| Fiat Chrysler U.S. labor deal meets opposition in early voting Posted: 26 Sep 2015 11:58 AM PDT  A proposed four-year labor agreement between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and the United Auto Workers union encountered strong opposition from rank-and-file union members in early ratification voting. Final results of voting at 37 U.S. UAW local union halls aren't expected until the middle of next week, and the contract could still win enough support from Fiat Chrysler's 40,000 UAW-represented workers to go into effect. Some 77 percent of production workers voted "no" at a large UAW local in Kokomo, Indiana that has more than 5,000 workers, the Detroit Free Press reported on Saturday.
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| Iran vows legal action against Saudi after hajj disaster Posted: 26 Sep 2015 07:51 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday vowed to take international legal action against Saudi Arabia's rulers over the crush of Muslim pilgrims at this year's hajj, which killed at least 769 people, including 136 Iranians.
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| VW scandal exposes cozy ties between industry and Berlin Posted: 26 Sep 2015 05:01 AM PDT  By Noah Barkin BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel learned early in her political career that taking on the German car industry carries risks. It was the spring of 1995 and the newly appointed environment minister was trying to convince her cabinet colleagues to back a bold new set of anti-smog rules that included tougher speed limits and summer driving bans. Wissmann's argument won the day, reducing Merkel to tears, according to a 2010 biography by Gerd Langguth.
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| Questions raised after shock belt used at Texas murder trial Posted: 26 Sep 2015 04:28 AM PDT A potential death penalty trial in East Texas is set to resume on Monday after it was put on hold when a judge was said by a TV station to have had a shock belt used on the defendant for misbehaving. James Calvert, 45, of Tyler, Texas, is on trial in Smith County, where prosecutors allege he beat and fatally shot his former wife at her home and abducted their 4-year-old son in October 2012. Judge Jack Skeen allowed Calvert to defend himself, over objections from attorneys specializing in the death penalty, at the outset of the trial in August. |
| Pope heads to Philadelphia to promote religious freedom Posted: 26 Sep 2015 03:39 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella and Daniel Bases NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pope Francis, a day after addressing the United Nations in New York, travels on Saturday to Philadelphia, the birthplace of American independence, to promote the issue of religious freedom on the penultimate day of his first visit to the United States. The 78-year-old Argentine pontiff, due to fly from New York and arrive in Philadelphia around 9:30 a.m. EDT, is set to go to the site of Independence Hall, the 18th century red-brick building where the nation's two bedrock documents, the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, were adopted.
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| Pope Francis heads to Philadelphia for Catholic family event Posted: 26 Sep 2015 03:22 AM PDT  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After speeches to Congress and the United Nations, aimed squarely at spurring world leaders toward bold action on immigration and the environment, Pope Francis will embark on the segment of his American journey expected to be the most centered on ordinary Catholics: a Vatican-organized rally for the family that will culminate in an outdoor Mass for a million people.
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| Pope heads to Philadelphia on final leg of U.S. tour Posted: 25 Sep 2015 11:18 PM PDT  Pope Francis travels to Philadelphia on Saturday for the final leg of his wildly popular inaugural tour of the United States, to greet tens of thousands of Catholics at a family festival. The pontiff will make the short flight from New York in the morning, touching down in Philadelphia at 9:30 am (1330 GMT) before heading straight to mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. On Sunday, he will meet with American bishops, before visiting a prison and leading a farewell mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and flying out of the country in the evening.
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| How Boehner's exit may help avert a government shutdown Posted: 25 Sep 2015 11:01 PM PDT  The House speaker's departure is being considered a victory for the tea party, but the immediate result may be to thwart their hopes of shutting down the government next week.
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| Pope Francis crowns New York visit with public Mass Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:37 PM PDT  It marked his last public engagement in New York City before he leaves for Philadelphia.
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| Fiorina backers make dubious abortion video Posted: 25 Sep 2015 05:31 PM PDT |
| Nonstop pope makes big impression on NYC Posted: 25 Sep 2015 04:57 PM PDT  From the United Nations to the Sept. 11 memorial to Central Park to Madison Square Garden — and everywhere in between — there was no escaping Pope Francis this week in New York City. Catholics and non-Catholics alike strained to see the Pontiff, with mixed success. Some got close enough to receive blessings. Many had to settle for catching a glimpse of him tooling around by motorcade in his black Fiat 500. Here's a look at varied impressions made by the nonstop pope on his frantic two-day visit:
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