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DoorDash cuts 1,250 jobs after pandemic hiring surge
Thursday, December 01, 2022
The decision by the online food delivery platform to eliminate about 6% of its workforce is the latest of several companies to recently announce job cuts recently, including Twitter and Amazon.
Victims' families urge love, kindness as University of Idaho campus mourns
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Relatives of four slain University of Idaho classmates urged hundreds of students to raise their eyes from grief and focus on love and the future.
Lionel Messi and Argentina advance at the World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Poland
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Lionel Messi will grace the World Cup stage at least one more time. Argentina finished in first place in Group C to set up a match against Australia, a surprise qualifier for the knockout stage.
Indiana's AG wants the doctor who spoke of 10-year-old's abortion to be penalized
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, who is anti-abortion, alleges Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated state law by not reporting the girl's child abuse to authorities and violated patient privacy laws.
Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie dies at 79
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
The British-born vocalist, songwriter and keyboard player whose cool, soulful contralto helped define such classics as "You Make Loving Fun," "Everywhere" and "Don't Stop," died Wednesday.
The baguette enters the upper crust as it's added to the U.N. cultural heritage list
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
The humble but versatile French loaf is recognized by UNESCO as a tradition worthy of preservation by humanity. French officials have warned that closure of traditional bakeries put the bread at risk.
Tornadoes fueled by high temperatures rip through Southern communities
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Tornadoes damaged homes, briefly trapped people in a grocery store and ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Mississippi. Two people died as a tree crunched their mobile home in Alabama.
A member of the Buckingham Palace household resigns after racial comments
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
An honorary member of the royal household has resigned after repeatedly asking a Black woman who runs a charity for survivors of domestic abuse what country she came from.
The bodies-in-suitcase suspect appears in a New Zealand court
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
A woman who was extradited from South Korea this week after the bodies of her two children were found in abandoned suitcases made her first court appearance in New Zealand on Wednesday.
Twitter will no longer enforce its COVID misinformation policy
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Public health experts and social media researchers are concerned that the change could have serious consequences if it discourages vaccination and other efforts to combat the still-spreading virus.
A survivor of the Virginia mass shooting files a $50 million lawsuit against Walmart
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
A Walmart employee who survived last week's mass shooting is suing the company for allegedly continuing to employ the shooter — a store supervisor — "who had known propensities for violence."
China should end its anti-COVID lockdowns, the head of the IMF says
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
The change could calm widespread protests, and would ease the impact to a world economy already struggling with high inflation, an energy crisis and disrupted food supply.
Northern long-eared bat, devastated by a fungus, is now listed as endangered
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease.
Chinese universities send students home in an effort to prevent more protests
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Chinese universities are sending students home as the ruling Communist Party tightens anti-virus controls and tries to prevent more protests by crowds angered by its severe "zero COVID" restrictions.
Australia argues against 'endangered' Barrier Reef status
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Australia's environment minister says her government will urge against the U.N. adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered sites, saying worries are a reflection of the previous government.
Iran acknowledges more than 300 are dead from unrest from nationwide protests
Monday, November 28, 2022
The estimate from a military official of people dead from protests is considerably lower than the toll reported by a U.S.-based group that has been closely tracking the protests.
El Paso prosecutor resigns after facing accusations of incompetence
Monday, November 28, 2022
El Paso County District Attorney Yvonne Rosales agreed to resign. She faced accusations of incompetence involving hundreds of cases and of slowing down the case against the suspected Walmart shooter.
Stocks across most of Asia rise as markets eye China protests
Monday, November 28, 2022
As market jitters declined over protests in China set off by growing public anger over COVID-19 restrictions, Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday.
A cartel allegedly responsible for a third of Europe's cocaine has been busted
Monday, November 28, 2022
"The scale of cocaine importation into Europe under the suspects' control and command was massive," Europol said, adding that the suspects used encrypted communications to organize drugs shipments.
NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is escorted off a plane in Miami
Monday, November 28, 2022
Police removed NFL player Odell Beckham Jr. from an aircraft before takeoff at Miami International Airport after officials said he failed to respond to requests to buckle his seatbelt.