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More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas go on strike to protest new dress code 05/14/2025 02:22pm • More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas at 75 U.S. stores have gone on strike since Sunday to protest a new company dress code, a union representing the coffee giant's workers said Wednesday. Starbucks put new limits starting Monday on what its baristas can wear under their green aprons. The dress code r Fines for swearing are reduced after backlash from Formula 1 drivers 05/14/2025 01:12pm • PARIS (AP) — Formula 1's governing body has reduced penalties on drivers for swearing after the new misconduct rules had sparked a backlash. The updated code announced Wednesday slashes the swearing fine on F1 drivers from 40,000 euros ($45,000) to 5,000 euros ($5,600) with the first offense now s What would lifting US sanctions on Syria mean to the war-torn country? 05/14/2025 11:21am • BEIRUT (AP) — President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will ease sanctions on Syria could eventually facilitate the country’s recovery from years of civil war and transform the lives of everyday Syrians. But experts say it will take time, and the process for lifting the sanctions †Prince William Co. school leaders consider tweaks to code of behavior 05/14/2025 10:40am • Prince William schools presented its proposed student code of behavior for the 2025-26 school year to the School Board May 7, with several revisions coming from the current year. The proposed code of behavior includes edits for readability and organization and revisions to the student behavio 10 acts win a place in the Eurovision final but 5 are sent home as the music contest heats up 05/14/2025 03:08am • BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Competition in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Tuesday, with sauna-loving Swedish entry KAJ gaining a place in the final and five countries going home after the first of two semifinals of the pan-continental music extravaganza. Performers from 15 countries bat Reaction to Pete Rose being reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred 05/13/2025 10:21pm • Reaction to Pete Rose being reinstated along with Shoeless Joe Jackson by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making them eligible for the Hall of Fame: ___ "The Veterans Committee, that’s their decision and I think that’s fair. Nobody played the game harder. Nobody. He was all-out, fu Arizona governor signs ‘Emily’s Law’ to alert when Native Americans go missing 05/13/2025 08:51pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s governor on Tuesday signed legislation to create an alert system for Native Americans who have gone missing in the state, a measure that won unanimous approval from lawmakers in the wake of the disappearance and death of a San Carlos Apache teen. With Gov. Katie Hobbs’ What's in Trump's big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more 05/13/2025 08:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump's big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding as leaders work to enact many of his campaign promises. 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