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NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing workers who build fighter jets are planning to go on strike Monday at midnight. About 3,200 workers at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, voted to reject a modified four-year labor agreement with Boeing, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said Sunday. “IAM District 837 members build …

Boeing Defense Union Poised for Its First Strike Since 1996  Bloomberg.com Boeing machinists reject contract offer, strike to begin at midnight at St. Louis defense plants  KSDK IAM District 837 Members in St. Louis Reject Latest Boeing Offer, Strike for Fair Contract  IAM Union Boeing’s St. Louis union workers reject latest offer and will strike on Monday  Reuters Boeing’s Machinists Union in St. Louis …

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3, 2025 – Approximately 3,200 highly-skilled IAM Union members at Boeing facilities in St. Louis, St. Charles, Mo., and Mascoutah, Ill. voted on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025 to reject a modified four-year labor agreement with Boeing. This vote follows members’ overwhelming rejection of Boeing’s earlier proposal on Sunday, July 27. A strike will begin at midnight on Monday, …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Hours after President Donald Trump told Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to “go to hell” in a Saturday post on social media, the Senate headed into recess without reaching a deal over confirming Trump’s nominees. Senate Republican leader John Thune, Schumer and the White House had been engaged in a round of intense talks to end …

Death toll soars in Russian strike on Kyiv; Germany to send air defenses  The Washington Post Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,254  Al Jazeera Kyiv apartment block strike marks the deadliest attack on Ukraine’s capital since 2024  CNN Russian strikes kill 12 people in Kyiv, 6-year-old boy among dead  Reuters Kyiv mourns after deadliest attack in a year kills 31 people in …

The Tintina fault stretches 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) across northern Canada, crossing the Yukon and ending in Alaska. The fault is thought to have been dormant for 40 million years, but that thinking is challenged by a new study that suggests a major earthquake may be imminent. Researchers from the University of Victoria and the University of Alberta in Canada …

A bolt of lightning that arced across the sky from Texas to Kansas in the fall of 2017 has officially smashed the record for the world’s longest. During a major thunderstorm in October 2017, the colossal crack of jagged electricity streaked across the Great Plains of North America for 829 kilometers (515 miles) – a distance that surpassed the previous …

JPMorgan and Coinbase Strike Deal to Link Bank Accounts and Crypto Wallets  Bloomberg Coinbase and JPMorgan Chase join forces to make it even easier to access crypto  Coinbase JPMorgan to enable crypto purchases via credit cards in Coinbase tie-up  Reuters JPMorganChase and Coinbase Launch Strategic Partnership to Make Buying Crypto Easier than Ever  Business Wire JPMorgan Partners With Coinbase To Expand Crypto Access For …

In a stunning display, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently captured a lightning storm illuminating the skies above Singapore. The image, taken during the station’s orbit over Southeast Asia, shows intense bursts of light flickering through cloud cover in the region. What is it? The ISS sits in low Earth orbit, providing a unique vantage point for observing …

Boeing Co expects more than 3,200 union workers at three St Louis-area plants that produce US fighter jets to strike after they rejected a proposed contract on Sunday that included a 20% wage increase over four years. The International Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said the vote by District 837 members was overwhelmingly against the proposed contract. The existing contract …