the year he founded at his distillery in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan October 25, 2023. The explosion of craft whisky in Japan follows a boom and bust in the industry. Last week, Sotheby's offered what it claimed was the most valuable collection of Japanese whisky at auction, headlined by a 52-year old bottle that sold for 300,000 pounds ($373,830). Suntory, Japan's biggest and best-known whisky maker, recently invested 10 billion yen ($67 million) to upgrade its distilleries, including its Yamazaki site. "I believe we need to put all our effort into making Japanese whisky that lives up to the quality of the Japanese whiskies made by our predecessors," he said.

Persons: Rocky Swift, Suntory's, Taiko Nakamura, Long, whiskies, Sotheby's, Shinji Fukuyo, Casey Wahl, Kamui, Shizuoka's Nakamura, Miral Organizations: REUTERS, Suntory, trailblazer, Nikka, Asahi Group, Japan's, Japanese distillers, Diageo, IJW Whiskey, Nikkei, Thomson Locations: Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, Yamazaki, Scotland, Hong Kong, Japanese, Komasa Kanosuke, Kentucky, Hokkaido, American, Rishiri

☆ Ford battery plant is back on track but scaled down
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Ford has restarted work on an electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan, but the plant will be smaller than was originally planned. Last month, Ford had laid off some workers building the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. By producing batteries in the United States, the plant should help Ford to take advantage of EV tax credits tied, in part, to domestic battery manufacturing. Ford is also building two battery plants in Kentucky and Tennessee. Ford has said it plans to be able to produce two million electric vehicles globally by late 2026.

Persons: CNN — Ford, Ford, ” Ford, General Motors, CATL Organizations: CNN, United Auto Workers, General, Ford Motor Co, Amperex Technology, SK Innovations Locations: Michigan, United States, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Korea

Ford said it would restart construction of the factory near Marshall, Michigan, after being paused two months ago. Ford is pushing for the U.S. Treasury Department to approve lithium-iron, or LFP, batteries made at the Michigan factory to qualify for Inflation Reduction Act EV subsidies. Ford now plans to cut the Michigan battery plant's capacity to 20 gigawatt hours and reduce hiring to 1,700 jobs. Ford said in October that it would cut future electric vehicle investments overall by $12 billion compared to previous plans. The company has previously postponed construction of a battery factory in Kentucky and another in Turkey.

Persons: Ford, CATL, Mark Truby, Truby, Joe White, Anil D'Silva Organizations: DETROIT, CATL, United Auto Workers, U.S . Treasury Department, Ford, Blue, Battery Park Michigan, Michigan, Thomson Locations: Michigan, U.S, Marshall , Michigan, Kentucky, Turkey

☆ No. 4 Marquette set for test against No. 1 Kansas' star duo
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

4 Marquette will try to figure out how to stop the dynamic duo of Hunter Dickinson and Kevin McCullar Jr. as No. McCullar had 22 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, recording just the seventh set of back-to-back triple-doubles in NCAA history and the first in Kansas history. McCullar had just the third official triple-double in school history in the Jayhawks' victory over Kentucky in Kansas' previous game. Self expected Adams to play around 10 minutes, but Adams had eight points and four assists in 26 minutes. David Joplin led Marquette with 19 points, followed by Ighodaro with 14 and Kam Jones with 12.

Persons: Marquette, Hunter Dickinson, Kevin McCullar Jr, Dickinson, McCullar, Chaminade, Hunter, Bill Self, Kevin, We've, KJ Adams Jr, Adams, KJ, he's, Sean Jones, UCLA's Lazar Stefanovic, Sebastian Mack's, Ighodaro, David Joplin, Kam Jones, Mack Organizations: Golden Eagles, Maui Invitational, Chaminade, McCullar, UCLA, Eagles, Jayhawks, Kentucky, KU, Marquette, The Bruins, Bruins, Thomson Locations: Kansas, Honolulu . Kansas, McCullar . Marquette, Marquette, Dallas

Sturgeon wrote that it “was so easy” to purchase the assault rifle, a Radical Firearms RF-15, from a Louisville gun store, according to the police file. He wrote that he was “very sick” and suggested that he had lied about his health to avoid further treatment or institutionalization. Another officer shot and killed the gunman in the lobby. Sturgeon was shot by an officer in the right arm twice, the left leg once and once in the head, according to the report. Investigators determined that the actions of the officer who shot Sturgeon were not criminal, the report said.

Persons: Connor Sturgeon, Sturgeon, “, ”, Lisa Sturgeon, Joshua Barrick, Deana Eckert, Tommy Elliott, Juliana Farmer, Jim Tutt Jr, Elliott, Andy Beshear, Nickolas Wilt Organizations: Louisville police, Firearms, Kentucky Gov Locations: LOUISVILLE, Ky, Louisville

☆ 5 UPS workers shared the toughest parts of their jobs: 'Sleeping on a truck four nights a week is rough'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Manseen Logan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read more: I'm a UPS driver. AdvertisementThe tension between UPS and the union was not favorable"I really like driving for UPS," said another delivery driver. AdvertisementSummers in the UPS warehouse can be really difficultA UPS part-time warehouse worker, who is based in the Southeastern US, said summers in the warehouse could be really difficult. AdvertisementRead more: I've been a UPS warehouse worker for almost 20 years. Are you a UPS driver with an interesting story?

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According to Fain, workers at some nonunion plants, including the electric vehicle sales leader, Tesla, have contacted the UAW about joining the union, which hasn't even begun its organizing efforts. Fain declined to say which nonunion companies the UAW would target first. The union, Fain says, also will have to organize Detroit automakers' EV battery plants, which are joint ventures with South Korean companies. He noted the concessions the UAW agreed to in 2008 to help the automakers survive dire financial problems. This time, he said, union members negotiated for themselves but also won raises for nonunion workers in the South who would have received nothing without the UAW.

Persons: Shawn Fain, —, Fain, Stellantis, Tesla, hasn't, ”, “, ” Fain, Elon Musk, ” Musk, Ford, Jim Farley, haven't, He'd Organizations: DETROIT, —, United Auto Workers, U.S, Toyota, Associated Press, UAW, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, General Motors, Ford, SpaceX, Detroit, EV, South, GM Locations: Detroit, Mexico, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, Canada, U.S

☆ Ford to scale back plans for $3.5 billion Michigan battery plant as EV demand disappoints, labor costs rise
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ford CEO Jim Farley announces at a press conference that Ford Motor Company will be partnering with the worlds largest battery company, a China-based company called Contemporary Amperex Technology, to create an electric-vehicle battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, on February 13, 2023 in Romulus, Michigan. DETROIT – Ford Motor is scaling back plans for a $3.5 billion battery plant in Michigan as consumers move to electric vehicles more slowly than expected, labor costs rise and the company moves to cut costs. Ford executives including CEO Jim Farley and Chair Bill Ford initially announced the facility in February. Reductions at the Marshall, Michigan plant are part of Ford's plans announced last month to cut or delay about $12 billion in previously announced EV investments. The company will also postpone construction of another electric vehicle battery plant in Kentucky.

Persons: Jim Farley, Bill Ford, Ford, Mark Truby Organizations: Ford Motor Company, Technology, Ford, Amperex Technology, U.S, Marshall Locations: China, Marshall , Michigan, Romulus , Michigan, DETROIT, Michigan, EVs, Kentucky

☆ A boomer moved from San Diego to a West Virginia town with 1,500 residents. She outlined the pros and cons of small-town life.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A boomer moved from a suburb of San Diego to Shepherdstown, West Virginia, which has 1,500 residents. This time, to a small town of 1,500 residents in West Virginia called Shepherdstown. Of the approximately 818,000 former Californians who moved to other states from 2021 to 2022, just 879 moved to West Virginia. AdvertisementWeighing the pros and consPfrimmer's move from California to West Virginia was so smooth she suspected it may be "preordained." In West Virginia, she bought a 1,700-square-foot townhouse for $285,000, and she installed a new roof for only $5,000.

Persons: boomer, she's, —, Jan Pfrimmer, Pfrimmer, you've, West Virginia it's, Pfrimmer's Organizations: Service, West Virginians, Pfrimmer Locations: San Diego, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, Mexico City, Reno, Tahoe, California, Texas , Tennessee, Kentucky, Santee

☆ UAW says 64% of workers vote to ratify Detroit Three contracts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 20 (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers (UAW) union said Monday that 64% of workers at the Detroit Three automakers voted to ratify new contracts. Despite the opposition from workers at some major facilities, UAW members voted to ratify the contract by a near two-third margin. Automakers, looking to trim costs as they make the shift to electric vehicles, face higher hourly labor costs. About 55% of votes cast by GM members were in favor of the new deal, while about 69% of Ford members and 68% of Stellantis workers who voted supported the agreement, according to a UAW vote tracker. Reporting by David Shepardson and Shivansh Tiwary; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Sriraj KalluvilaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Ford, Jim Farley, David Shepardson, Chizu Nomiyama Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, Detroit Three, U.S, Ford, GM, Chrysler, Thomson Locations: Michigan , Kentucky, Illinois

"For me when I was coaching, we are looking at high school and maybe some junior college kids. — Three years ago, nearly 400,000 girls played high school basketball and only 1.3% went on to play Division I basketball according to the NCAA. — On average, there are roughly 1,400 Division I scholarships available each year and there were 1,200 players in the transfer portal this year. Her husband played at Miami, her daughter plays at Georgetown and her younger son is a top 100 prospect in high school. If School X signs someone from the transfer portal, that is one less available scholarship at that university.

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Tim Boyle will be the New York Jets’ starting quarterback against the Miami Dolphins on Friday, two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. Wilson and the Jets’ offense have struggled mightily this season, and coach Robert Saleh pulled the 2021 No. New York went 0 for 11 on third down, but went 4 for 5 on fourth down against Buffalo. The Jets scored their first touchdown on offense since Oct. 29 on their only trip inside the Bills 20 on Sunday. Boyle was signed by Chicago off Detroit’s practice squad in November 2022 and spent the rest of the season with the Bears.

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Possession of under a gram of heroin, for example, is only subject to a ticket and a maximum fine of $100. Some lawmakers have suggested focusing on criminalizing public drug use rather than possession. Backers of Oregon’s approach say decriminalization isn’t necessarily to blame, as many other states with stricter drug laws have also reported increases in fentanyl deaths. Despite public perception, the law has made some progress by directing $265 million dollars of cannabis tax revenue toward standing up the state’s new addiction treatment infrastructure. Horvick, the pollster, said public support for expanding treatment remains high despite pushback against the law.

Persons: — Oregon's, ”, John Horvick, Sen, Kate Lieber, Tina Kotek, Kotek, Jason Edmiston, Alex Kreit, Lily Morgan, Heather Jefferis, ” Lieber, “, Geoff Mulvihill, ___ Claire Rush Organizations: DHM Research, Democratic, Democratic Gov, Republican, Survey, Northern Kentucky University, Addiction Law, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Health, Networks, Oregon Council, Behavioral Health, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: PORTLAND, Oregon, Portland, Hermiston, California, Washington, U.S, Portugal, Philadelphia

☆ Nikki Haley's attempt to thread the needle on abortion could end up backfiring among the conservatives she'll need to take down Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley has called for "consensus" on the issue of abortion. But for conservatives inclined to back Trump in 2024, they may want to hear stronger language from Haley. Haley is anti-abortion, but at this juncture of her bid, she'll need a lot to overcome Trump's edge. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is at center.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Haley, —, Donald Trump, dethroning Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Charlie Neibergall, Roe, Wade, Trump, Joe Biden's, she's Organizations: Trump, Service, Forum, GOP, AP, South, Republicans Locations: Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio, South Carolina, Columbia, Miami, Iowa, New Hampshire, Trump

☆ Researchers explored pitch-black pits in Yucatán's labyrinthine underwater caves to unlock the secrets of the rivers that provide drinking water to millions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementThe Sac Actun cave system on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula contains many wonders, from a 13,000-year-old skeleton to human artifacts and fossils of giant sloths. The underwater cave microbial communityThe cave system is a network of over 900 miles of connected caves that contain a mix of freshwater and saltwater. Caves flooded with coastal seawater had different microbes than The Pit, a deep cenote exposed to the surface, for example. For example, she noted that a planned train system from Cancún to the Yucatán Peninsula could affect the cave system. The potential for contamination is a problem anywhere there are caves, Osburn said.

Persons: —, It's, Magdalena, Osburn, Natalie Gibb, Comamonadaceae Organizations: Service, Northwestern University, Microbiology, Reuters Locations: Cancún, In Kentucky

They used to take advantage of a grain elevator in Mayfield, Kentucky — a massive facility that bought and stored millions of bushels of grain from farmers. “The swings in the weather events that we have ... that’s kind of scary,” he said, especially for those with smaller farms. Human-caused climate change is only anticipated to amplify the number and intensity of those extreme events, from flash droughts to increased rainfall. Although he took some losses, he says that he and other farmers are used to dealing with uncooperative weather. On smaller farms, if farmers are forced to put everything in a low-lying area that floods, an entire crop can be affected, Schmitz said.

Persons: — Justin Ralph, he's, They're, you’ve, Ralph, Keith Lowry, Lowry, What’s, ”, Miranda Rudolph, Hans Schmitz, Jed Clark, Schmitz, Adam Kough, Murray, Kough, Joshua Bickel, ___ Read, Melina Walling Organizations: ” Farmers, University of, Farmers, Associated Press, AP Locations: MAYFIELD, Ky, Mayfield , Kentucky, Southern, Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, Indiana, ___

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The statewide battles over abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a constitutional right to abortion have exposed another fault line: the commitment to democracy. "We spoke.”Gross told Jackson she wasn't ignoring voters but rather was reflecting opponents' concerns that Ohio voters were led astray. Anti-abortion lawmakers and advocates already have pushed back in a handful of states where voters sided generally with abortion rights. Republican state legislative leaders initially pledged that the fight to restrict abortion rights wasn't over after voters had spoken. Florida’s Republican attorney general is attempting to keep a proposed abortion rights amendment off the 2024 ballot.

Persons: We.Are.Not.Done, Jennifer Gross, Gross, Dobbs, Roe, Wade, Douglas Keith, Brennan, “, ” Keith, Emily Jackson, Jackson, ” Gross, ”, Rick Santorum, Brandon Prichard, Ohio, Sophia Jordán Wallace, Myrna Perez, Andrew Whitehead, God, ” Whitehead, Mike DeWine, Dave Yost, Jason Stephens, Matt Huffman, Stephens, Huffman, State Jay Ashcroft, Kara Gross Organizations: Supreme, Justice’s, AP VoteCast, Associated Press, NORC, for Public Affairs Research, Republican, Rep, University of Washington, Ohio University, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Kentucky Republicans, “, Ohio, State, AP Locations: COLUMBUS , Ohio, U.S, ” Ohio, Ohio, Montana and Utah, Alaska and Kansas, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Montana, ”, In Missouri, Michigan, Florida

☆ White House challenges House impeachment inquiry of Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden takes part in a leaders plenary meeting during Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The White House on Friday challenged the validity of an impeachment inquiry run by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives into President Joe Biden's son's business dealings. A letter from White House legal counsel Dick Sauber sent to House Republicans leading the inquiry said the probe was not valid since the House did not vote to authorize it. The White House says Biden has done nothing wrong and Republicans have no basis for an impeachment inquiry. Sauber said recent subpoenas and demands for congressional testimony from various White House officials and Biden family members were irresponsible.

Persons: Joe Biden, Brittany Hosea, Joe Biden's, Dick Sauber, Sauber, James Comer, Jim Jordan, Biden, Hunter, Jordan, Steve Holland, Makini Brice, Richard Chang Organizations: Economic Cooperation, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . House, White, House Republicans, Reuters, House, Republican, Republicans, Sauber, Thomson Locations: Asia, San Francisco , California, U.S, Kentucky

☆ Heart-shaped beds and champagne hot tubs: Inside America’s adults-only hotels
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Heart-shaped hot tubs surrounded by rose petals, circular beds with ceilings that replicate a starry night sky and jaw-dropping, seven-foot-tall champagne-glass whirlpools for two. Margaret and Corey Bienert/Courtesy Artisan BooksThe Cove Pocono Resorts premiered its heart-shaped hot tub in 1963. For Margaret and Corey, these images of the champagne tub became the thesis statement of their hotel project. Not all the hotels Margaret and Corey frequent are 20th century relics. Margaret and Corey Bienert/Courtesy Artisan BooksWhile most of the hotels Margaret and Corey highlight are in the US, the book also spotlights a few elsewhere in the world.

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☆ Why America is panicking about shoplifting
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Ally Hill | Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

New York CNN —“Shoplifting in Great Department Stores.” “The Shoplifting Profession.” “No Mercy to Shoplifters.”These headlines could be from articles today. While shoplifting has seemingly never been a bigger problem than it is now, shoplifting has long captured the public’s attention. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty ImagesAlthough shoplifting increased in some cities during the first half of the year compared to pre-pandemic levels, there is no clear national rise in shoplifting, according to a new analysis by the Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan criminal justice policy organization. Middle-class women shoplifting in Victorian Britain during the 1800s were the focus of an early panic over shoplifting. Fears spread over middle-class women shoplifting during the early years of department stores.

Persons: New York CNN —, ”, ” James Walsh, Alex Vitale, Donald Trump, Angela Weiss, ” Vitale, Michael Flamm, San Francisco —, Adam Gelb, Tammy Whitlock, kleptomania, “ Said, Abbie Hoffman’s, ” Flamm, Abbie Hoffman, John Shearer, Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, JC Penney, ” David Johnston, Jeffrey Greenberg, we’d, Jeffrey Butts, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Great Department, University of Ontario Institute, Technology’s, CNN, Brooklyn College, ”, Getty, Criminal, Ohio Wesleyan University, “, San, New York Times, University of Kentucky, Consumer Culture, Times, Ohio Wesleyan, National Retail Federation, Retailers, Universal, Commerce, Chamber of Commerce, Department of Justice, “ Research, Research, John Jay College of Criminal Locations: New York, Shoplifters, Britain, America, New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas, Victorian Britain, England, Ohio, Vietnam

☆ Ford union workers ratify UAW deal, closing out historic negotiations with Detroit automakers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Members of the United Auto Workers union picket outside the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, on Sept. 26, 2023. DETROIT — Union members at Ford Motor approved a tentative agreement Friday, concluding contentious contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and Detroit automakers. According to the UAW's vote tracker, which must still be finalized, the Ford deal was supported by 68.2% of the nearly 35,000 autoworkers at Ford who voted. Local UAW chapters representing every Ford plant voted in favor of the pact aside from a small parts facility in Florida and the automaker's massive Kentucky Truck Plant, as of early Friday afternoon. The contract ratifications come weeks after the automakers and union reached tentative deals, ending about six weeks of targeted strikes by the UAW.

Persons: Ford, ratifications, Shawn Fain Organizations: United Auto Workers, Plant, DETROIT — Union, Ford Motor, Detroit, UAW, Ford, General Motors, Local UAW, Dearborn, Stellantis, GM Locations: Michigan, Wayne , Michigan, Florida, Plant

☆ Mistrial declared for Kentucky officer charged in Breonna Taylor killing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Brad Brooks | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison poses for a booking photograph at Shelby County Detention Center in Shelbyville, Kentucky, U.S. September 23, 2020. Shelby County Detention Center/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 16 (Reuters) - The federal civil rights trial of a former Louisville, Kentucky, police officer charged in the 2020 death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose killing fueled a wave of racial justice protests, was declared a mistrial on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings declared the mistrial in the trial of Brett Hankison - charged with civil rights violations for allegedly using excessive force - after the jury told her they could not reach an unanimous verdict. Hankison was the only officer of the three who fired their weapons to face criminal charges. One of the other officers charged - Kelly Goodlett - pleaded guilty last year.

Persons: Brett Hankison, Breonna Taylor, Rebecca Grady Jennings, Hankison, Daniel Cameron, Taylor, George Floyd, Kelly Goodlett, Joshua Jaynes, Kyle Meany, Brad Brooks, Sandra Maler Organizations: Louisville, Detention, REUTERS, U.S, Department of Justice, Kentucky's, Police, Thomson Locations: Shelby, Shelbyville , Kentucky, U.S, Louisville , Kentucky, Kentucky, Minneapolis, Georgia, Longmont , Colorado

Ussery died Thursday of congestive heart failure at an assisted living facility in Hollywood, Florida, his son Robert told The Associated Press on Friday. Ussery won the 1967 Derby aboard 30-1 longshot Proud Clarion. He picked up the mount after his original Derby horse, Reflected Glory, couldn’t make the race because of sore shins. “He was running on the hard surface and all the other horses were running in the sand like at the beach,” his son Robert recalled. Besides his son, Ussery is survived by four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Persons: Bobby Ussery, Ussery, Robert, Travers, couldn’t, shins, Peter Fuller, Alex Harthill, Fuller, ”, Ussery’s, Robert Nelson Ussery, “, Debra Paramanis, ___ Organizations: of Fame, Kentucky Derby, Associated Press, National Museum of Racing, Hall of Fame, Derby, Flamingo, Flamingo , Florida Derby, Preakness, Bally Ache, Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame Locations: Hollywood , Florida, New Orleans, Whitney, Alabama, Saratoga, bute, Churchill Downs, Churchill, Belmont, Bagdad, New Providence, Flamingo , Florida, Kentucky, Vian , Oklahoma, New York

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