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Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98

HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking…

4 days ago

Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing sensitive records

A federal judge early Saturday blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive…

4 days ago

Crews rush to recover commuter plane found crashed on Alaska sea ice before expected snow and wind

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Just hours after finding 10 people dead in western Alaska from one of the deadliest plane…

4 days ago

Kaiser Permanente, Unions Reach Deal on New Contracts

Kaiser Permanente and labor unions reached a tentative agreement to resolve a contentious contract dispute that sent workers to picket…

1 year ago

Israel Flight Cancellations, Ticket Prices Leave Some Stranded

Oct. 12, 2023 11:34 am ETAirlines have suspended flights into Israel en masse, leaving people seeking to exit from the…

1 year ago

Sales Slow at Louis Vuitton's Owner as China Sputters

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s biggest luxury-goods company, struggled to lure big-spending Chinese consumers back to its boutiques…

1 year ago

No, You Aren't Getting a Bonus. Your Company Is Just Testing You.

Companies are getting creative with phishing tests. Employees are getting annoyed. Source link

1 year ago

Bristol Myers Squibb to Acquire Mirati Therapeutics in Deal Worth Up to $5.8 Billion

The deal expands the pharmaceutical company’s portfolio of cancer drugs. Source link

1 year ago

The Company That Defined Dieting Is Sorry It Told Us to Have More Willpower

Ozempic, Oprah and apologies: WeightWatchers says there’s no shame in being overweight, or in taking new weight-loss drugs. Source link

1 year ago

Meatpacking Plant Closures Cut Deep for Small-Town Economies

Tyson Foods and other meat processors are closing plants amid high costs and falling demand, spelling economic turbulence for the…

1 year ago