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FILE - Workers and family members take part in a 15-city walkout to demand $15 per hour wages on Ma...
Dee-Ann Durbin, The Associated Press

New rule would make it easier for millions of Americans to unionize, but businesses are pushing back

A new federal rule that goes into effect next month could make it easier for millions of workers to form unions at big companies like McDonald's.
1 year ago
Image: SAG-AFTRA members and supporters chant outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on November ...
Associated Press

Hollywood鈥檚 strikes are over, but a painful industry-wide transition isn鈥檛

Hollywood鈥檚 months of labor unrest are coming to an end, but the post-strike landscape that awaits actors and writers may be far from happily-ever-after.
1 year ago
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Associated Press

To help 2024 voters, Meta says it will begin labeling political ads that use AI-generated imagery

Facebook and Instagram will require political ads running on their platforms to disclose if they were created using聽artificial intelligence, their parent company announced on Wednesday.
1 year ago
Incumbent Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks at his last campaign stop before the electio...
MyNorthwest staff and The Associated Press

US Election Day roundup: Democratic Gov. Beshear reelected in Kentucky

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear won reelection to a second term Tuesday, notching another significant statewide victory in an increasingly red state.
2 years ago
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Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press

Stunning rebuke: House votes to censure Tlaib over her Israel-Hamas rhetoric

The 234-188 tally came after enough Democrats joined with Republicans to censure Rashida Tlaib, a punishment one step below expulsion from the House.
2 years ago
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Associated Press

Amazon used an algorithm to essentially raise prices on other sites, the FTC says

Amazon used a secret algorithm to essentially help raise prices on other online sites and also 鈥渄estroyed鈥 internal communications as the Federal Trade Commission undertook an antitrust investigation against it, according to newly unredacted portions of the agency鈥檚 lawsuit.
2 years ago
Image: An Alaska Airlines plane takes off from San Francisco International Airport in 2022 in San F...
Associated Press

3 passengers sue Alaska Airlines after off-duty pilot accused of trying to cut engines mid-flight

Three passengers sued Alaska Airlines on Thursday, saying they suffered emotional distress from an incident last month in which an off-duty pilot is accused of trying to聽shut down the engines聽of a plane while catching a ride in the cockpit from Washington state to San Francisco.
2 years ago
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BY CLAIRE SAVAGE AND MELISSA PEREZ WINDER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Fall back: How daylight saving time can seriously affect your health

Come Nov. 5, daylight saving time is out and standard time is in and will last until March 10.
2 years ago
A Pumpkin Spice Latte drink rests on a table at a Starbucks in New York, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. T...
Associated Press

Pumpkin spice helps Starbucks post record sales, but growth may moderate in coming year

Customers fell for Starbucks鈥 fall menu in the fiscal fourth quarter, with Pumpkin Spice Lattes and apple croissants helping the company achieve record revenue.
2 years ago
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Bob Knight, Indiana鈥檚 combustible coaching giant, dies at age 83

The Hall of Famer cared little what others thought of him, choosing Frank Sinatra鈥檚 鈥淢y Way鈥 to celebrate his 880th win in 2007.
2 years ago
Image: Matthew Perry attends the opening night on Broadway of Lucas Hnath's "A Doll's House, Part 2...
Associated Press

Matthew Perry, star of ‘Friends,’ Emmy-nominated actor dies at 54

"Friends" star Matthew Perry, the Emmy-nominated actor whose Chandler Bing was among TV's most famous and most quotable characters, has died at 54.
2 years ago
Image: Former Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks af...
Associated Press

Former Vice President Mike Pence ends campaign for the White House

The former vice president dropped his bid for the Republican presidential nomination after struggling to raise money and gain traction in the polls.
2 years ago
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Associated Press

Facebook parent Meta posts sharply higher profit in 3Q thanks to increase in ad revenue

Facebook parent Meta on Wednesday posted sharply higher earnings for the third quarter, boosted by an increase in advertising revenue and lower expenses after it聽laid off thousands聽of workers.
2 years ago
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Associated Press

The death toll has risen to at least 18 after a deadly shooting in Maine

Maine State Police ordered residents in the state鈥檚 second-largest city to shelter in place Wednesday night because of an active shooter situation.
2 years ago
In this Feb. 2018, file photo, a Boeing 737 MAX 7 is displayed during its debut in Renton, Wash. Th...
Associated Press

Boeing loses $1.6 billion on fewer deliveries of airliners and higher costs for Air Force One jets

Boeing reported a $1.64 billion loss for the third quarter on Wednesday as it delivered fewer copies of its best-selling plane and sunk more money into building two new Air Force One presidential jets.
2 years ago
People participate in a 'Bring Them Home' solidarity rally in Trafalgar Square calling for the rele...
Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, and Joseph Krauss, The Associated Press

Hamas releases two more hostages as US advises delaying ground war to allow talks on captives

Hamas released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza on Monday, as the United States expressed increasing concern that the escalating Israel-Hamas war will spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops.
2 years ago
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Associated Press

Federal judge again rules that California鈥檚 ban on assault weapons is unconstitutional

A federal judge who previously overturned California鈥檚 three-decade-old ban on assault weapons did it again on Thursday, ruling that the state鈥檚 attempts to prohibit sales of semiautomatic guns violates the constitutional right to bear arms.
2 years ago
Photo: The Starbucks sign is displayed in the window of a Starbucks, Jan. 30, 2023....
Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Starbucks, Workers United union sue each other in standoff over pro-Palestinian social media post

Starbucks and the union organizing its workers sued each other Wednesday in a standoff sparked by a social media post over the Israel-Hamas war.
2 years ago
This undated image provided by Amazon.com shows the so-called Prime Air unmanned aircraft project t...
Tom Murphy and Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press

Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries for medications.
2 years ago
Image: President Joe Biden speaks during a roundtable with Jewish community leaders in the Indian T...
Associated Press

Biden will head to Israel and Jordan as concerns mount that Israel-Hamas conflict will spread

President Joe Biden will travel to Israel and on to Jordan Wednesday to meet with both Israeli and Arab leadership.
2 years ago
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KELVIN CHAN AND MATT O鈥橞RIEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Microsoft closes deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard after antitrust fights

Microsoft completed its purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard for $69 billion on Friday, closing one of the most expensive tech acquisitions in history that could have repercussions across the video game industry.
2 years ago
FILE - The Amazon Prime logo appears on the side of a delivery van as it departs an Amazon Warehous...
Associated Press

The Amazon antitrust lawsuit is likely to be a long and arduous journey for the FTC

Amazon is heading into one of its biggest sales events of the year 鈥 Prime Day 鈥 with a lawsuit hanging over its head that accuses it of preventing sellers from hawking their merchandise at lower prices on other sites.
2 years ago
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AAMER MADHANI,聽TARA COPP聽AND聽DARLENE SUPERVILLE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Biden confirms Hamas has captured U.S. citizens

President Joe Biden聽on Tuesday confirmed that U.S. citizens are among the hostages captured by Hamas as he condemned the militant group for the 鈥渟heer evil鈥 of its聽shocking weekend assault on Israel.
2 years ago
Washington state rep: NCAA 鈥榣ike a cartel,鈥 needs to pay athletes
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Associated Press

UW asks court to dismiss Oregon State, Washington State鈥檚 suit against Pac-12

The University of Washington asked a court on Monday to dismiss the lawsuit brought against the Pac-12 by Oregon State and Washington State, which seeks to prevent the conference鈥檚 departing members from standing in the way of their efforts to rebuild the聽beleaguered league.
2 years ago