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Port workers from Maine to Texas are set to strike Tuesday. Expect shortages and higher prices 09/30/2024 10:33am • New York (CNN) — Longshore workers at ports from Maine to Texas are set to walk off the job early Tuesday, staging what could become the most disruptive strike to the US economy in decades. The strike could stop the flow of a wide variety of goods over the docks of almost all the cargo ports on Maya Rudolph as Harris and Dana Carvey as Biden open the 50th season of 'Saturday Night Live' 09/30/2024 10:27am • “Saturday Night Live” began its 50th season with a parade of former co-stars, including Maya Rudolph as Vice President Kamala Harris, Andy Samberg as her husband Doug Emhoff and Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden. “We've got to stay focused,” Rudolph-as-Harris said at a mock rally in the sho Libya's parliament approves appointment of Belqasem as new central bank governor 09/30/2024 10:22am • CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s eastern parliament on Monday agreed to appoint Naji Mohamed Issa Belqasem as the new central bank governor after the former governor, Sadiq al-Kabir, was fired last month by the presidential council in the capital, Tripoli. Parliament spokesperson Abdullah Bliheg said Monday Sinner and Alcaraz through to China Open semifinals, Sabalenka rolls on 09/30/2024 10:04am • BEIJING (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner moved into the semifinals of the China Open with a 6-2, 7-6 (6) victory over Jiri Lehecka on Monday. Just two days after the World Anti-Doping Agency announced it was seeking a ban of one to two years for the U.S. Open champion, who tested positive twice for Voters in Northern California county to vote on whether to allow large-scale farms 09/30/2024 10:01am • PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) — In a stretch of Northern California known for scenic shorelines and celebrated vineyards, hundreds of brown-bodied hens waddle around a large barn at Weber Family Farms. “You provide them a stress-free environment with water, with food, with fresh air at all times, make t Weekend camp for teenage girls sparks interest in careers with DC's fire department 09/30/2024 09:24am • While their friends were playing soccer or seeing a movie, 40 teenage girls did something extraordinary this weekend. They earned certificates for completing the D.C. Fire Department's Camp Spark. Mayra Duran, 16, was one of the dozens of girls hauling fire hoses, moving ladders and learning life Are digital tools a way for companies to retain hourly workers? 09/30/2024 09:07am • NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic and the resetting of the economy that followed it made hourly workers more aware of their value. Some experts think employers should expect to field demands for flexible hours and other workplace incentives even as the labor market weakens. WorkJam, an online Baltimore dockworkers, still impacted by Key Bridge collapse, describe emotions about looming strike 09/30/2024 09:00am • Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore longshoremen, still recovering from the impacts of the Key Bridge collapse, expressed their concerns about a looming strike that could be devastating to the nation's consumer supply. Thousands of dockworkers along the East and Carmaker Stellantis slashes forecasts as it faces industry slump and Chinese competition 09/30/2024 08:33am • MILAN (AP) — Carmaker Stellantis, the world’s fourth largest carmaker, slashed its earnings forecast on Monday, citing investments to turn around its U.S. operations amid a wider industry slump and increased Chinese competition. Stellantis said it was accelerating efforts to turn around North Am Harris trolls Trump at Vegas rally and LA fundraiser, says her crowds are 'pretty big' 09/30/2024 07:28am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris poked at Donald Trump over crowd sizes, his refusal to debate again and his privileged background on Sunday as she hauled in campaign cash in California and held a raucous rally at the same Nevada venue where the Republican nominee had appeared just tw China factory surveys show economy weakening, as Beijing steps up support 09/30/2024 07:22am • China's economy weakened further in recent weeks, according to surveys released Monday, signaling the need for more support as the government ratchets up stimulus. The Caixin purchasing managers survey showed new manufacturing orders fell at the fastest pace in two years in September. “Operating A powerful typhoon is lashing northern Philippine islands 09/30/2024 06:28am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon was lashing the northernmost islands of the Philippines Monday, prompting officials to evacuate villagers, shut down schools and inter-island ferries and warn of “potentially very destructive” damage to coastal villages. Typhoon Krathon was last tr Analysis: Vikings, Ravens, Buccaneers and Commanders were up for the challenge in a prove-it week 09/30/2024 05:55am • On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here. ___ Sam Darnold and the Minnesota Vikings were the biggest surprise in September. Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars were the top disappointment. NFL teams spend the first month Henry runs for 199 yards and Jackson has 3 TDs as Ravens rout previously unbeaten Bills 35-10 09/30/2024 04:39am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Derrick Henry was off and running from the first time he touched the ball. There was no way the Buffalo Bills were stopping the Baltimore Ravens after that. Henry busted out the longest run in the team's 29 years in Baltimore on the way to a 199-yard game, Lamar Jackson threw f Pope ends troubled Belgium visit by doubling down on abortion and women and praising abuse victims 09/30/2024 03:36am • ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop covering up for predator priests — a scandal that has devastated the church’s credibility around