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Boeing reaches tentative contract agreement with machinists union

by Lori Aratani The Washington Post September 8, 2024September 8, 2024

The deal includes a commitment by Boeing that it will build its next new aircraft in Washington state.

Nation & World, News

Southern California fire explodes in size, forcing mountain town to evacuate

by Diana Leonard The Washington Post September 8, 2024September 8, 2024

The flames raced up steep terrain, chewing through thick vegetation as they approached a mountain community of about 5,000 people.

Business, Nation & World, News

J. Richard Munro, executive who created Time Warner, dies at 93

by By Emily Langer The Washington Post September 8, 2024September 8, 2024

Munro spent more than 30 years at Time Inc., the publishing empire that decades after its founding still commanded the attention of millions of readers with Time – its flagship newsweekly – and other magazines including Life, People, Sports Illustrated, Fortune and Money.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, New England, News

Cowabunga! Dover celebrates being birthplace of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

by MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press September 8, 2024September 8, 2024

It wasn’t the New York City sewers, where the Turtles mutated from regular reptiles into a crime-fighting quartet who battled foes with nunchucks, snark and pizza. Rather, it was a small city near the New Hampshire coast.

Election 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics

Trump says women love him. Polling shows a gender gap.

by Marianne LeVine and Abbie Cheeseman The Washington Post September 8, 2024September 8, 2024

The Republican nominee has made a rush of comments on child care, abortion rights and IVF.

Nation & World, News, Religion and Values

Pope arrives in remote jungles of Papua New Guinea with humanitarian aid, message of love

by NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press September 8, 2024September 8, 2024

For a pope who marveled at having been chosen from the ‘end of the Earth,’ it was a voyage to another end of the Earth on the longest trip of Francis’ pontificate.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News

Bass guitarist Herbie Flowers, who played with legends like David Bowie and Lou Reed, dies at 86

by By Associated Press September 8, 2024September 9, 2024

Flowers was a founding member of the pop group Blue Mink, who later joined the rock band T Rex.

Nation & World, News, Schools and Education

Georgia school shooting highlights some parents’ fears about cellphone bans

by ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press September 8, 2024September 8, 2024

Those opposed to cellphone bans say they cut off a lifeline parents have to make sure their children are safe during school shootings or other emergencies.