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Dozens of fast food workers demonstrated outside the Capitol on Tuesday, calling for California lawmakers to pass AB 257.
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Yahoo FinanceApple looks to Southeast Asia, India as hedge against China difficulties
Apple is looking to increase its manufacturing presence in Southeast Asia and its market share in India as China troubles loom.
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Rebuilding Sharks fire coach David Quinn after 2 disappointing seasons
The San Jose Sharks have fired coach David Quinn after two rough seasons as part of a massive rebuilding project. General manager Mike Grier announced the decision on Wednesday following a review of the team's season. "After going through our end of the season process of internal meetings and evaluating where our team is at and where we want our group to go, we have made the difficult decision to make a change at the head coach position,” Grier said in a statement.
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Christina Ricci says she’s ‘permanently deaf in one ear’ after chaperoning son’s field trip
‘Do they realise it’s Wednesday Addams on the bus with them’
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Oracle's Larry Ellison says planned Nashville campus will be company's 'world headquarters'
Oracle Corp.'s planned campus in Nashville, Tennessee, will serve as the business software giant's world headquarters, placing it in a city that's a center for the U.S. health care industry, CEO Larry Ellison said. Ellison spoke about Oracle's plans for its Nashville offices during a conversation about health care technology with former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist at the Oracle Health Summit on Tuesday.
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After a Record 5-Year Auction, Attention Now Shifts to the Sale of 7-Year Notes
An auction holding $70 billion Treasury notes that expire in 5 years saw good demand from traders, despite the sale’s size. Wednesday's auction—which was the largest ever, according to Treasury Department data—was awarded a 4.659% in yield, higher than the average yield of 4.288% seen over the past six auctions during which a new 5-year debt was issued.
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Opposition Venezuela presidential candidate sends first on camera message
After his unanimous appointment as presidential candidate by Venezuela's main opposition bloc, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia sent his first on-camera message to the nation.
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Arizona Democrats say they will try again to repeal 1864 abortion ban
Democrats in Arizona's House of Representatives said on Thursday they would try once more to repeal an 1864 ban on abortion that may go into effect next month if not knocked down. The Arizona House Democrats said on social media that they would try to bring for a vote Representative Stephanie Stahl Hamilton's bill that calls for the repeal of the 160-year-old ban. "The decision to get an abortion, or seek any type of reproductive healthcare, belongs in the hands of patients, their families and their providers, not politicians," Democratic Representative Oscar De Los Santos told reporters before Thursday's session began.
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Jury sides with school system in suit accusing it of ignoring middle-schooler's sex assault claims
A jury on Wednesday rejected a woman's lawsuit seeking tens of millions of dollars from Virginia's largest school system over allegations that she was raped multiple times as a middle schooler. The woman, who was identified in court papers only by her initials, sued Fairfax County Public Schools under Title IX, a law that guarantees girls and women equal educational access. The lawsuit alleged school officials at Rachel Carson Middle School in Reston ignored her complaints that she endured sexual harassment and sexual assaults inside and outside of the school back in 2011 and 2012, when she was a seventh-grader.
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Catholic school teacher sexually abused teen over months after firing, Michigan cops say
“I know you didn’t want to, but it made me happy,” he reportedly told the student.
- The Telegraph
Seventy Israeli hostages have been killed, says captive
Around half of the remaining Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas have been killed in Gaza, an Israeli-American captive said in a rare proof-of-life video.
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Kyiv says passports for military-age men to be issued only in Ukraine
The provisions were announced on Wednesday, a day after Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba suspended consular services for military-age males until May 18 and criticised those abroad for failing to serve in the 26-month-old war against Russia. The latest government decision stipulated that passports for foreign travel for men aged 18 to 60 could only be issued inside Ukraine. "Such passports are not sent to a separate subdivision or a foreign diplomatic mission of Ukraine for the purpose of organising their issue," the text read.
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These Stocks Are Moving the Most Today: Tesla, Humana, Biogen, Enphase, Hasbro, Teledyne, Boeing, AT&T, Meta, and More
Tesla stock surges after the electric-vehicle maker says its future car lineup would include ‘more affordable models,’ Humana slumps after stepping back from 2025 guidance, Boeing posts a narrower-than-expected loss, and AT&T’s earnings top expectations.
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Analysts Expect Moderna's First-Quarter Sales To Plummet 95% — Is Moderna Stock A Sell?
Moderna stock is under pressure and estimates have come down for its first quarter. Is MRNA stock now a sell?
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Claudia Schiffer Shouts Out Kylie Jenner's Vintage Bikini — and Shares Glam Photo Wearing the Same One in the '90s
Schiffer modeled the Chanel bikini on the runway and in the fashion house's ads
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Delhi survives Rashid's onslaught to beat Gujarat by 4 runs in IPL
Delhi Capitals survived Rashid Khan’s onslaught in the last over to register an exhilarating four-run victory over Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday. Needing 19 off fast bowler Mukesh Kumar’s final six balls, Rashid (21 not out) clubbed back-to-back boundaries off the first two balls and then a six off the penultimate ball before Gujarat finished at 220-8 in yet another high-scoring thriller in IPL this season. Captain Rishabh Pant, returning to competitive cricket after his car accident in late December, staked his T20 World Cup claims with a robust unbeaten 88 off 43 balls which propelled Delhi to 224-4 after Gujarat won the toss and chose to field first.
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Brett Pesce injury a ‘bummer’ for Canes but Tony DeAngelo ready as next-man-up on D
Defenseman played just 31 games in regular season but could be paired with Brady Skjei in Stanley Cup playoff series against Islanders
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Canada's worries about Bunge-Viterra deal may force asset sales
Canada's competition concerns about U.S. agribusiness Bunge's planned takeover of rival Viterra sets the stage for the companies to sell some assets to close the deal, experts said. Bunge's CEO Greg Heckman said remedies may be unnecessary. The Competition Bureau in Canada, a major grain and canola exporter, said on Tuesday it was worried about reduced competition to buy farmers' crops in Western Canada and to sell canola oil in Eastern Canada if the deal proceeds.
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Owen Wilson turned down ‘$12m offer’ to star in movie depicting OJ Simpson as innocent
‘If you think I’m going to take the lead role in a movie about how OJ didn’t do it, you’ve got to be kidding me,’ the actor reportedly said
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We Think We Know The Bar Taylor Swift References In The Black Dog
Taylor Swift is known for namedropping cities in her songs, but now, she's put a London pub on the map. Here's why fans are looking up "The Black Dog."
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Man Utd vs Sheffield United LIVE! Premier League match stream, latest score and goal updates today
Red Devils play for first time since FA Cup thriller