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The United Auto Workers have reached a tentative deal with Ford, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations. Ford Motor and United Auto Workers union (UAW) have reach ed a tentative agreement that would end the strike at Ford, sources with knowledge of the negotiations confirmed to ABC News. An official announcement could happen as soon as Wednesday night pending approval of UAW leadership, per those same sources. Spokespersons for both Ford Motor and the union declined to comment on the tentative deal. The deal includes a proposal for wage increases of at least 25% over the term of the deal and improved benefits for union members, according to sources. United Auto Workers (UAW) union members picket outside Ford's Kentucky truck plant after going on strike in Louisville, Kentucky, on Oct. 12, 2023. Luke Sharrett/Reuters This deal would still need to be ratified by a majority of Ford’s 57,000 UAW members. MORE: UAW launches strike against Big 3 automakers On Sept. 15,...

Following the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, that left 18 dead on Wednesday night, authorities and family members have begun identifying the victims. Authorities and family members have begun identifying the 18 people who died in the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night. The shooting occurred at a bowling alley and a local bar and restaurant, according to Maine State Police. Seven people were killed at Just-In-Time Recreation -- a bowling alley formerly known as Sparetime -- and eight people were killed in the billiards room at Schemengees Bar & Grille restaurant. An additional three victims died at the hospital, authorities said during a press conference on Thursday morning. Here's what we know about the victims so far: Police respond to an active shooter situation in Lewiston, Maine, Oct. 25, 2023. Robert F. Bukaty/AP Tricia Asselin Tricia Asselin was confirmed as one of the victims who died at Just-in-Time Recreation, her brother, who asked not to be ...

This is how the mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, unfolded. Law enforcement officers in Maine are in the midst of a massive manhunt for the suspected gunman responsible for mass shooting s that killed 18 victims and injured 13 more. The shooting s took place at two different locations in Lewiston, Maine, on Thursday night, according to police. The suspect has been on the run ever since. Police remove a victim from the Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant after deadly mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, Oct. 26, 2023. Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters Here is how the mass shootings unfolded: Wednesday, Oct. 26 6:56 p.m. Emergency dispatchers begin to receive 911 calls detailing a male shooting at Just-In-Time Recreation, a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, formerly known as Sparetime, State Police Col. William Ross told reporters during a news conference Thursday morning. 7:08 p.m. Law enforcement receives reports of an active shooter inside the billiards room at the Schemengees Bar & Gril...

Melvin Davis said he never intended for him or his brother, LiCurtis Reels, to end up in jail over their family's land, but said it was something he knew he "had to do." In America, land is a valuable resource providing economic stability and growth for many people, and is often passed down from generation to generation. But for some low-income and minority Americans, property acreage passed on as a family heirloom can turn into a nightmare. Melvin Davis, 83, said he never intended for him or his brother, LiCurtis Reels, to end up in jail over their family's land, but told ABC News it was something he knew he "had to do." The brothers are third-generation descendants of Elijah Reels, their great-grandfather who bought nearly 65 acres of land on the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina, in Carteret County in 1911. The land was then passed on to Mitchell Reels, their grandfather, who died without a will, the land later becoming the heirs' property. "La...

Decades after initiating protections for the turtles that nest on Florida's southeast coast, conservationists are now seeing turtle nests increased all over the state. Turtles are once again proving that slow and steady wins the race. Decades after initiating protections for the turtles that nest on Florida's southeast coast -- the densest nesting region in the world -- conservationists are now witnessing the fruits of their labor as the number of turtle nests increased exponentially all over the state. MORE: Sea level rise could wash away turtle breeding grounds around the world, researchers say While the entire state is seeing a record number of sea turtle nests this season, the numbers have tripled since last year in Space Coast, Florida, a 72-mile span of beach on Florida's central east coast near Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral, experts told ABC News. So far in 2023, Space Coast, has recorded a whopping 20,545 in loggerhead nests, 31,893 green sea turtle nest...

Sierah Joughin, 20, vanished riding her bicycle home from her boyfriend’s house one evening in July 2016. She was never seen alive again. The disappearance of a young woman from rural Ohio in the summer of 2016 left behind chilling clues discovered in a dark cornfield and a so-called “barn of horrors” owned by a local man with a History of abduction. Sierah Joughin, 20, was on break from the University of Toledo when she vanished while riding her bicycle home from her boyfriend’s house on the evening of July 19, 2016. Her boyfriend had followed her on his motorcycle for part of the trip. At her request, the two parted ways a short distance from her home in the town of Metamora. “I remember exactly what I said. I kissed her, I told her I loved her and to text me when she got home,” Josh Kolasinski, Joughin's boyfriend, told ABC News. But Joughin never made it home, and that was the last time she was ever seen alive. Sierah Joughin is seen smiling in an undated photo. Kellee Laser...

Special counsel Jack Smith is accusing former President Trump of threatening Mark Meadows, after an ABC News report detailed what Meadows allegedly told investigators. Special counsel Jack Smith's team is accusing former President Donald Trump of threatening Trump's former chief of staff , Mark Meadows, after an ABC News report on Tuesday detailed some of what Meadows allegedly told investigators about Trump and the 2020 presidential election, including that he repeatedly told Trump in the weeks follow ing the election that allegations of significant voting fraud coming to them were baseless. The ABC News report said that, according to sources, Meadows was granted a form of immunity under which the information he provided to the grand jury in March -- before Trump was indicted in Washington -- can't be used against him in a federal prosecution. After the ABC News report , Trump posted to his social media platform, Truth Social, that he wouldn't expect Meadows to...