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Workers at Starbucks stores plan to go on a five-day strike starting Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company. What You Need To Know The strikes are scheduled to begin in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle and could spread to hundreds of stores across the country by Christmas Eve Starbucks…
(CNN) — Amazon delivery drivers are on strike across the US. Those on strike say that 400 packages, long hours and little help are part of a regular day at work. Amazon says that the strike won’t have an impact on holiday deliveries, but the thousands of delivery drivers who went on strike are hoping…
HOUSTON (AP) — The number of executions in the U.S. remained near historic lows in 2024 and was mostly carried out in a small group of states, including Alabama, which became the first state to use nitrogen gas as an execution method, according to an annual report on capital punishment. What You Need To Know…
WASHINGTON — A Chinese national was arrested Thursday on charges of acting as an illegal agent for Beijing when serving as the campaign manager for an unnamed politician elected to a city council in Southern California two years ago. The arrest of Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 64, came at a time of rising concerns that the…
By MIKE SCHNEIDER The Associated Press Immigration in 2024 drove U.S. population growth to its fastest rate in 23 years as the nation surpassed 340 million residents, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday. The 1% growth rate this year was the highest it has been since 2001, and it was a marked contrast to the…
TAMPA, Fla. — A massive traffic enforcement operation on US-19 led to nearly 900 traffic stops, according to officials. The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said the traffic and safety operation covered 100 miles along US-19. FHP worked with 11 sheriff and police departments in four counties, from Pinellas County to Citrus County. In eight hours,…
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump wants to end birthright citizenship — the guarantee that anyone born on U.S. soil is an American citizen, no matter their parents’ legal status. But trying to end that guarantee, which was established more than 100 years ago, would not be easy. Some legal experts say any challenge would likely fail….
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell markedly last week following a big increase the week before. Jobless claim applications declined by 22,000 to 220,000 for the week of Dec. 14, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s fewer than the 229,000 analysts were forecasting. Continuing claims, the…
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON The American economy grew at a healthy 3.1% annual clip from July through September, propelled by vigorous consumer spending and an uptick in exports, the government said in an upgrade to its previous estimate. Third-quarter growth in U.S. gross domestic product — the economy’s output of goods and…
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in November to their fastest pace since March with home shoppers encouraged by a wider selection of properties on the market, even as mortgage rates mostly ticked higher. Existing home sales rose 4.8% last month, from October, to a seasonally adjusted annual…