Strikes start at top hotel chains as housekeepers seek higher wages and daily room cleaning work
With up to 17 rooms to clean each shift, Fatima Amahmoud’s job at the Moxy hotel in downtown Boston sometimes ...
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3 dead after small plane crashes into row of townhouses in Oregon, TV station reports
PORTLAND, Ore. (news agencies) — Three people were dead after a small plane crashed into a row of townhouses Saturday ...
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Chocolate’s future could hinge on success of growing cocoa not just in the tropics, but in the lab
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (news agencies) — Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive cocoa bean grows, but chocolate ...
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Los Angeles to pay $9.5M in settlement over 2018 death of woman during police shootout with gunman
LOS ANGELES (news agencies) — The city of Los Angeles will pay $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit by relatives ...
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More Hong Kongers tune out the news as they adapt to Beijing’s tightening grip
HONG KONG (news agencies) — Hannah Wong cried when the Hong Kong government effectively forced Apple Daily and Stand News ...
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The full list of major US companies slashing staff this year, from Tesla and Lucid Motors to Goldman Sachs and Shell
Last year's job cuts weren't the end of layoffs. Further reductions continue in 2024.Companies like Goldman Sachs, Tesla, Google, Microsoft, Nike, ...
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Social media is filled with skin care routines for girls. Here’s what dermatologists recommend
Girls are bombarded on social media with advice from influencers touting elaborate skin care routines with high-priced serums, mists and ...
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Japan wants its hardworking citizens to try a 4-day workweek
TOKYO (news agencies) — Japan, a nation so hardworking its language has a term for literally working oneself to death, ...
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Young girls are using anti-aging products they see on social media. The harm is more than skin deep
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (news agencies) — When she was in fifth grade, Scarlett Goddard Strahan started to worry about getting wrinkles.By ...
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Canadian rail union files lawsuits challenging back-to-work orders
The union that represents workers at both of Canada’s largest freight railroads has filed the lawsuits it had promised challenging ...
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