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☆ Second Police Officer Acquitted in Elijah McClain Death
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Audra D. S. Burch | Kelley Manley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A second Colorado police officer has been acquitted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young, unarmed Black man whose case attracted national attention and became central to debates about police brutality and race. Mr. McClain, a 23-year-old massage therapist, was approached by Mr. Woodyard after a 911 caller described him as “sketchy.” Mr. Woodyard quickly put his hands on Mr. McClain without explaining the reason for the stop, according to state prosecutors. Within minutes, he placed Mr. McClain in a neck restraint, known as a carotid hold, briefly rendering him unconscious. Paramedics then injected Mr. McClain with ketamine, a powerful sedative. The verdict follows a recent split decision by another Colorado jury in an earlier trial involving officers in the same encounter.

Persons: Elijah McClain, Black, Nathan Woodyard, McClain, . McClain, Woodyard, Mr Organizations: Colorado, Paramedics Locations: Aurora, Colo, Colorado

☆ Why EV charging is still such a pain
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Power show that, despite more and more EV chargers being available, EV owners are actually getting less satisfied with public charging. When it comes to consumer satisfaction, EV charging is in some very poor corporate company. Away from home, charging your EV costs more than charging at home, sometimes twice as much. A ChargePoint electric vehicle (EV) charging station at the Lafontaine Kia dealership in Detroit, Michigan, US, on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images“Safety is paramount,” said Rick Wilmer, chief operating officer of EV charging provider ChargePoint.

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☆ Union Victories May Lift Biden, as U.A.W. Targets Tesla and Others
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | More About Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

agreed to bring its electric vehicle battery joint venture, Ultium, under the national contract, a boon for Ultium workers but also a pressure point for unions as they seek to organize battery plants sprouting up around the country. “This historic contract is a testament to the power of unions and collective bargaining to build strong middle-class jobs while helping our most iconic American companies thrive,” Mr. Biden said Monday evening. “It highlights the lie peddled by Donald Trump and at times the Big Three that the E.V. transition means lower-quality jobs in a nonunion work force.”The U.A.W. In May, the autoworkers’ union opted to withhold an endorsement of Mr. Biden’s re-election, openly expressing “our concerns with the electric vehicle transition” that the president was pushing through legislation and regulation.

Persons: Mr, Biden, Jason Walsh, Walsh, Donald Trump, Biden’s Organizations: BlueGreen Alliance

☆ ‘Conflict’ Review: How Wars Are Fought and Won
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Jonathan W. Jordan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Jurors convicted a Denver-area police officer Thursday and acquitted another of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing. Roedema and another officer who was not charged held down McClain while paramedics administered the ketamine. The case initially did not receive widespread attention, but protests over the killing of George Floyd the following year sparked outrage over McClain’s death. Paramedics injected McClain with ketamine as Roedema and another officer who was not charged held him on the ground. However, Cina still was not able to say if the death was a homicide or an accident or if the officers’ actions contributed to McClain’s death.

Persons: Elijah McClain, Randy Roedema, Jason Rosenblatt, Roedema, Sheneen McClain, Phil Weiser, McClain, Rosenblatt, George Floyd, “, ”, Jared Polis, Phil Weiser’s, Floyd, McClain’s, Jason Slothouber, Mark Warner, Nathan Woodyard, Don Sisson, Sisson, Stephen Cina, Cina, Roger Mitchell, Mitchell Organizations: BRIGHTON, Roedema, Aurora, Colorado, Howard University, D.C Locations: Colo, Denver, McClain, Colorado, Washington

☆ One of the Colorado officers who arrested Elijah McClain, leading to his death, was found guilty. Another officer was acquitted.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Elijah McClain, an unarmed, 23-year-old Black man, died in 2019 after being arrested in Colorado. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe case initially did not receive widespread attention, but protests over the killing of George Floyd the following year sparked outrage over McClain's death. Their attorneys blamed McClain's death on the paramedics for injecting him with ketamine, which doctors said is what ultimately killed him. Paramedics injected McClain with ketamine as Roedema and another officer who was not charged held him on the ground. However, Cina still was not able to say if the death was a homicide or an accident or if the officers' actions contributed to McClain's death.

Persons: Elijah McClain, McClain, —, Randy Roedema, Jason Rosenblatt, McClain's, Sheneen McClain, Phil Weiser, George Floyd, Jared Polis, Phil Weiser's, Floyd, Roedema, Rosenblatt, Jason Slothouber, Mark Warner, Nathan Woodyard, Don Sisson, Sisson, Harvey Steinberg, Stephen Cina, Cina, Roger Mitchell, Mitchell Organizations: Service, Colorado, Howard University, D.C Locations: Colorado, Denver, Washington

☆ Get tax-exempt income on the cheap as bond shake-up hits munis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Tax-exempt income and relative safety are on sale for investors who are sniffing around municipal bonds. Tax-exempt income Interest income from municipal bonds is exempt from federal income tax — and can avoid state and local levies, too, if an investor and the bond issuer are in the same jurisdiction. This feature makes munis especially attractive to high-income investors in the 32% marginal federal income tax bracket and higher. Investors weighing a tax-exempt municipal bond against a corporate bond would do well to check out the tax equivalent yield. Schwab's Howard noted that the 5- to 7-year part of the municipal bond curve is favorable.

Persons: MUB, Nathan Will, Will, it's, Cooper Howard, Schwab's Howard, Shannon Saccocia Organizations: Federal Reserve, Muni Bond ETF, Vanguard, AAA, Bond, ., New York Life Investments, Schwab Center, Financial Research Locations: munis, muni

Here's what you need to know about McClain's death and the trial in state court:HOW DID ELIJAH McCLAIN DIE? A Colorado prosecutor initially decided against prosecuting McClain’s death largely because the coroner’s office could not determine exactly how he died. Roedema, a former Marine who is currently suspended without pay, had been with the department for five years before McClain’s death. The two officers have not talked publicly about McClain’s death and it’s unknown if they’ll take the stand to testify. Their lawyers told jurors that the officers' actions followed police policies and weren’t responsible for McClain’s death.

Persons: Elijah McClain’s, George Floyd, McClain, he's, ELIJAH McCLAIN, Nathan Woodyard, Woodyard, McClain’s, Jared Polis, Randy Roedema, Jason Rosenblatt —, Rosenblatt, they’ll, They’ve, Stephen Cina, “, ”, Reid Elkus, who’s, They’re, Cina, David Beuther, Beuther, Jeremy Cooper, Peter Cichuniec, Cooper, Cichuniec, Roedema, Mark Warner, ___ Brown Organizations: DENVER, Minneapolis, Paramedics, Democratic, African Locations: Denver, Aurora, Colorado, Billings, Mont

☆ An Ohio Town Struggles Between Biden’s Clean Energy Agenda and Union Support
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | More About Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the shadow of a shuttered General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, far from the United Automobile Workers’ picket lines, the U.A.W. and the management of an electric vehicle battery plant are locked in a wholly different conflict. officials take pains to say the talks in Lordstown between the autoworkers union and Ultium Cells, a joint venture between G.M. and LG Energy Solution in South Korea that is building the fuel cells to power G.M.’s electric vehicles, are not directly linked to the strikes. Vance, Republican of Ohio, specifically pointed to the struggles of Ultium workers laboring near the old G.M.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, —, Biden’s, J.D, Vance Organizations: General Motors, United Automobile Workers, Ultium, LG Energy, Democrats, Republican Locations: Lordstown , Ohio, Ohio, Lordstown, G.M, South Korea, Michigan

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — It’s a frequent — and most often frantic — high-pitched yell when kids playing street hockey in North America know their game is about to be interrupted. While ice hockey in Australia is definitely non-traditional, it's been around for a while, and has a profile. Ice hockey has a surprising 120-year history in Australia. Organized hockey games featuring more North American rules started when ice rinks opened up a few years later in 1906 in Melbourne and Sydney. The first Australian-born NHL player — Jordan Spence — made his NHL debut during the 2021-22 season with the Kings.

Persons: —, Mark Black, it's, Black, ”, women's Hockeyroos, It's, — Jordan Spence —, Prince Edward Island, Spence, Louis, Nathan Walker, Walker, Melbourne's Rod Laver, ” Black Organizations: National Hockey League, American, NHL, Southern, Los Angeles Kings, Arizona Coyotes, NHL Street Hockey, Associated Press, Ice Hockey League, Kings, Arizona . Ice Hockey Australia, Louis Blues, Washington Capitals, Capitals, Blues, Ice Hockey Australia, International Ice Hockey Federation, Melbourne's, Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena Locations: BRISBANE, Australia, North America, Southern Hemisphere, Melbourne, Las Vegas, Nashville, Tampa , Florida, Victoria, Adelaide, South Australia, Sydney, Australian, beachside Sydney, Manly, Osaka, Japan, Prince, Canada, Cardiff , Wales, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, United States

This first trial involves city of Aurora police officer Randy Roedema and former officer Jason Rosenblatt, who are both charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and other charges. Local prosecutors at first declined to press charges in McClain's death. Aurora police officer Nathan Woodyard, who is accused of putting McClain in a chokehold, will stand trial alone on the same charges in October. Two paramedics who injected McClain with ketamine are scheduled for a joint trial on the same charges in November. The other two officers and the paramedics have been suspended without pay pending the outcome of the trial.

Persons: Randy Roedema, Elijah McClain, McClain, Jason Rosenblatt, George Floyd, Colorado's, Nathan Woodyard, Rosenblatt, Brad Brooks, Donna Bryson, Chris Reese, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Aurora, Adams County Justice Center, Colorado, Local, Aurora's, Thomson Locations: Brighton , Colorado, BRIGHTON , Colorado, Denver, Aurora, Minneapolis, Colorado

A third officer and two paramedics facing charges in McClain's death are scheduled for trial later this year. Charges were not brought for two years after McClain's death, by which time the case along with others had sparked outrage and a national reckoning over racial injustice in American policing. The indictments followed an outcry over McClain’s death during protests ignited by the police killing of George Floyd. He called McClain’s death “tragic,” but said that finding made it hard to prove that the officers’ actions caused his death. Cina said he couldn’t rule out whether the stress of being held down by the officers may have contributed to McClain’s death.

Persons: Black, Elijah McClain, Randy Roedema, Jason Rosenblatt, McClain, Rosenblatt, ” McClain, Nathan Woodyard, Rosenblatt . McClain, Woodyard, George Floyd, McClain’s, “, ”, Dave Young, Stephen Cina, ” Cina, Cina Organizations: BRIGHTON, — Prosecutors, Roedema, Paramedics Locations: Colo, Denver, Aurora, Minneapolis

☆ TikTok Shop-ocalypse hits food sellers as the platform cracks down on homemade goods like freeze-dried candy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

TikTok added new language to its product policies earlier this month for its recently launched e-commerce platform TikTok Shop, boxing out merchants who sell homemade food items like candy. Linares garnered over 1,400 sales through TikTok Shop in the last month, per documentation viewed by Insider. Freeze-dried candies have become a massive category and a big business on TikTok Shop. Users have already purchased thousands of freeze-dried products through TikTok Shop, per sales tallies visible to users in the app. 'TikTok Shop can really giveth and they can really taketh away'This isn't the first time Wilkerson's store has been dinged by TikTok Shop.

Persons: TikTok, Chrystian Linares, Linares, reselling Skittles, that's, Influencers, Nathan Wilkerson, Wilkerson, influencers Organizations: TikTok Locations: Florida, Orlando, Tallahassee, Linares, Jolly, Portland , Oregon, China

CHICAGO (AP) — Like so many tennis fans around the world, Nathan Willett was captivated by Carlos Alcaraz's five-set victory over Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final this summer. Only Willett was on the road with the Cold War Kids, opening for Tears for Fears on a North America tour. There are 30 more dates on his schedule after Cold War Kids announced a tour on Tuesday in support of its self-titled 10th album — 12 songs that touch on everything from breaking up with a therapist to gender norms to confronting a toxic past. After releasing a trilogy of albums over three straight years and mulling over a more dramatic departure from the band's indie rock sound, Willett said Cold War Kids' new music is more about what it does best — leading to the eponymous title. It was a suggestion by his wife, Kristina Dahlin, who thought he needed a new hobby while Cold War Kids was off the road for a while.

Persons: Nathan Willett, Carlos Alcaraz's, Novak Djokovic, Willett, ” Willett, ”, “, Kristina Dahlin, —, “ There’s Organizations: CHICAGO, Wimbledon, Kids, Esperanza High School Locations: America, California, Anaheim , California, Southern California

☆ ‘Son of the Old West’ Review: Cowboy and Chronicler
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Andrew R. Graybill | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Charlie Siringo (right) crosses the Rio Grande on horseback. Photo: Courtesy of Nathan WardA close friend of mine—a fellow historian and avid outdoorsman—likes to joke that while I merely write about the American West, he has actually lived it, crisscrossing the region’s hiking trails, bike paths and ski slopes. My pal might thus admire Charlie Siringo, who did both: He worked as a cowboy and as a detective for the Pinkerton Agency and then published books about his adventures. In “Son of the Old West,” writer Nathan Ward tracks Siringo from Texas to Idaho and seemingly everywhere in between while relating his encounters with an array of characters, some of them among the most famous of his day. As Mr. Ward explains, his book is as much a chronicle of the Old West as it is the study of a colorful, and ubiquitous, frontiersman.

Persons: Charlie Siringo, Nathan Ward, outdoorsman —, Ward Organizations: Pinkerton Agency Locations: Rio Grande, Siringo, Texas, Idaho

☆ Takeaways from the first Fulton County hearing on the Trump election subversion case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Here are takeaways from Wednesday’s hearing:Judge skeptical of a quick and joint trialMcAfee expressed skepticism about Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ desire to hold a joint trial for all 19 defendants in October. “It just seems a bit unrealistic that we can handle all 19 (defendants) in 40-something days,” McAfee said. Trump is at the center of the Fulton County prosecutors’ alleged conspiracy, even as they charged 18 other co-defendants for taking part in efforts to overturn the 2020 election result. Special counsel Jack Smith took a different approach in his federal election subversion case, charging Trump alone and including six unindicted co-conspirators – several of whom are now Trump’s co-defendants in Fulton County. Scott Grubman, an attorney for Chesebro, suggested Trump’s presence in the Fulton County case could cloud how a jury views the other defendants.

Persons: Donald Trump, it’s, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Scott McAfee, Powell –, McAfee, Fani Willis ’, Willis, ” McAfee, Nathan Wade, What’s, ”, Judge, Powell, Chesebro, Sydney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro Getty, Kenneth Chesbro “, Cheseboro, Michael Moore, ” Moore, ’, Manny Arora, ” Arora, Arora, Trump, Brian Rafferty, Rafferty, “, Will Wooten, ” Wooten, Jack Smith, –, Scott Grubman, ” Grubman, Grubman, Meadows, Mark Meadows, – Robert Cheeley, Jeffrey Clark, Shawn Still – Organizations: CNN, Trump, Chesebro, RICO, McAfee, White House Locations: Fulton County , Georgia, Fulton County, Georgia, Coffee County , Georgia, Coffee County, Fulton, Chesebro

Since lawyers Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell have both filed speedy trial demands, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said their trial would begin Oct. 23, but he seemed skeptical of prosecutors’ arguments that all 19 defendants could be tried together that soon. The judge said Chesebro and Powell would be tried together starting on the Oct. 23 trial date already set for Chesebro to comply with their demands for a speedy trial. Four other defendants who are also seeking to move their cases to federal court have hearings set before Jones later this month. Whenever and wherever any trial in the case ultimately takes place, jury selection is likely to be a challenge. Jury selection in a racketeering and gang case brought last year by Willis began in January and is still ongoing.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Scott McAfee, ”, Nathan Wade, Fani Willis, Chesebro, Powell, Scott Grubman, “, Chesebro’s, ” Chesebro, Trump, Manny Arora, She’s, Brian Rafferty, they're, Will Wooten, Mark Meadows, Steve Jones, Jones, McAfee, Willis, Willis ’, aren’t Organizations: ATLANTA, YouTube, Trump, Chesebro, Georgia Republicans, Republican, White House, U.S, District, Atlanta Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Coffee County

☆ Labor Groups Target Hyundai — and Biden — Over Transition to Electric
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | More About Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A coalition of labor unions and civic groups in Georgia and Alabama will launch a pressure campaign on Monday targeting Hyundai’s electric vehicle plants and its clean energy suppliers, an effort that could also push the Biden administration to make good on its oft-repeated pledge to create not just jobs but “good union jobs.”By focusing on the shift to electric vehicles at Hyundai, a nonunion carmaker expected to reap huge benefits from Mr. Biden’s prized initiatives, the coalition hopes to make inroads at other automakers, such as B.M.W. in South Carolina and Mercedes-Benz in Alabama, which similarly chose union-hostile territory for their American manufacturing bases. The campaign could also raise the heat on domestic automakers in the middle of contract negotiations with the newly aggressive United Automobile Workers, who are focused on raising wages at electric vehicle suppliers like battery makers. For Mr. Biden, the Hyundai campaign has political ramifications, in setting specific demands on one of the largest automakers in the world in one of the most important swing states in the 2024 presidential election, Georgia.

Persons: Biden Organizations: Hyundai, Benz, United Automobile Workers Locations: Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina

☆ High-income Americans rarely mix with poorer people. Restaurants like Applebee's and Olive Garden are the exception.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Americans are even less likely to mix with people from different socio-economic classes than pre-pandemic. New research shows that affordable, chain restaurants are the exception. "The most socio-economically diverse places in America are not public institutions, like schools and parks, but affordable, chain restaurants," Massenhoff and Wilmers write. But there are some places where Americans of different incomes congregate: The aforementioned chain restaurants. At somewhere like Panera, poorer Americans are more likely to meet non-poor Americans, but not the other way around.

Persons: Maxim Massenhoff, Nathan Wilmers, lockdowns, it's, Raj Chetty Organizations: Service, Naval Postgraduate School, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard Locations: Wall, Silicon, America, Boston, Dallas, Seattle, Los Angeles, Chili's

☆ Wegovy could prevent up to 1.5 million heart attacks, strokes over 10 years, study says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A selection of injector pens for the Wegovy weight loss drug are shown in this photo illustration in Chicago, Illinois, March 31, 2023. Novo Nordisk's blockbuster weight loss injection Wegovy could prevent up to 1.5 million heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events in the U.S. over 10 years, according to a study released this week. Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, also found that Wegovy could result in 43 million fewer Americans with obesity over a decade. An estimated 83 million Americans without established cardiovascular disease would also experience heart health benefits after taking Wegovy for a decade. Wegovy would reduce the risk of serious heart problems in that population by 17.8%, which translates to 1.5 million preventable heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events.

Persons: Novo, Wegovy, Nathan Wong, Ozempic Organizations: University of California, Novo Nordisk, UC, Wall Street, Disease, Nordisk's, Nordisk Locations: Chicago , Illinois, U.S, Irvine, Danish, UC Irvine's

☆ A Hotbed of Distance Running Talent Emerges in Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Jonathan W. Rosen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It is here that Ugandan running is now thriving, though the region’s talent took time to develop. While Kenya enjoyed relative stability in the decades after it gained independence in 1963, Uganda was at war for much of the 1970s and 1980s. Lawlessness pervaded the Mount Elgon region until the turn of the century: Bandits from neighboring tribes would sweep in at night and conduct raids on cattle, often killing locals in the process. The resettlement process, Kiptala said, was traumatic, but it also helped unlock running talent. Through school, children could access competitions, and by the early 2000s, athletes from the Elgon region were beginning to appear in World Championship and Olympic finals.

Persons: Moses Kiptala, Kiptala, Kiplimo’s, Simba, Uganda’s, Dorcus Inzikuru, Stephen Kiprotich Locations: Kenya, Uganda, Elgon, Budapest, Helsinki, Elgon’s, Moscow

☆ ‘Strange Planet’ Review: Alien Characters, Human World
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A scene from ‘Strange Planet’ Photo: AppleTV+To paraphrase another famous comic strip, we have met the strangers of “Strange Planet,” and they are us. That, as becomes abundantly clear, is the Jupiter-size joke in Nathan W. Pyle ’s webcomic-cum-series on Apple TV+. The more immediate, Mars-equivalent gag is the translation of very earthy reality into absurdist techno-speak: Parents are “life-givers”; years are “revolutions”; unwanted cilantro in your “swaddled mush” is “soap leaf.” You may find your mouth stones on edge before episode 3, and it won’t be from too much jitter liquid.

Persons: Nathan W, Pyle, givers Organizations: Apple

☆ The Sea Captain Who Ran From Abraham Lincoln
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Dorothy Wickenden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

SHIPWRECKED: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade, by Jonathan W. WhiteWho was Appleton Oaksmith? One contemporary described him as a “good seaman, & a bold & daring officer.” His enemies, President Abraham Lincoln among them, judged him a scoundrel and a traitor. As a young seafaring adventurer in the 1850s, Oaksmith armed mercenaries in Nicaragua and joined the liberation movement in Cuba. After Lincoln took office, in 1861, Oaksmith became a shipping agent, outfitting old whaling ships. Whaling was in decline, so, it was assumed, the people who bought and fitted whalers were likely slavers.

Persons: Jonathan W, White, Appleton, ”, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln, Oaksmith Organizations: Slave, Tammany Hall Democrat, Whaling Locations: Jailbreaks, Nicaragua, Cuba, North

☆ Trump Seeks U.A.W.’s Support as the Union Wavers on Backing Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | More About Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But there has been friction between the White House and the new leadership of the old-line industrial auto union. The U.A.W.’s new president, Shawn Fain, met with Mr. Biden in the White House on Wednesday as contract talks with the Big Three automakers heat up over electric vehicle parts suppliers. In a video on Thursday, Mr. Trump predicted the demise of American auto manufacturing and the “slaughter” of 117,000 auto jobs. “I hope United Auto Workers is listening to this because I think you’d better endorse Trump,” he said. He explicitly warned that Mr. Biden’s policies would cost jobs in the key swing state of Michigan, as well as the more reliably Republican states of Ohio and Indiana.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Biden’s “, Mr, Biden, Biden’s, Shawn Fain, ” Organizations: United Auto Workers, White, The United Auto Workers, Mr, Big Locations: Michigan, Ohio, Indiana

☆ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Airs Bigoted New Covid Conspiracy Theory About Jews and Chinese
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | More About Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A conspiracy-filled rant by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the Covid-19 virus was engineered to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people has stirred accusations of antisemitism and racism in the Democratic candidate’s long-shot run for president. There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. Covid-19 attacks certain races disproportionately,” Mr. Kennedy said at a private gathering in New York that was captured on videotape by The New York Post. “Covid-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. But his suggestion that the coronavirus pandemic spared Chinese people and Jews of European descent strayed into new and bigoted territory.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, “, Mr, Kennedy, George W Organizations: Democratic, The New York Locations: New York

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