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Striking machinists at Boeing picket outside the company's Renton Production Facility in Washington. Some 33,000 workers walked off the job in September demanding higher pay and better retirement benefits. Union members voted down two previous contract offers from Boeing ahead of Monday's vote to accept the new proposal from the company.

Boeing machinists approve contract, bringing an end to a bruising seven-week strike

Striking machinists voted to approve an agreement that will hike wages by 38%. The deal was endorsed by union leaders, who warned that Boeing's next offer might be worse.

The "Pink Wheels" team in the Pakistani town of Gujranwala consists of female officers who ride pink scooters to respond to complaints from women about domestic violence and sexual assault. The officers stand in front of the "Women's Enclave," a new kind of police station, staffed by women and intended for women who want to file such complaints. At right is Tayyiba Hameed, 32, who is on the staff of the Women's Enclave.

She says her husband tried to kill her. Enter the 'Pink Wheels' squad

How do you encourage women to report domestic violence? In one Pakistani city, there's a new strategy: sending in female cops on pink scooters.

Irish Prime Minister and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris, center, accompanied by his wife Caoimhe and children Cillian and Saoirse, casts his vote at Delgany National School, County Wicklow, as voters go to the polls for the 2024 General Election in Ireland, on Friday.

Ireland votes in a close-run election where incumbents hope to cling on to power

The parliamentary election will decide the next government, and will show whether Ireland bucks the global trend of incumbents being ousted by disgruntled voters.

San Diego County Fair presents Smokey Robinson

A big Fair welcome to 50s, 60s and 70s music legend, Smokey Robinson as he croons his way onto the Corona Grandstand Stage as part of the San Diego County Fair's Toyota Summer Concert Series. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and DOUBLE Hollywood Walk of Fame member, Robinson started his career as The Miracles front man and rose up through the music industry ranks to the Hall of Famer he is today. Multi-talented Smokey Robinson is an R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer and former Motown record executive who started his illustrious career dating back to the mid-50s. As the founder and frontman for the group The Miracles, becoming Smokey Robinson & The Miracles in 1965, Robinson was the chief songwriter and producer of their 22 albums and smash top ten hits such as, "You've Really Got a Hold on Me,” "Mickey's Monkey,” "I Second That Emotion,” "Baby Baby Don't Cry" and the group's only number-one hit during their Robinson years, "The Tears of a Clown.” In 1972 he focused his full attention to helping run Motown Records, retiring in 1988. In early 2023 he wrote, recorded and released his first album in almost a decade, called Gasms. Robinson’s vocal mastery is known and loved by many across nearly four generations. Visit: https://www.sdfair.com/events/2024/smokey-robinson Full concert schedule: https://www.sdfair.com/p/what-to-do/grandstand Doors Open @ 6 p.m. Includes Complimentary Same-Day Fair AdmissionALL SALES FINAL | NO REFUNDS or NO EXCHANGES sdfair.com Facebook: facebook.com/sdfair Instagram: Instagram.com/sandiegocountyfair

Lee Kiefer, of Team USA, reacts as she competes with Canada's Yunjia Zhang in the women's team foil semifinal match Thursday at the Grand Palais in Paris.

U.S. women fencers parry and riposte to Olympic gold in Paris, besting Italy

Italy's women are the top-ranked fencers in the world with the foil. But in a tense Olympic final on Thursday, the U.S. women prevailed for the gold medal.

People walk past a 7-Eleven convenience store in New York City on Wednesday. The company plans to shut down 444 stores across North America to recoup costs lost to inflation, a drop in store traffic and declining cigarette sales.

7-Eleven to close over 400 stores in North America

The ubiquitous convenience store owed its recent revenue drops to inflation, declining cigarette sales and a shift in palates toward fresh food and specialty drinks.

Alex Morgan, the generational soccer star who helped lead the U.S. to two FIFA Women's World Cup titles and an Olympic gold medal, announced on social media that she will retire.

Alex Morgan, the face of American soccer for a generation, says she will retire

Morgan led the U.S. to two FIFA Women's World Cup titles and an Olympic gold medal. At age 35, she has now bid farewell to a career that she said was "more than I could have ever dreamed of."

Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), left, is meeting with senators on Capitol Hill Wednesday to discuss his nomination to be Attorney General under President-Elect Donald Trump. He is being escorted by Vice President-elect JD Vance.

House Ethics Committee is deadlocked on whether to release Gaetz report

The U.S. House Committee on Ethics is deadlocked on whether to release its report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, whose nomination to serve as Trump's attorney general has been plagued by controversy.

Smoke from fighting billows in the edges of the town of Hama, Syria, Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024.

Syrian opposition forces enter the key city of Hama, in a new blow to Assad's regime

Syrian rebels have entered another major city, in a further blow to President Bashar Assad after they took over Aleppo days earlier.

This wanted poster provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Leonard Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard," who was on home confinement, and allegedly cut off his GPS ankle monitor and left his home on the morning of Sept. 4, 2022. Multiple agencies were searching for Francis on Tuesday Sept. 6, but they acknowledged he may already be in Mexico with the border only a 40-minute drive from his home.

Long-running 'Fat Leonard' case hits new roadblocks

Last week, five former officers tied to the "Fat Leonard" corruption scandal had their felony convictions overturned because of misconduct by prosecutors.

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