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Business Highlights: UAW clashes with Big 3 automakers as strike deadline looms; Wall Street slips 09/05/2023 04:24pm • ___ UAW���s clash with Big 3 automakers shows off a more confrontational union as strike deadline looms DETROIT (AP) ��� A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions. The demands that a more combative United Auto Workers union has pressed on General Mot Narcan, lifesaving opioid overdose medication, now available over the counter 09/05/2023 03:41pm • Beginning this week, Americans will be able buy lifesaving Narcan online and over the counter at most pharmacy chains without a prescription. One Northern Virginia group encourages anyone who can afford it to keep some on hand. Naloxone, branded as Narcan, is a medication that can rapidly reverse 'Abbott Elementary' star returns home to Bethesda Theater, urging 'Let's get this strike settled' 09/05/2023 02:24pm • Hear our full chat on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.��� ABC's "Abbott Elementary" was supposed to return for a third season this month, but was delayed by the ongoing Hollywood writers and actors' strikes. In the meantime, one of that show's stars, Lisa Ann Walter, return Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 09/05/2023 02:13pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Editorial Roundup: United States 09/05/2023 01:56pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Aug. 31 The Washington Post on sexism in the U.S. military Nearly eight years ago, the United States opened up all military combat roles to women, clearing a pathway for female service members to join the most elite military forces. Bu Book Review: 'Reading Jane: A Daughter's Memoir,' by Susannah Kennedy 09/05/2023 12:53pm • ���Reading Jane: A Daughter's Memoir," by Susannah Kennedy (Sibylline Press) When her mother Jane, a healthy 75-year-old, shockingly decides to take her own life, Susannah Kennedy is left reeling with innumerable questions. There are also 45 years worth of diaries that contain some answers and ultim Michael Andretti rebrands eponymous racing empire to Andretti Global 09/05/2023 12:46pm • MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) ��� Michael Andretti is rebranding his racing empire from Andretti Autosport to Andretti Global to apply the parent company name to his entire organization. Andretti Global currently operates in eight motorsports series across six continents and is pushing hard to enter both F The effort to add young minority hockey players in North America turns its attention to keeping them 09/05/2023 11:02am • ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) ��� Braeden Montague walked into the Washington Capitals practice facility following a long drive back from a summer trip to Winnipeg. The crowd inside made it worth the trek. In the building were more than 100 fellow hockey players of color. On the ice were four Black coaches. M Martin's Tavern in Georgetown celebrates 90th anniversary (the Hot Brown is popular) 09/05/2023 10:10am • Martin's Tavern, the oldest family-owned and operated restaurant in D.C., marks its 90th anniversary this month, and will bring back dishes from its original 1933 menu for a few days, along with the original prices. Martin's Tavern has been at its prominent spot at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue Diana Ross sang 'Happy Birthday' to Beyonce�� during Renaissance tour 09/05/2023 09:51am • ▶ Watch Video: Beyoncé hosts final show, celebrates birthday with 70,000+ fans at SoFi Stadium Beyoncé celebrated her 42nd birthday on stage in Los Angeles on Monday in front of a star-studded audience. Diana Ross appeared on stage at SoFi Stadium Warner Bros. Discovery says actors and writers strikes will cost it up to $500 million this year 09/05/2023 09:31am • New York (CNN) — Warner Bros. Discovery trimmed its full-year earnings guidance for 2023 on Tuesday by $300 million to $500 million because of the continued strike by actors and writers, which has stopped production of most shows and movies.The corporate parent of CNN had previously told inves Conservative book ban push fuels library exodus from national association that stands up for books 09/05/2023 07:35am • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) ��� After parents in a rural and staunchly conservative Wyoming county joined nationwide pressure on librarians to pull books they considered harmful to youngsters, the local library board obliged with new policies making such books a higher priority for removal ��� and keeping o In summerlike heat, families seek shade along Labor Day parade route in Kensington 09/04/2023 03:25pm • Seats along curbs of shady streets in the town of Kensington, Maryland, were at a premium on Monday for this year's Kensington Labor Day Parade and Festival. Families chose their spots in the neighborhood, which is just east of Connecticut Avenue, before the scheduled 10 a.m. start, on a day wher West Virginia University crisis looms as GOP leaders focus on economic development, jobs 09/04/2023 11:04am • MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) ��� On the same day that dejected students pleaded with the board of West Virginia's flagship university not to eliminate its entire foreign languages department and dozens of other programs, Gov. Jim Justice said he was feeling hopeful about the future of education in the sta Fall movie preview: Angels, demons, trolls, rom-coms��� and Taylor Swift 09/04/2023 10:27am • (CNN) — Traditionally, the doldrums of late summer give way to a mix of heady and prestige titles at the box office each autumn, as studios begin rolling out what they hope to be award-worthy contenders that also are popular enough to get people in theaters and make some actual money.But this