At Home, the home decor and furniture retailer with more than 200 locations in the United States, is filing for bankruptcy. The popular retail chain announced Monday that it is entering Chapter 11 protection as part of a restructuring agreement intended to eliminate $2 billion in debt and provide $200 …
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Over the course of an acting career that spanned more than six decades, James Earl Jones’ voice became an indelible piece of his work as a performer. On screen, Jones, who died Monday at 93, brought to life a reclusive writer coaxed back into the spotlight in “Field of Dreams” …
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Des Moines, Iowa — Stung by paying billions of dollars for settlements and trials, chemical giant Bayer has been lobbying lawmakers in three states to pass bills providing it legal protection from lawsuits claiming its popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. Nearly identical bills introduced in Iowa, Missouri and Idaho this year …
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Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world’s. On Monday, the California-based tech giant released its “Year in Search,” a roundup of 2023’s top global queries, ranging from unforgettable pop culture moments (hello, Barbenheimer), to the loss of beloved figures and tragic news carrying worldwide repercussions. …
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Amazon is failing to provide adequate workplace accommodations for disabled employees, a violation of the American Disabilities Act (ADA), according to labor activists. Amazon workers with disabilities told United for Respect, a nonprofit group that advocates for retail workers, that the e-commerce giant’s warehouses have high injury rates and that …
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Tesla has manufactured its first Cybertruck nearly four years after founder and CEO Elon Musk touted the automaker’s first electric pickup. Tesla workers at the company’s so-called Gigafactory near Austin, Texas, tweeted a photo of the completed vehicle on Saturday with the caption “First Cybertruck built in Giga Texas.” The …
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Recent shark attacks off the coast of Long Island in New York have some ocean lovers wondering what they can do to avoid potential encounters with the sharp-toothed predators. One option: shark repellent. Repellents come in different forms, from bracelets or anklets to surfboard wax. Some work by emitting electrical …
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Stitcher, a 15-year-old app that helped put podcasts on the map, is shutting down, the company said Tuesday. It’s the latest casualty of an economic downturn that has swept the technology and entertainment sectors, including the podcasting business. “The Stitcher app and website will discontinue operations on August 29, 2023,” …
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A restaurant chain in California enlisted a fake priest to take confession from workers, with the supposed father urging them to “get the sins out” by telling him if they’d been late for work or had stolen from their employer, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The restaurant owner, …
Read More »First-time homebuyers are often renters who have saved for a down payment and built a good credit score, allowing them to secure financing for a home. But for most renters across the U.S., taking the next step into homeownership is increasingly out of reach. There are only four major U.S. …
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