Amazon said it is slashing a total of 18,000 jobs, a larger number of positions than it previously announced and the largest set of layoffs in the e-commerce giant’s history. “We typically wait to communicate about these outcomes until we can speak with the people who are directly impacted,” CEO …
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U.S. job openings remained high in November and workers quit at a higher rate, suggesting the job market remains tilted in favor of employees. While good news for workers, the latest numbers come as a blow to the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool hiring and wage gains in a bid …
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A suspect has been arrested for the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students, authorities said Friday. Word of the arrest came more than six weeks after roommates Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle were found stabbed to death in their home in Moscow, Idaho, along with fellow student Ethan …
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A Florida woman appeared in court Friday on a first-degree murder charge in the 2018 death of her newborn infant, whose body was found floating in a seaside inlet. A Palm Beach County judge ordered Arya Singh, 29, held without bail during a brief hearing. She was arrested Thursday in …
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Rents in some cities in the South and Midwest are rising faster than the national average, driven by the migration of residents on the East and West coasts seeking more affordable housing. The trend has caused rent in cities like Raleigh, North Carolina, and Indianapolis, Indiana, to climb more than …
Read More »Washington — The White House is reacting sharply to comments made over the weekend by Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and how the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, might have gone if she had indeed been its ringleader. The Georgia Republican spoke Saturday at a dinner hosted by the New …
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The CEO of Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade publisher, is stepping down weeks after its attempt to buy rival Simon & Schuster was blocked by a federal court. Markus Dohle’s decision is effective at the end of the year. He will be replaced temporarily by Nihar Malaviya, 48, …
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San Antonio — – A former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 was convicted Wednesday of capital murder, after jurors heard recordings of him telling investigators he was trying to “clean up the streets” of his South Texas hometown. Juan David Ortiz, 39, receives an …
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President Biden welcomed the 2022 Kennedy Center honorees at the White House on Sunday as he highlighted the importance of protecting democracy. This year’s Kennedy Center honorees are George Clooney, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, composer Tania Leon, and U2. The Kennedy Center Honors will be broadcast on CBS on Dec. …
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Police say they are awaiting the results of four autopsies conducted on infants whose remains were found in South Boston earlier this month. Authorities opened an investigation after discovering the remains of two infant girls and two infant boys at a home in that neighborhood between Nov. 17 and Nov. …
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