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Starbucks is closing 16 stores around the country because of repeated safety issues, including drug use and other disruptive behaviors that threaten staff. In addition to two stores in Portland, Oregon, the coffee giant is closing six stores in its hometown of Seattle, six in Los Angeles, and one each in Philadelphia and Washington. Starbucks […]
HONOLULU – Journalist Maria Ressa wrote a book called “How to Stand up to a Dictator” last year and won a Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous work at Rappler reporting on authoritarian regimes in the Philippines. Speaking at the East-West Center’s international media conference in July, Ressa talked about another challenging task: standing up […]
The US federal vehicle safety watchdog is dispatching investigators to probe yet another Tesla crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday that it sent a Special Crash Investigations team to probe a collision that killed two people along Interstate 75 in Florida. on Wednesday, when the car hit the back of a semi-trailer […]
In 2020, Black Lives Matter protesters were doused with tear gas, making them gasp for breath, their eyes feeling as if they were on fire. Bystanders, including children and pregnant women, were also exposed. As police responded to mass protests across the nation two years ago with tear gas and other chemical munitions, more than
CNN — The New York State Legislature on Friday passed a bill restricting the concealed carry of firearms in locations such as government buildings and schools after the US Supreme Court last week struck down the state’s century-old law that had placed restrictions on carrying a concealed . . .
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is poised to pass a bipartisan bill later this week that could become the most comprehensive federal gun safety legislation in years, including billions in new mental health funding. Senators on a procedural vote late Tuesday agreed 64-34 to start debate on the gun control bill, which would also have to be passed […]
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is poised on Thursday for a vote to advance a bipartisan gun control bill that supporters hope will help curb the mass shootings that have rocked the country, in what could be the first new federal gun legislation in decades. The 80-page Bipartisan Safer Communities Act would […]
WASHINGTON — The Senate is poised to pass a bipartisan bill later this week that could become the most comprehensive federal gun safety legislation in years, including billions in new mental health funding. Senators on a procedural vote late Tuesday agreed 64-34 to start debate on the gun control bill, which would also have to […]
WASHINGTON — The Senate is poised to pass a bipartisan bill later this week that could become the most comprehensive federal gun safety legislation in years, including billions in new mental health funding. Senators on a procedural vote late Tuesday agreed 64-34 to start debate on the gun control bill, which would also have to be passed by […]
Protecting people forced to flee their homes, no matter where they are from, is our shared responsibility. Most refugees do not want to leave their homes. In my family’s case, a volcano erupted just 8km (5 miles) away from the only house they ever knew. Black smoke rolled above Lake Kivu, filling our streets, choking us. Conflict […]