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Teamsters add their heft to dozens of Amazon delivery drivers picketing around the country 08/16/2023 12:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Teamsters flexed their muscles during contract negotiations with UPS last month, securing pay hikes for drivers and scoring other wins. But at Amazon, the picture looks much different. Since late June, dozens of Amazon drivers and dispatchers who work for a California-based d Trial begins for 2 white Mississippi men charged with shooting at Black FedEx driver 08/15/2023 11:17pm • BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys made brief opening arguments Tuesday in the trial of two white men in Mississippi who are accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who had dropped off a package at a home. Brandon Case and his father, Gregory Charles Case, were indicted in November McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown at the end of next month 08/15/2023 10:48pm • Washington (AP) — Congressional leaders are pitching a stopgap government funding package to avoid a federal shutdown after next month, acknowledging the House and Senate are nowhere near agreement on spending levels to keep federal operations running. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy raised the id Deciding Whether to Defer Enrollment or Deny Acceptance to Graduate School 08/15/2023 08:00pm • Students accepted to graduate school may come to a crossroads in their academic career and need to withdraw their acceptance or defer enrollment. This can happen for any number of reasons, such as financial difficulties, a health crisis or difficulty obtaining a visa in time (for an international st Neymar completes Saudi move to Al Hilal after 6 seasons with Paris Saint-Germain 08/15/2023 05:01pm • RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Neymar became the latest superstar soccer player to take the riches on offer from the Saudi Pro League, completing a move to Al Hilal on Tuesday after six seasons at Paris Saint-Germain. The clubs reached an agreement on the transfer of the Brazil forward for a reported US-focused Opera News, to cease publication in November after 87 years 08/15/2023 01:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Opera News, an 87-year-old publication focused on the Metropolitan Opera and spotlighting the art form in the U.S., will print its final issue in November and be incorporated into Britain-based Opera magazine. The Met announced Tuesday that the Metropolitan Opera Guild, a separate Russia unleashes a country-wide missile barrage on Ukraine as Putin addresses security conference 08/15/2023 11:55am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces unleashed missiles across Ukraine early on Tuesday, killing and wounding civilians and damaging infrastructure. The barrage came just hours before top Russian military officials and their counterparts from allied countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa gat 'Bidenomics' delivered a once-in-generation investment. It shows the pros and cons of policymaking 08/15/2023 11:37am • WASHINGTON (AP) — There are so many dots on the maps they blur into blobs — each one reflecting trillions of public and private dollars flowing in the U.S. this past year to build thousands of roads, bridges and manufacturing projects in communities large and small, in states red and blue. They Track world championships the latest play by Orbán's Hungary for global sports spotlight 08/15/2023 05:14am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A country spends millions, sometimes billions, to deliver a major international sports event to the world. That money buys a chance to project strength at home and abroad and, if the event goes well, maybe even glosses over that country's oft-dissected shortcomings. It's a Food & Friends hosts 30th 'Chef's Best' fundraiser to bring free meals to AIDS, cancer patients 08/15/2023 04:06am • For the past three decades, it's raised $18 million for folks in the D.C. area who are battling AIDS, HIV, cancer and other illnesses. Next week, the D.C. nonprofit Food & Friends will host the 30th anniversary of its signature dinner and auction fundraiser Chef’s Best at the Marriott M 10 Best Industrial Stocks to Buy in 2023 08/14/2023 08:00pm • Even in a bull market environment, a list of the best industrial stocks to buy now is hardly as interesting as a list of high-flying technology or health care companies. Most investors love the flash of a cybersecurity leader or a biotechnology startup and think that most industrial stocks are borin How to Write a Business Letter 08/14/2023 08:00pm • Though it may seem outdated, a professionally written business letter can make all the difference in landing a deal, building relationships with potential clients or successfully navigating a dispute. Plus, a formal letter format tends to convey a sense of professionalism and attention to detail tha Md. mom shares mission and message with new potty-training underwear 08/14/2023 11:14am • Eunique Jones Gibson remembers the day in October 2019 that she decided to create potty-training underwear for her three-year-old daughter. “She was sleeping in training pants and the one I pulled out of the package was Cinderella,” Jones Gibson said. “It just didn’t resonate with me beca Kimberly Palmer: How to ace late summer and fall sales 08/14/2023 07:00am • To get the most out of summer sales, shoppers have to think ahead — sometimes way ahead. That’s because end-of-summer sales are the ideal time to stock up on hot weather items that you’ll use a year from now. “Flip-flops, bathing suits, beach towels, grills, Adirondack chairs — at the end Should You Use Buy Now, Pay Later for Travel? 08/13/2023 08:00pm • Buy now, pay later financing options offer a flexible alternative to traditional payment methods when you make a purchase -- including travel purchases. Whether traveling for family obligations or jetting off on a fabulous vacation, BNPL may offer the option to book travel without making a full upfr