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Business Highlights: UAW announces deal with GM; resilient US consumers 10/30/2023 05:21pm • ___ UAW announces deal with General Motors that tentatively ends strikes against Detroit automakers DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it reached a tentative contract with General Motors, the last of the Detroit Three automakers to agree to a deal. Under the deal reached early Monda The Supreme Court takes up social media cases similar to one about Donald Trump's Twitter feed 10/30/2023 04:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is tackling the question of when public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that first arose in a case involving former President Donald Trump. The justices are hearing arguments in two cases Tuesday involving law Google CEO defends paying Apple and others to make Google the default search engine on devices 10/30/2023 03:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Testifying in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company’s practice of paying Apple and other tech companies to make Google the default search engine on their devices, saying the intent was to make the user experience “ Is your house inclusive on Halloween? Some offer nonfood treats for kids with food allergies 10/30/2023 03:01pm • The thought of a plastic bucket or pillowcase full of candy is one reason — maybe the main reason — young people are looking forward to Halloween, Tuesday night. However, that candy can be dangerous to many children. "One in 13 children has food allergies," said Tiffany Leon, assistant dir Halloween weekend shootings across US leave at least 11 dead, scores injured 10/30/2023 02:40pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Shootings across the U.S. over the weekend before Halloween have left at least 11 people dead and more than 70 injured, authorities said. The deaths between Friday and Sunday included two in Tampa, Florida, three in Texarkana, Texas, and two each in Dodge City, Kansas; FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts 10/30/2023 01:34pm • In the days since Hamas militants stormed into Israel early Oct. 7, a flood of videos and photos purporting to show the conflict have filled social media, making it difficult for onlookers from around the world to sort fact from fiction. While plenty of real imagery and accounts of the ensuing carna FDA says WanaBana fruit puree pouches may contain dangerous levels of lead 10/30/2023 12:57pm • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning parents and caregivers not to buy or serve certain pureed fruit pouches marketed to toddlers and young children because the food might contain dangerous levels of lead. Children who have eaten WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches should be tes Some striking UAW members carry family legacies, Black middle-class future along with picket signs 10/30/2023 11:47am • WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — As Britney Johnson paced the picket line outside Ford's Wayne Assembly plant, she wasn't just carrying a sign demanding higher pay and other changes. Autoworker jobs have long been a pillar of the Black middle class in America, and the strikes and the fight for higher wages hav Meta rolls out paid ad-free option for European Facebook and Insta users after privacy ruling 10/30/2023 11:04am • LONDON (AP) — Facebook and Instagram users in Europe are getting the option to pay for ad-free versions of the social media platforms as a way to comply with the continent’s strict data privacy rules, parent company Meta said Monday. Starting in November, users on desktop browsers can pay about Book Review: Broad themes meet niche topics in Fadipe's debut novel 'The Sun Sets in Singapore' 10/30/2023 10:02am • Dara's dream of defying the odds and becoming a partner at her firm is just within reach when Lani enters the picture. This handsome Nigerian man is about to irrevocably change her life, and her best friend's and the newcomer to their book club's lives, too. Kehinde Fadipe’s debut novel, “The Su Youth movement: Fishel, Shaw score their first U.S. goals as American women defeat Colombia 3-0 10/30/2023 08:11am • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mia Fishel and Jaedyn Shaw both scored their first international goals and the United States defeated Colombia 3-0 on Sunday. Lindsey Horan added a goal for the United States in the second of two exhibition matches against Colombia. The teams played to a scoreless draw on Thursda SJW: Q3 Earnings Snapshot 10/30/2023 06:20am • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — SJW Corp. (SJW) on Monday reported net income of $36.2 million in its third quarter. On a per-share basis, the San Jose, California-based company said it had net income of $1.13. The parent of San Jose Water Co. posted revenue of $204.8 million in The D.C. region's top-ranked public high schools for 2023 10/30/2023 06:00am • Even if you don’t have kids, your local high school matters. The quality of a local high school — assessed by test scores, graduation rates, student-to-teacher ratio and more — is a massive contributor to property values, workforce development and business attraction. Just look at Thomas Jef Idaho left early education up to families. One town set out to get universal preschool anyway 10/30/2023 12:12am • AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — After reading a book about the five senses to a semicircle of rapt 4-year-olds, Abi Hawker tells the children in her afternoon preschool class that she has a surprise for them. She drags a small popcorn maker onto the carpet and asks them to consider: Which of their se UAW escalates strike against lone holdout GM after landing tentative pacts with Stellantis and Ford 10/29/2023 09:34pm • DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union has widened its strike against General Motors, the lone holdout among the three Detroit automakers, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis. The escalated walkout began Saturday evening at a Spring Hill, Tennessee plant