Friday, September 13, 2024 Top Stories
It is Friday, September 13, 2024. Here are today’s top stories.
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Trump doesn’t want to debate again
Donald Trump said he would not be debating Kamala Harris again. Trump said he won the debate on Tuesday night. Harris said she wants to do another debate because they owe it to voters. Harris’ team said they predict that Trump will change his mind and accept another debate. We’ll see what happens. There is just over 50 days left before the election.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/12/politics/donald-trump-no-third-debate/index.html
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Boeing workers on strike
Workers with aerospace giant Boeing voted to start striking today after they rejected a deal to get paid 25% more over four years — the workers wanted a 40% increase. There are about 30,000 union members and 96% of them voted in favor of the strike. The strike will affect manufacturing in the Seattle area. For Boeing, it is another major problem after the deadly 737 Max crashes and grounding of planes a few years ago, the Alaska Airlines door panel blowout in January, and its Starliner spacecraft failing to bring NASA astronauts back home as scheduled a few weeks ago.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/09/13/boeing-workers-strike-vote-reject-contract/75202568007/
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Springfield schools evacuated due to threats
ABC News said two elementary schools and a middle school were closed today in Springfield, Ohio due to threats. On Thursday, someone emailed bomb threats to several government offices and media outlets in Springfield. ABC News said the threats may be connected to Donald Trump’s comments that migrants were ruining Springfield and eating people’s pets. City and state leaders said these rumors are false. The mayor of Springfield, Rob Rue, said Springfield does have some struggles with a big influx of immigrant but said, “We need help, not hate.”
https://abcnews.go.com/US/bomb-threat-reported-multiple-buildings-springfield-ohio/story
https://www.yahoo.com/news/springfield-mayor-slams-trump-hate-143650075.html
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Putin warns against allowing long-range missiles
Russian President Putin warned that if the U.S. and NATO members allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons it gets from them to strike deep inside Russia instead of only at the border, it means that the U.S. is at war with Russia. Putin said he would make appropriate decisions based on new threats. Right now, President Biden is talking with the U.K. about potentially allowing Ukraine to do this. U.S. lawmakers also support this. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has been asking for a long time to be allowed to strike inside Russia because Ukraine has been hit countless times from Russian long-range weapons.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/putin-warns-russia-war-west-ukraine-long-range-missiles-biden-starmer-rcna170980
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Unruly passenger ordered to pay fuel costs after forcing flight to be diverted
A man in Australia was ordered to pay several thousand dollars in airline fuel costs after his bad behavior on a flight forced it to be diverted. Authorities in Australia did not identify the man but said he was 33 years old and that the incident happened last year. His unruly actions forced the pilot to return to its departure point and dump fuel before landing. He recently pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly behavior on an aircraft and has to pay several thousand dollars in fines in addition to the fuel costs.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/passenger-paying-fuel-costs-bad-behavior-diverts-flight-australia/
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That is all the top stories for this week. Have a nice weekend and stay with the light.