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A historic strike against the Big 3 automakers got underway at midnight

7:51am September 15, 2023

Members of the United Auto Workers kicked off targeted strikes after talks with the automakers failed to result in a new contract. This is the first time the UAW is striking the Big 3 at one time.

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Automakers are not the only business that will be affected by the UAW strike

7:18am September 15, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Twin City Die Castings CEO Todd Olson about how a prolonged UAW strike could affect auto parts manufacturers.

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New batch of IPOs is another sign of growing confidence in markets and the economy

5:18am September 15, 2023

by David Gura

The IPO market is starting to heat up. Shares of the microchip designer Arm started trading Thursday on the Nasdaq, and some household names, including Instacart, are waiting in the wings.

China's urban youth unemployment rate rose to 21% in June

5:18am September 15, 2023

One of the most alarming indicators in China is the skyrocketing urban youth unemployment rate. Many college grads in China can't find work in their chosen field.

Health & Safety

Morning news brief

5:18am September 15, 2023

The UAW launches a historic strike against the Big 3 automakers. Florida's health department touts its own COVID booster recommendations. The death toll soars to 11,300 from flooding in Libya.

Lehman Brothers world headquarters is shown in New York on Sept. 15, 2008, the day the 158-year-old investment bank, choked by the credit crisis and falling real estate values, filed for bankruptcy.

National

How Lehman's collapse 15 years ago changed the U.S. mortgage industry

5:01am September 15, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The global financial crisis of 2008 ushered in a new era of consumer protection, but the future of the housing market is uncertain.

Typhoon Farma, which operates a hemp farm in Montrose, Colo., planted 70 acres of the cannabis plant this year.

National

Apple picking season? In Colorado, you can pick your own hemp

5:00am September 15, 2023

by Emma Bowman

A farm in Montrose, Colo., is showing off its harvest, letting the public take home their own CBD plant. It's like picking your own Christmas tree, with therapeutic side effects.

Rich Snyder, who retired as the fire marshal of Sierra Madre, Calif., now works for Allied Disaster Defense, a California company that hardens homes against wildfire. One strategy is covering air vents with ember-blocking mesh.

Preparing homes for wildfires is big business that's only getting started

5:00am September 15, 2023

by Alina Selyukh

Climate change, technological leaps, panicked insurers, the shifting sense of responsibility: All are powering the still-nascent, but fast-growing industry of preparing homes for wildfires.

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Lyft announced it's rolling out a new safety feature in San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, Phoenix, and Chicago.

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In an effort to make rides safer, Lyft launches Women+ Connect

9:24pm September 14, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

The new opt-in feature lets women and nonbinary drivers prioritize passengers who fit the same description. But it's not a guarantee and is only available in a handful of cities for now.

Internal Exxon documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal span Rex Tillerson's tenure as the company's chief executive from 2006 until 2016.

Exxon minimized climate change internally after conceding that fossil fuels cause it

5:33pm September 14, 2023

by Michael Copley

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that as recently as 2016, Exxon executives were privately pushing back on the idea that humans need to cut their use of oil and gas to limit global warming.