Discount home goods retailer Big Lots filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday after high interest rates and a sluggish housing market slowed demand for its low-priced furniture and decor. As part of its Chapter 11 filing, Big Lots agreed…
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The battle for Rupert Murdoch’s global media kingdom is headed to the biggest little city in the world. Murdoch, the 93-year-old billionaire press baron, reportedly wants to alter the terms of an irrevocable trust so…
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Business
Broadband industry quietly abandons Capitol Hill fight to revive low-income internet subsidy
by adminInternet service providers like Charter, Verizon and Comcast have quietly scaled back their efforts to revive the Affordable Connectivity Program, an expired federal internet subsidy that helped low-income households pay for broadband. The $14.2 billion program provided a discount of up to…
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New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol will focus on improving the chain’s U.S. business in his early days on the job before he moves to fix its issues abroad, according to an open letter published on Tuesday. ″… In some…
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The rock group The White Stripes have filed suit against GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign for its use of the band’s megahit ‘Seven Nation Army’ in a since-deleted campaign video. Lead singer and guitarist…
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World News
Infected wounds, maggots and no escape. Gaza’s humanitarian crisis hits new lows as sanitary conditions plummet
by adminEditor’s Note: This story contains graphic content. A 14-year-old boy lies in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip, severely burned from an Israeli airstrike. Doctors say nearly his entire body is affected. His…
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An airstrike targeting civilian areas in southeastern Sudan has left more than 20 people dead and dozens of others wounded, authorities in the embattled Sennar state said, as civil war rages between the country’s army…
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World News
‘Russian spy’ whale probably died after stick became lodged in its mouth, police say
by adminA beluga whale discovered with a harness strapped around its neck in Norwegian waters five years ago – and found dead on August 31 – had a stick stuck in its mouth and its death was not related to human activity,…
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Catherine, Princess of Wales, ‘doing what I can to stay cancer free’ after finishing chemotherapy
by adminCatherine, Princess of Wales, has said she has completed her chemotherapy and is “doing what I can to stay cancer free,” as she plans to return gradually to public life in the coming months. Catherine,…
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Ahead of a key US presidential debate this week, families of several American hostages held in Gaza are calling on US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to offer new ideas for securing the…