Associated Press
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The rare move was first announced on Monday by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which spearheaded the union organizing movement. A National Labor Relations Board spokeswoman confirmed the decision.
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Designer Virgil Abloh, a leading fashion executive hailed as the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died after a private battle with cancer. He was 41.
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A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection will vote Wednesday to pursue contempt charges against a former Justice Department official, seeking criminal charges against a defiant witness for a second time after holding former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt last month.
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The preparations come a month after the Parliament of the former British colony once nicknamed “Little England” elected its first ever president in a two-thirds majority vote following a push to become a republic that began more than two decades ago.
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The court order said the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid had no clear authority from Congress to enact the vaccine mandate for providers participating in the two government health care programs.
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Besides waiting on more clues about how much economic damage omicron will ultimately do, the market has several big mileposts this week that could swing prices.
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The victims were found Sunday night in a home in the city of Lancaster in the high desert Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles.
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The charges against her stem from allegations of four women who say she and Epstein victimized them as teens from 1994 to 2004.
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With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine.
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Many countries have moved to tighten their borders after the new omicron variant of the coronavirus was found in a number of nations.
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In Congress, Meek championed affirmative action, economic opportunities for the poor and efforts to bolster democracy in Haiti.
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Actor Matthew McConaughey isn’t running for Texas governor after months of publicly flirting with the idea of becoming the latest celebrity candidate.
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Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper claims in a lawsuit against the Defense Department that material is being improperly withheld from his use as he seeks to publish an “unvarnished and candid memoir” of his time in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci is blasting Sen. Ted Cruz for suggesting that Fauci be investigated for statements he made about COVID-19.
With Epstein gone and no apparent recordings of alleged incidents that occurred two decades ago, the trial will likely hinge on the women’s allegations and Maxwell’s denial.
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He was charged with felony disorderly conduct after law enforcement and prosecutors said he lied to police about what happened in the early morning hours of Jan. 29, 2019, in downtown Chicago.
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The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 has struck in northern Peru.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the man was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
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A reward of $32,500 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest in the retired police officer's killing.
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Authorities say shots were fired near a food court at a shopping mall in Tacoma, Washington.
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Police say two of the victims were 15- and 18-year-old brothers. A suspect was among those killed.
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The state only allows wrongful imprisonment payments to people who were exonerated through DNA evidence, so the 62-year-old Strickland wouldn’t qualify.
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The Dayton Board of Zoning Appeals has approved the city’s request to demolish a 129-year-old historic building that once was the site of the Wright brothers’ first bike shop.
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Postal workers who recall packages and letters piled up in distribution hubs are better prepared this time as they gear up for another pandemic crunch.
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As the world grapples with the emergence of the new highly transmissible variant of COVID-19, worried scientists in South Africa — where omicron was first identified — are scrambling to combat its lightning spread across the country.
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Biden spent more than an hour walking around downtown Nantucket’s cobblestone streets, popping unannounced into quaint mom-and-pop shops, appearing to make purchases and posing for photos with surprised business owners.
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A police chief says three people were shot and wounded Friday during an apparent fight between two groups at a North Carolina mall crowded with shoppers on the day after Thanksgiving.
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Stephen Sondheim, one of the most prolific composers and lyricists, died Friday. He was 91.
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Golf, cricket and rugby became the first major sports to be affected by the new COVID-19 variant on Friday, prompting fears of renewed travel restrictions and disrupted events just as they were returning to normal nearly two years into the pandemic.
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Well-wishers waved and cheered as the Bidens traveled by motorcade to the Coast Guard station.
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Ahmaud Arbery’s mother woke up Thursday with a new, very important blessing on Thanksgiving Day.
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The second Thanksgiving of the COVID-19 pandemic comes as a resurgent virus has pushed new infections in the U.S. to 95,000 daily and caused alarming increases at hospitals in Michigan, Minnesota, Colorado and Arizona.
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Crimped by the coronavirus pandemic last year, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade returned Thursday in full, though with precautions.
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National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government said Thursday.
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Los Angeles police are hunting for thieves who rushed into a Southern California Nordstrom store Wednesday night and ran off with pricey goods.
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Members of Native American tribes from around New England are gathering in the seaside town where the Pilgrims settled — not to give thanks, but to mourn Indigenous people worldwide who’ve suffered centuries of racism and mistreatment.
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Recent surveys in the country indicate more people oppose banning dog meat even as its consumption has rapidly fallen among younger people.
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Routine surveillance was recommended, which normally calls for another colonoscopy in seven to 10 years.
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Police say the boy may have pushed out a window screen in an apartment before he fell from the window.
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Many feel emboldened by the fact that nearly 200 million Americans are now fully vaccinated.
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A hiker found the remains of the fourth and final person who died during flooding and mudslides in an area of northern Colorado that was burned by a massive wildfire.
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The jury reached its decision after more than 10 hours of deliberations following a trial in which prosecutors argued that the defendants provoked a confrontation with Arbery and defense attorneys said their clients were acting in self-defense.
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Police say they have not made an arrest in either shooting that comes amid an increase in homicides both in the city at large and the Roseland neighborhood on the South Side where Delisa Tucker and her son were killed.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland is directing U.S. attorneys across the nation to swiftly prioritize prosecution of federal crimes that happen on commercial flights.
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The man accused of plowing his SUV into a parade of Christmas marchers could have turned down a side street but didn’t.
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has appointed a new interim cabinet secretary overseeing the state’s prison system, as well as named a warden for the State Penitentiary.
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Federal Reserve officials in discussions earlier this month said the central bank “would not hesitate” to take appropriate actions to address inflation pressures that posed risks to the economy.
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The number of cases having to be dismissed because of a theft from the Nebraska State Patrol evidence room continues to rise.
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The project’s critics, including community groups and some residents, say it won’t improve the area’s traffic woes and would subject mostly Black and Latino residents to increased pollution, displacement and flooding while not improving public transportation options.