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  • Gm Strikes Up Date
    Linda Wertheimer speaks with NPR's Don Gonyea. A strike at a pair of General Motors brake plants in Dayton, Ohio is in its 14th day. Negotiators for the company and United Auto Workers local 6-9-6 talked all day yesterday...throughout last night...and all day today to try to settle the dispute. The main issue is GM's desire to cut costs by shipping some work to non-union supliers outside the company. It's not clear what's being accomplished at the bargaining table because of a news black-out. What is known is that the strike continues to affect GM plants across North America.(5:00) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 5. SLAPP LAWSUITS -- NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on and lawsuit filed by landowners and developers who were prevented from building a Wal-Mart store in Hyde Park, New York. Such lawsuits, commonly called SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) suits, are becoming increasing popular with developers...who go after city officials and town activists who block their plans.
  • Fast-moving Eta Aquarid meteor shower to light up the predawn sky
    The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower is set to peak early on May 6 and will be viewable in the dark predawn skies.
  • Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, right, with Riverside City Police Chief Sergio G. Diaz and a California Highway Patrol officer, in a photograph taken in 2019.
    California sheriff defends his past membership in the extremist Oath Keepers militia
    In an interview, Sheriff Chad Bianco sought to minimize his past affiliation with the group, 17 members of which have been indicted in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
  • Left to right: Greg Klyma (cred: Jory Avner); top Bebe and Oona; bottom Overhand Sam & Bad Weapon
    Upcoming Local Shows for 8/22 - 8/28
    Check out the local shows happening in Western New York and Southern Ontario, including Greg Klyma, Bebe and Oona, and Overhand Sam & Bad Weapon.
  • Oath Keepers founder no longer banned from D.C., U.S. Capitol
    The judge said it was "reasonable" the Justice Department interpreted Trump's Jan. 6 commutations to cover the defendants' prison sentences and wipe away their terms of supervised release.
  • Health department issues measles warning after patient visited multiple sites
    The Erie County Health Department is dealing with an unusual double-barreled health problem—a measles case and an active case of tuberculosis.The measles…
  • Hegseth 2nd Signal chat cause for 'worry' about nation's security, says Rep. Jim Himes
    Pete Hegseth reportedly shared details about Yemen strikes in a second group chat with his wife and brother. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., says it's 'not shocking' based on behavior out of the Pentagon.
  • The House on Thursday agreed to reauthorize a controversial spying bill after President Trump — whose administration supports it — blasted the measure on Twitter.
    Controversial Spy Law Passes House After Shots From Trump, Who Then Supported It
    President Trump took aim at a controversial surveillance law hours after the White House issued a statement calling for Congress to reauthorize it. The politics are fraught.
  • Ernie K-Doe poses outside his Mother-In-Law Lounge during Jazz Fest in New Orleans in 2001. He died a few months later and was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2.
    Beyond The Music In St. Louis Cemetery No. 2
    A New Orleans socialite donated space in her family's mausoleum in the city's famous St. Louis Cemetery No. 2. Now, the final resting place of a white, aristocratic family is also the eternal home of black musical royalty: Ernie "Emperor of the Universe" K-Doe and Earl King.
  • Elez Biberaj was acting director of Voice of America until Tuesday, when he accepted a demotion rather than retire.
    VOA Director Forced Aside In Drive To Embed Trump Loyalists Before Biden Era
    U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack removed Acting Voice of America Director Elez Biberaj, part of a broad effort to install Trump supporters before the Biden administration comes to power.
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