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Disney plans to cut 3% of its total global workforce in a cost-saving move

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Disney has begun the first of three rounds of layoffs, which CEO Bob Iger said in a memo will eventually total 7,000 jobs. The cuts are part of an effort to save $5.5 billion in costs.

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Senate panel to ask Starbucks' Howard Schultz how he handled moves to unionize

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Billionaire Howard Schultz, who just stepped down as Starbucks CEO, faces questions on Capitol Hill today from Sen. Bernie Sanders and others about his response to the wave of unionizing at Starbucks.

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Morning news brief

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Nashville holds a vigil for the school shooting victims, ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to testify before a Senate panel over unionization and Disney will layoff 7,000 people in a cost-saving deal.

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39 migrants are dead in a fire at an immigration facility in Mexico

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

A fire at an immigration facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico has killed 39 migrants and injured 29 others.

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How Scotland's incoming prime minister is making history

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Humza Yousaf is the new leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party. As head of the governing party, he is set to become Scotland's first minister.

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Morning news brief

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Three students and three adults were killed in a school shooting in Nashville, Tenn. Israel delays plans for a judicial overhaul. A U.S. Senate panel examines what went wrong at Silicon Valley Bank.

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As Israel's judicial overhaul legislation faces a final vote, protesters don't let up

Monday, March 27, 2023

Mass protests are taking place in Israel over the firing of defense minister Yoav Gallant, after he spoke out against plans to weaken the country's judicial system.

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Federal officials are promising aid to storm-ravaged communities in Mississippi

Monday, March 27, 2023

Mississippi surveys the wreckage and cleans up after a devastating tornado that killed more than two dozen people

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Morning news brief

Monday, March 27, 2023

There are mass protests in Israel after the defense minister is sacked, Mississippi cleans up after a deadly tornado and jury selection is to begin Monday in the trial of a Grammy-winning musician.

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Mikaela Shiffrin breaks the record for most alpine skiing World Cup race wins

Saturday, March 11, 2023

American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin has broken the career record for most World Cup race wins. She has now won more races than any other skier in history, of any gender.

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Mikaela Shiffrin ties the record for most alpine skiing World Cup race wins

Friday, March 10, 2023

American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin, 27, has tied Ingemar Stenmark's record for career race wins on the alpine skiing World Cup. Stenmark set the record at age 32 in 1989.

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Economists look to February's job numbers to see if hiring is still strong

Friday, March 10, 2023

January was a blockbuster month for job creation as the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than 50 years. February's data is released Friday.

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California asks for federal assistance ahead of another wave of extreme storms

Friday, March 10, 2023

California is bracing for more bad weather. The latest atmospheric river will bring warm air and rain, which could lead to rapid snowmelt and catastrophic flooding.

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The head of the European Commission will hold talks with Biden at the White House

Friday, March 10, 2023

President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are expected to discuss trade and the war in Ukraine. Relations with China is also expected to come up.

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Morning news brief

Friday, March 10, 2023

The U.S. releases February unemployment numbers. The president of the European Commission and President Biden will meet to discuss trade and the war in Ukraine. California braces for severe weather.

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Morning news brief

Thursday, March 09, 2023

President Biden outlines his annual budget blueprint, U.S. intelligence chiefs brief lawmakers on global threats and a Justice Department report finds Louisville police routinely violate civil rights.

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The hunt continues in Mexico for the gunmen who kidnapped 4 Americans

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

Two of the four Americans who were held captive and survived a kidnapping in Mexico last week were taken back into the U.S. shortly before noon on Tuesday amid a heavily armed convoy.

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Denied abortions, 5 Texas women sue the state saying the bans put them in danger

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

The lawsuit filed on behalf of five patients who said their lives were put at risk and two physicians asks a state judge to clarify exceptions for medical emergencies under Texas law.

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Morning news brief

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

Two Americans kidnapped in Mexico are found dead while two others survive the ordeal. The Senate is set to vote down a Washington D.C. crime bill. Five women denied abortions in Texas sue the state.

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3 more GOP states announce they're leaving a key voting data partnership

Tuesday, March 07, 2023

Florida, Missouri and West Virginia announced their intention to pull out of a voting data consortium called the electronic registration information center or ERIC. Here's why it matters.

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