Homicides in major American cities ticked up in 2021, with a 5% increase from 2020 and a 44% increase over 2019, according to a new analysis of crime trends released Tuesday by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ). The study drew on crime data from 22 cities nationwide — including …
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The NBA’s Golden State Warriors have distanced themselves from executive board member and minority owner Chamath Palihapitiya after he repeatedly said he didn’t care “about what’s happening to the Uyghurs” on a podcast. “As a limited investor who has no day-to-day operating functions with the Warriors, Mr. Palihapitiya does not …
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Joss Whedon has broken his silence over allegations of creating a “toxic” environment on the sets of multiple films and television shows. The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator spoke with New York magazine’s Vulture for a detailed profile, in which he denied allegations of inappropriate and cruel behavior from several …
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It is a cliché of politics that candidates campaign in poetry, but govern in prose. But at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, Amanda Gorman’s poetry anticipated the rough prose to come: “We lift our gaze not to what stands between us,but what stands before us. …We’ve seen a force that would …
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The National Labor Union Relations Board (NLRB) said Tuesday that a second union election for the nearly 6,000 workers at Amazon’s processing facility in Bessemer, Alabama will take place next month. The labor board found in August that Amazon violated federal labor laws by encouraging employees to vote against the …
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Just before Thomas Randele died, his wife of nearly 40 years asked his golfing buddies and his co-workers from the dealerships where he sold cars to come by their home. They gathered to say goodbye to a guy they called one of the nicest people they’d ever known — a …
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The following is a full transcript of an interview with Tulio de Oliveira, director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation in South Africa, that aired Sunday, December 12, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We want to go now to Dr. Tulio de Oliveira. He leads a …
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The family of a student who was shot during a deadly school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, last week filed two lawsuits Thursday against the school district and several school employees. The lawsuits, which seek $100 million in damages, say the defendants’ actions prior to the shooting “created the danger and increased …
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The following is a transcript of an interview with Illumina CEO Francis deSouza that aired Sunday, December 5, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re going to go now to Francis deSouza, CEO of Illumina, a company that identifies and tracks COVID variants through genomic sequencing. Good morning to …
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Corporate layoffs are falling to their lowest level in nearly 30 years as the U.S. job market bounces back from the coronavirus pandemic. The number of announced job cuts in November fell to 14,875, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That’s the lowest figure since May 1993. “[I]t’s …
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