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A U.S. port strike that halted shipping on the East Coast and Gulf Coast for three days ended on Thursday after longshoremen reached a tentative agreement with port operators.The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) announced it has reached an agreement with the United States Maritime Union (USMX) on wages and suspended its strike until January. The union said work would resume immediately.The strike, which involved 45,000 workers at 36 ports from Texas to Maine, was the first to hit ports on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast since 1977.Sources told Reuters that the tentative agreement would result in a pay…

New York voters, by a more than 2-to-1 margin, want Mayor Eric Adams to resign after he was indicted on federal corruption charges last week, a new poll shows. “I’m stepping up! I’m not going to resign, I’m going to govern!” Adams said Sunday, Sept. 29, in the Bronx. What you need to know 69% of voters say the mayor should resign. Fifty-nine percent of black voters want Adams to resign, as do 67% of Latino voters and 72% of white voters, compared to 29% who want him to serve out the remainder of his term. Nearly two-thirds of voters…

CNN — Four years ago, Donald Trump’s attempt to dismantle American democracy to stay in power suddenly finds itself back at the epicenter of the upcoming election — as the former president makes a spectacular comeback to the White House. A few weeks before I completed it. Special Counsel Jack Smith and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney bring the Republican candidate’s 2020 fraud allegations into the final stretch of the close race between President Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, while desecrating American history. It brings back memories of that day. . Cheney, who appeared in Wisconsin with Harris on Thursday,…

Mr. Vance today said he supports calls for Congress to reconvene to address the damage caused by Hurricane Helen in the southeastern United States.”People need help, and they certainly need assistance,” Vance said, along with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, in an effort to reconvene the Legislature to pass legislation to help storm-ravaged areas. He added that he “of course” supports it. Southwest Virginia.Vance said the government’s immediate focus is on supporting communities where people are still being rescued.”Of course, there are still many communities that are in the most critical stages, especially in North Carolina, trying to get people out.…

new york: In a powerful appeal to the international community, Hindu American groups hoisted a giant banner on an airline, calling for urgent global action to stop the ongoing anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh.Large banners flew over the Hudson River and surrounded the Statue of Liberty, a global symbol of human dignity, freedom, and equality.The 1971 genocide, chronicled in US Congress Resolution HR 1430 of 2022, claimed 2.8 million lives, raped at least 200,000 mostly Hindu women, and left an indelible mark on the region. left behind.Since then, Bangladesh’s Hindu population has declined from 20 percent in 1971 to just 8.9…

• There was much to celebrate as the Hull High School football team defeated Boston English 34-10 on Friday, improving their record to 2-1 on the season. This was a great result for the home crowd, who honored the seniors before the game and announced this year’s homecoming court. Many former players packed the stands for the reunion. This weekend, the team heads to the North Shore for the first of two away games. The Pirates will play Kipp Academy on Saturday, October 5th at Manning Field in Lynn. That noon game will be a rematch of the 2022 Division…

Penn State entered the game against Maryland averaging 2.5 blocks per set through 13 games.The block against the Terrapins was able to thwart a valiant team looking for its first win in conference play.Their night was just beginning as the Nittany Lions’ first points came on a strong double block from Taylor Trammell and Caroline Jurevicious.Kamryn Hanna ended an 8-1 run for the Nittany Lions with a big solo block to give her team a 9-3 lead in the first set.However, it was all downhill for the blue and white team from there, as Maryland fought back until the end,…

Today’s Business News Live Updates: Get real-time updates on the biggest news from the world in business, stock market and more.Latest news for October 4, 2024: The logo of American technology company Meta is displayed during the Vivatech technology startup and innovation fair held at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on May 22, 2024.Today’s Business News Live Updates: Follow us for coverage on Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani as we bring you everything happening in the world of business. You can also track the latest gold and silver prices here. Stay on top…

To support The Atlantic’s journalism, please consider subscribing today.At the end of June, in the afterglow of a debate performance that would ultimately prompt President Joe Biden to end his campaign for reelection, Donald Trump startled his aides by announcing that he’d come up with a new nickname for his opponent.“The guy’s a retard. He’s retarded. I think that’s what I’ll start calling him,” Trump declared aboard his campaign plane, en route to a rally that evening, according to three people who heard him make the remarks: “Retarded Joe Biden.”The staffers present—and, within hours, others who’d heard about the epithet…

A U.S. district judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from implementing a plan to forgive student loan debt for millions of Americans.St. Louis-based Matthew Shelp’s ruling was a victory for six Republican state attorneys general who had challenged the president’s plan.Mr. Shelp, an appointee of President Donald Trump, announced that pending the outcome of the state’s lawsuit, the Biden administration would be unable to “mass cancel” student loans and forgive principal and interest under the plan. issued an injunction.The ruling is a new hurdle for the Biden administration, which has had previous loan relief plans blocked. Biden…