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FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2019 file photo, a Walmart logo is displayed outside of a Walmart store, in Walpole, Mass. Walmart says it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs following a string of illnesses and deaths related to vaping. The nation's largest retailer said Friday, Sept. 20 that it will complete its exit from e-cigarettes after selling through current inventory. It cited growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity regarding vaping products. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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September 20, 2019 - 6:26 pm

Walmart To Stop Selling E-cigarettes At Its Stores

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is getting out of the vaping business. The nation's largest retailer said Friday that it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs in the U.S. when it sells out its current inventory. The nation's largest retailer said the move is due to...
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September 20, 2019 - 1:34 pm

Trying Out New 'Shop & Scan' At Meijer [BLOG]

The scanner on the app itself worked flawlessly, until about the third item.
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A Chevrolet logo is seen on a Chevrolet car Trax at the Paris Motor Show on September 28, 2012 in Paris, France. The Paris Motor Show runs September 29 - October 14. (Photo by Antoine Antoniol/Getty Images)
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September 20, 2019 - 9:56 am

GM Recalls Small Chevy SUVs; Suspension Welds Can Break

It's an expansion of a recall from April.
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Members of United Auto Workers Local 1590 picket near the GM Martinsburg Parts Distribution Center in Martinsburg, W.Va.,, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, during the fourth day of a nationwide work stoppage involving about 49,000 union workers. (Matthew Umstead/The Herald-Mail via AP)
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September 19, 2019 - 8:50 pm

AP Source: GM's Offer To UAW Would Add Lower-Paying Jobs

DETROIT (AP) — A General Motors offer to invest $7 billion in U.S. facilities includes $2 billion from joint ventures and suppliers for new plants that would pay workers less than the top union wage, a person briefed on the matter said. The offer is a major issue that could get in the way of a deal...
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A worker gives the thumbs-up gesture to a passing motorist as he demonstratives outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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September 18, 2019 - 4:47 pm

Striking Workers Question Whether UAW Leaders Can Be Trusted

ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — The strike against General Motors by the United Auto Workers is playing out amid a corruption scandal inside the UAW that has caused distrust of the union leadership among many rank-and-file members. On picket lines at plants across the country, many of the 49,000 workers have...
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September 18, 2019 - 2:32 pm

Michigan Releases Official Rules For Flavored Vape Ban

“Today’s filing is necessary to protect the public health,” said Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, chief medical executive and chief deputy director for health at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
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General Motors employees Bobby Caughel, left, and Flint resident James Crump, shout out as they protest with other GM employees, United Auto Workers members and labor supporters outside of the Flint Assembly Plant on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 in Flint, Mich. Thousands of members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
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September 17, 2019 - 4:44 pm

Progress Reported In Contract Talks Between GM, Union

One of the main sticking points is health care.
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September 17, 2019 - 1:59 pm

Detroit Church's Chicken Goes Viral Over Front Door [PHOTOS]

Knock, knock -- who's home?
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General Motors employees Bobby Caughel, left, and Flint resident James Crump, shout out as they protest with other GM employees, United Auto Workers members and labor supporters outside of the Flint Assembly Plant on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 in Flint, Mich. Thousands of members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
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September 16, 2019 - 2:15 pm

Auto Strike Idles More Than 50 GM Factories And Warehouses

DETROIT (AP) — More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers went on strike Monday against General Motors, bringing more than 50 factories and parts warehouses to a standstill in the union's first walkout against the No. 1 U.S. automaker in over a decade. Workers left factories and formed...
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September 15, 2019 - 11:10 am

Union Votes To Strike At General Motors' US Plants

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union announced Sunday that its roughly 49,000 workers at General Motors plants in the U.S. would go on strike just before midnight because contentious talks on a new contract had broken down. About 200 plant-level union leaders voted unanimously in favor of a...
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