GM To Lay Off Up To 14K Workers, Close As Many As 5 Plants
By TOM KRISHER , AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors will cut up to 14,000 workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it abandons many of its car models and restructures to focus more on autonomous and electric vehicles, the automaker announced Monday. The reductions could amount…
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Union Clings To GM Plant In Area Where Trump Promised Jobs
By JOHN SEEWER , Associated Press One of the last industrial anchors in what was once Ohio's manufacturing core is now on life support, just a little over a year after President Donald Trump told people not to leave and promised that jobs would come back to the area. General Motors announced Monday it will…
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Chinese Researcher Claims First Gene-Edited Babies
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE , AP Chief Medical Writer HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life. If true, it would be…
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UK’s May Fights to Sell Brexit Deal to a Skeptical Country
By JILL LAWLESS , Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May was starting a frantic two-week race Monday to convince the British public, and a skeptical Parliament, to back the Brexit deal she has struck with the European Union. May was gathering her Cabinet for a meeting hours after returning from Brussels with…
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Ukraine Mulls Martial Law After Russia Fires on Vessels
MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian parliament is set to consider a presidential request for the introduction of martial law in Ukraine following an incident in which Russian coast guard ships fired on Ukrainian navy vessels. Ukraine's navy said six Ukrainian seamen were wounded when Russian coast guards opened fire on three Ukrainian ships near the…
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