Hundreds strike at Lear Corp plant threatening Ford supply
Indiana workers walk out at Lear Corp seat plant in Hammond amid two months of contract talks. UAW Local 2335 says the shutdown could affect Ford Chicago Assembly Plant that relies on just in time parts for Explorer and Taurus models. About 760 employees faced the stoppage as negotiators sought a deal.
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UAW
Hanif Hassan
Troopers Ambushed in Pennsylvania Barracks Killing
Cpl. Bryan Dickson of Dunmore was killed and Trooper Alex Douglass wounded in an ambush outside a Blooming Grove barracks. State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan called the attackers dangerous and searched wooded areas with help from regional and neighboring agencies. The incident prompted elevated alerts across eastern Pennsylvania and draws condolences from colleagues and family.
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Melissa Contorno
Dickson
Scranton Times-Tribune
Pike County
New York
New Jersey
Pocono Mountains
Blooming Grove Township
Convoy Delivers Russian Aid to Luhansk Amid East Ukraine Tensions
A convoy of over 200 white trucks crossed into Ukraine from Russia to deliver humanitarian aid to Luhansk. The move, carried out without Kyiv’s consent, came as fighting between government forces and pro-Russia rebels intensified and a fragile cease-fire remained at risk.
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Ukraine
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Yury Stepanov
Donetsk
Al Qaeda’s Syrian cell raises U.S. security alarms
U.S. officials warn that the Khorasan group a veteran al Qaida faction now in Syria poses a direct threat to the United States. They collaborate with Yemen’s bomb makers to test explosives and recruit Western operatives for U S bound flights prompting TSA to ban uncharged mobile devices and laptops on flights from Europe and the Middle East.
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Ferguson voting debate rises after Brown death in Missouri
In Ferguson Missouri a white officer killed unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown stirring calls for greater minority participation. Despite Black majority residents measured at about two thirds local turnout remains low with only 1484 of 12096 registered voters casting ballots in April. The city council and mayor are largely white as is the police force and most elected officials. Local residents urge youth and older residents to vote and attend town halls to push for change.
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