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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have given closed-door briefings on the growing U.S.

military presence in the Caribbean.

The two officials have updated congressional leaders on U.S.

military strikes on small boats in the Pacific and Caribbean.

Two people were killed in the latest incident on Tuesday.

That brought to 66 the number of people killed in 16 U.S.

military strikes on alleged drug boats since September.

Federal investigators say they've recovered flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the UPS cargo plane that crashed in Louisville.

At least 12 people died in Tuesday's mishap, including the UPS flight crew.

From Member Station W.E.K.U., Curtis Tate has more.

In Colorado, the man who's accused of firebombing a group of peaceful pro-Israel demonstrators has pleaded not guilty in state court.

Colorado Public Radio's Allison Sherry has the story.

U.S.

futures are lower in after-hours trading on Wall Street following Wednesday's games.

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Unionized workers at Starbucks are threatening to walk off their jobs in at least 25 cities beginning November 13th if they don't have a new contract by then.

In a letter to employees, Starbucks says the union is proposing an immediate 65 percent pay hike and a 77 percent increase over three years, among other things.

Around 550 of the roughly 10,000 Starbucks locations are unionized.

A coffee chain closed dozens of union shops in September as part of a restructuring.

Three Chinese astronauts are not returning to Earth as scheduled.