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Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against unionizing in blow to big UAW push

Updated 4:04 PM EDT, Fri May 17, 2024 New York CNN -- Autoworkers at a Mercedes Benz plant in Alabama voted against joining the United Auto Workers union Friday, potentially stalling hopes of a rapidly growing organizing wave for autoworkers in the southern United States. The result was a close outcome. Out of the valid votes counted, 56% of workers voted "no," while 44% voted "yes" for unionization, according to Mercedes-Benz. The National Labor Relations Board said Fri ...

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Son of conservative activist and 1st rioter to invade Senate floor on Jan. 6 is sentenced

May 17th, 2024, 2:36 pm Leo Brent Bozell IV of Pennsylvania, son of Brent Bozell, the conservative founder of the Media Research Center, CNSNews, and the Parents Television Counsel, was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison Friday for his raucous role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, amid throngs of Donald Trump supporters. NBC News reported from the courthouse in Washington, D.C., that the defendant’s father was also in attendance Friday. Prosecutors had orig ...

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Exclusive: Sean 'Diddy' Combs seen physically assaulting Cassie Ventura in 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN

By Sandra Gonzalez and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN 5 minute read Updated 2:53 PM EDT, Fri May 17, 2024 02:46 - Source: CNN CNN — A 2016 surveillance video obtained exclusively by CNN shows Sean “Diddy” Combs grab, shove, drag and kick his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura during an altercation that matches allegations in a now-settled federal lawsuit filed by Ventura in November. The footage, compiled from multiple camera angles dated March 5, 2016, appears to show the rapper, producer and ...

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Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92

Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92 The Associated Press May 17, 2024, 6:29 PM NEW YORK (AP) -- Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in "9 to 5" and the nasty TV director in "Tootsie," has died. He was 92. ... Coleman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, said in a statement to The Associated Press. She said he "took his last earthly br ...

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New ad taunts Trump to take stand in hush money trial - or admit he's a coward

1 hour ago Donald Trump has been taunted to take the stand in his New York hush money trial in a new advert which uses the former president’s own words against him. The ad, from centre-left group Third Way, implores Mr Trump to “take the stand” or “admit you’re a coward” by featuring a 2016 quote from the former president where he asks, “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth?” Mr Trump originally made the comment during a campaign rally about investigations into Hillary Clinton an ...

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Do Americans Remember the Actual Trump Presidency?

(NY Mag) No matter what you think of Donald Trump, there is zero doubt that two events during his presidency will forever leap off the pages of history books and dwarf anything else that happened: the outbreak of a pandemic that killed over a million Americans and a mob attack on the U.S. Capitol aimed at preventing Joe Biden’s confirmation as president-elect. But when the New York Times/Siena polling outfit asked voters “to describe the one thing they remembered most from Donald J. Trump’s presidency, only 5 percent of respondents referred to Jan. 6, and only 4 percent to COVID.” 39 percent cited “Trump’s behavior” as most memorable, and another 24 percent named “the economy.”

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Biden signs sweeping aviation safety, reform bill into law

(NBC News) President Joe Biden on Thursday signed sweeping aviation legislation that will boost U.S. air traffic controller staffing, increase funding to avert runway close-call incidents and speed up refunds for canceled flights. The $105 billion, five-year measure reauthorizes the Federal Aviation Administration. It prohibits airlines from charging fees for families to sit together, requires airplanes to be equipped with 25-hour cockpit recording devices, raises maximum civil penalties for airline consumer violations from $25,000 per violation to $75,000 and boosts aircraft production scrutiny.

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No wonder Republicans are afraid of a debate -- Donald Trump is barely holding it together at trial

(Salon) Donald Trump has tried to taunt President Joe Biden by claiming he's ready for a presidential debate "anytime, anywhere." The gambit left him little choice but to immediately accept when the Biden campaign offered debate dates in June and September, and terms like not having an audience and allowing real journalists to moderate. But within mere hours it became clear that Trump and the rest of the GOP already regretted the decision.

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All Republicans MUST attend Trump's criminal trial and yell at media. These are the rules.

(USA Today) Just a quick reminder that every Republican lawmaker in the House and Senate is required to make at least one day trip to the Manhattan criminal courthouse while our hero and presumptive presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump, is being persecuted for doing nothing wrong whatsoever. Because President Trump is under a (VERY UNFAIR) gag order and we have no understanding whatsoever of how the criminal justice system works, it is incumbent on us to be the former president’s loud and aggrieved voice. That requires several GOP representatives and senators to accompany President Trump into the courtroom each day for a few minutes before standing outside the courthouse and yelling into TV cameras about how mean everyone is being.

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President Biden approves major disaster declaration in Texas

1 hr ago - Friday, President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas. The declaration addresses the severe thunderstorms, flooding, tornadoes, and straight-line winds that have plagued the area over the past three weeks. “Ass ... (KPRC Channel 2 Houston)

Coloradans will vote on protecting abortion rights this November

4 hrs ago - Colorado voters will decide this fall whether to enshrine the right to legal abortion in the state constitution. The Secretary of State's office said today that reproductive rights groups had collected enough signatures to put a measure known as Ini ... (Colorado Public Radio)

Scoop: U.S., Iran held indirect talks this week on avoiding more attacks

5 hrs ago - 3 hours ago Two top Biden administration officials held indirect talks with Iranian officials in Oman this week on how to avoid escalating regional attacks, two sources with knowledge of the talks told Axios. Why it matters: The talks — involvin ... (Axios)

Biden and Trump cut a deal on debates. Then the fighting started.

5 hrs ago - Less than two hours after President Biden made his move Wednesday to upend the nation’s presidential debate tradition, two of CNN’s top political journalists were on the phone with Donald Trump’s high command.  “We are sendi ... (Washington Post)

Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92

6 hrs ago - Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92 The Associated Press May 17, 2024, 6:29 PM NEW YORK (AP) -- Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in "9 to 5" and t ... (The Associated Press, via WTOP)

Complaint dismissed against Trump hush-money judge who donated to Biden

6 hrs ago - May 17, 2024 1:31 PM EDT Updated 5 hours ago NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has dismissed an ethics complaint against Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the hush money criminal case against former ... (Reuters)

Israeli army finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza killed at Oct. 7 music festival

6 hrs ago - JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Friday its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages killed by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of 22-year-old Louk’s twisted body in the ... (Associated Press)

Harris says more Indian American representation is needed in government

6 hrs ago - May 17, 2024, 3:48 PM EDT Addressing a crowd of Indian Americans this week, Vice President Kamala Harris asserted the importance of South Asians running for office, saying there’s not nearly enough compared to the group’s size in the U.S. ... (NBC News)

GOP Fighting, 50-Hour Democratic Filibuster Kill Push to Make Amending Missouri Constitution Harder

7 hrs ago - May 17, 2024, at 2:31 p.m. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — GOP infighting and a record-breaking, 50-hour Democratic filibuster appear to have killed a Republican push to make amending Missouri's constitution harder, an effort in part aimed at thwart ... (US News and World Report/AP)

New ad taunts Trump to take stand in hush money trial - or admit he's a coward

8 hrs ago - 1 hour ago Donald Trump has been taunted to take the stand in his New York hush money trial in a new advert which uses the former president’s own words against him. The ad, from centre-left group Third Way, implores Mr Trump to “take the st ... (UK Independent)

Exclusive: Sean 'Diddy' Combs seen physically assaulting Cassie Ventura in 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN

8 hrs ago - By Sandra Gonzalez and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN 5 minute read Updated 2:53 PM EDT, Fri May 17, 2024 02:46 - Source: CNN CNN — A 2016 surveillance video obtained exclusively by CNN shows Sean “Diddy” Combs grab, shove, drag and kick ... (cnn)

Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against unionizing in blow to big UAW push

9 hrs ago - Updated 4:04 PM EDT, Fri May 17, 2024 New York CNN -- Autoworkers at a Mercedes Benz plant in Alabama voted against joining the United Auto Workers union Friday, potentially stalling hopes of a rapidly growing organizing wave for autoworkers in the ... (CNN Business)

Biden announces new grants to further desegregate schools on Brown vs. Board anniversary

9 hrs ago - May 17, 2024, 2:25 PM In a speech on Friday, President Joe Biden announced new grants aimed at further desegregating magnet schools, as he marked the 70th anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling that desegregated public s ... (ABC News)

Son of conservative activist and 1st rioter to invade Senate floor on Jan. 6 is sentenced

9 hrs ago - May 17th, 2024, 2:36 pm Leo Brent Bozell IV of Pennsylvania, son of Brent Bozell, the conservative founder of the Media Research Center, CNSNews, and the Parents Television Counsel, was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison Friday for h ... (Law & Crime)

Durbin calls for Alito recusal from Jan. 6 cases over upside-down flag that flew at his home

10 hrs ago - 05/17/24 12:27 PM ET Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called on Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from all cases related to the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021, after it was reported an upside-down American flag was flown out ... (The Hill)

Pelosi attacker David DePape sentenced to 30 years in prison

11 hrs ago - Updated May 17, 2024 11:28am PDT SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge on Friday sentenced David DePape, the man convicted of breaking into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco and attacking her husband, Paul, with a hammer, to 30 years ... (KTVU TV San Francisco)

OpenAI Reportedly Dissolves Its Existential AI Risk Team

11 hrs ago - OpenAI’s Superalignment team, charged with controlling the existential danger of a superhuman AI system, has reportedly been disbanded, according to Wired on Friday. The news comes just days after the team’s founders, Ilya Sutskever and Jan ... (Gizmodo)

"Black history is American history," Biden says as he launches fresh voter appeal

11 hrs ago - May 17, 2024 12:28 PM EDT Updated an hour ago WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden launched a fresh bid to bolster support from African-American voters on Friday, looking to seal up cracks in the Democratic coalition that carried him to ... (Reuters)

John Eastman, former Trump lawyer, pleads not guilty in Arizona election interference case

12 hrs ago - Updated 12:14 PM EDT, Fri May 17, 2024 CNN — Former Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman pleaded not guilty in Phoenix on Friday on charges related to allegedly participating in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona. A gran ... (CNN Politics)

Israeli forces recover bodies of three Gaza hostages

13 hrs ago - MAY 17, 2024 11:21 (ET) Updated: MAY 17, 2024 12:58 (ET) The bodies of three of the remaining 132 hostages in Gaza Shani Louk, 23, Amit Buskila, 28, and Itzik Gelenter, 57, -- were recovered by the IDF, the army announced on Friday. All three had bee ... (The Jerusalem Post)